fortios_web_proxy_explicit – Configure explicit Web proxy settings in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by allowing the user to set and modify web_proxy feature and explicit category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.2

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
host
- / required
FortiOS or FortiGate ip address.
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol
password
-
Default:
""
FortiOS or FortiGate password.
username
- / required
FortiOS or FortiGate username.
vdom
-
Default:
"root"
Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.
web_proxy_explicit
-
Default:
null
Configure explicit Web proxy settings.
ftp-incoming-port
-
Accept incoming FTP-over-HTTP requests on one or more ports (0 - 65535, default = 0; use the same as HTTP).
ftp-over-http
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable to proxy FTP-over-HTTP sessions sent from a web browser.
http-incoming-port
-
Accept incoming HTTP requests on one or more ports (0 - 65535, default = 8080).
https-incoming-port
-
Accept incoming HTTPS requests on one or more ports (0 - 65535, default = 0, use the same as HTTP).
https-replacement-message
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable sending the client a replacement message for HTTPS requests.
incoming-ip
-
Restrict the explicit HTTP proxy to only accept sessions from this IP address. An interface must have this IP address.
incoming-ip6
-
Restrict the explicit web proxy to only accept sessions from this IPv6 address. An interface must have this IPv6 address.
ipv6-status
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable allowing an IPv6 web proxy destination in policies and all IPv6 related entries in this command.
message-upon-server-error
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable displaying a replacement message when a server error is detected.
outgoing-ip
-
Outgoing HTTP requests will have this IP address as their source address. An interface must have this IP address.
outgoing-ip6
-
Outgoing HTTP requests will leave this IPv6. Multiple interfaces can be specified. Interfaces must have these IPv6 addresses.
pac-file-data
-
PAC file contents enclosed in quotes (maximum of 256K bytes).
pac-file-name
-
Pac file name.
pac-file-server-port
-
Port number that PAC traffic from client web browsers uses to connect to the explicit web proxy (0 - 65535, default = 0; use the same as HTTP).
pac-file-server-status
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) for users of this explicit proxy profile.
pac-file-url
-
PAC file access URL.
pac-policy
-
PAC policies.
comments
-
Optional comments.
dstaddr
-
Destination address objects.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
pac-file-data
-
PAC file contents enclosed in quotes (maximum of 256K bytes).
pac-file-name
-
Pac file name.
policyid
- / required
Policy ID.
srcaddr
-
Source address objects.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name.
srcaddr6
-
Source address6 objects.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
status
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable policy.
pref-dns-result
-
    Choices:
  • ipv4
  • ipv6
Prefer resolving addresses using the configured IPv4 or IPv6 DNS server (default = ipv4).
realm
-
Authentication realm used to identify the explicit web proxy (maximum of 63 characters).
sec-default-action
-
    Choices:
  • accept
  • deny
Accept or deny explicit web proxy sessions when no web proxy firewall policy exists.
socks
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable the SOCKS proxy.
socks-incoming-port
-
Accept incoming SOCKS proxy requests on one or more ports (0 - 65535, default = 0; use the same as HTTP).
ssl-algorithm
-
    Choices:
  • low
Relative strength of encryption algorithms accepted in HTTPS deep scan: high, medium, or low.
status
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable the explicit Web proxy for HTTP and HTTPS session.
strict-guest
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable strict guest user checking by the explicit web proxy.
trace-auth-no-rsp
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging timed-out authentication requests.
unknown-http-version
-
    Choices:
  • reject
  • best-effort
Either reject unknown HTTP traffic as malformed or handle unknown HTTP traffic as best as the proxy server can.

Notes

Note

  • Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet

  • Run as a local_action in your playbook

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure explicit Web proxy settings.
    fortios_web_proxy_explicit:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      web_proxy_explicit:
        ftp-incoming-port: "<your_own_value>"
        ftp-over-http: "enable"
        http-incoming-port: "<your_own_value>"
        https-incoming-port: "<your_own_value>"
        https-replacement-message: "enable"
        incoming-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        incoming-ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-status: "enable"
        message-upon-server-error: "enable"
        outgoing-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        outgoing-ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        pac-file-data: "<your_own_value>"
        pac-file-name: "<your_own_value>"
        pac-file-server-port: "<your_own_value>"
        pac-file-server-status: "enable"
        pac-file-url: "<your_own_value>"
        pac-policy:
         -
            comments: "<your_own_value>"
            dstaddr:
             -
                name: "default_name_22 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
            pac-file-data: "<your_own_value>"
            pac-file-name: "<your_own_value>"
            policyid: "25"
            srcaddr:
             -
                name: "default_name_27 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name)"
            srcaddr6:
             -
                name: "default_name_29 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
            status: "enable"
        pref-dns-result: "ipv4"
        realm: "<your_own_value>"
        sec-default-action: "accept"
        socks: "enable"
        socks-incoming-port: "<your_own_value>"
        ssl-algorithm: "low"
        status: "enable"
        strict-guest: "enable"
        trace-auth-no-rsp: "enable"
        unknown-http-version: "reject"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
build
string
always
Build number of the fortigate image

Sample:
1547
http_method
string
always
Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate

Sample:
PUT
http_status
string
always
Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied

Sample:
200
mkey
string
success
Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate

Sample:
id
name
string
always
Name of the table used to fulfill the request

Sample:
urlfilter
path
string
always
Path of the table used to fulfill the request

Sample:
webfilter
revision
string
always
Internal revision number

Sample:
17.0.2.10658
serial
string
always
Serial number of the unit

Sample:
FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
status
string
always
Indication of the operation's result

Sample:
success
vdom
string
always
Virtual domain used

Sample:
root
version
string
always
Version of the FortiGate

Sample:
v5.6.3


Status

Authors

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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