fortios_webfilter_override – Configure FortiGuard Web Filter administrative overrides

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by allowing the user to configure webfilter feature and override category. Examples includes all options and 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.
webfilter_override
-
Default:
null
Configure FortiGuard Web Filter administrative overrides.
expires
-
Override expiration date and time, from 5 minutes to 365 from now (format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss).
id
- / required
Override rule ID.
initiator
-
Initiating user of override (read-only setting).
ip
-
IPv4 address which the override applies.
ip6
-
IPv6 address which the override applies.
new-profile
-
Name of the new web filter profile used by the override. Source webfilter.profile.name.
old-profile
-
Name of the web filter profile which the override applies. Source webfilter.profile.name.
scope
-
    Choices:
  • user
  • user-group
  • ip
  • ip6
Override either the specific user, user group, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicates whether to create or remove the object
status
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable override rule.
user
-
Name of the user which the override applies.
user-group
-
Specify the user group for which the override applies. Source user.group.name.

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 FortiGuard Web Filter administrative overrides.
    fortios_webfilter_override:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      webfilter_override:
        state: "present"
        expires: "<your_own_value>"
        id:  "4"
        initiator: "<your_own_value>"
        ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        new-profile: "<your_own_value> (source webfilter.profile.name)"
        old-profile: "<your_own_value> (source webfilter.profile.name)"
        scope: "user"
        status: "enable"
        user: "<your_own_value>"
        user-group: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"

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:
key1
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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