fortios_firewall_shaping_policy – Configure shaping policies in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify firewall feature and shaping_policy category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.5

Requirements

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

  • fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
firewall_shaping_policy
dictionary
Configure shaping policies.
app_category
list
IDs of one or more application categories that this shaper applies application control traffic shaping to.
id
integer / required
Category IDs.
application
list
IDs of one or more applications that this shaper applies application control traffic shaping to.
id
integer / required
Application IDs.
class_id
integer
Traffic class ID.
comment
string
Comments.
dstaddr
list
IPv4 destination address and address group names.
name
string / required
Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
dstaddr6
list
IPv6 destination address and address group names.
name
string / required
Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
dstintf
list
One or more outgoing (egress) interfaces.
name
string / required
Interface name. Source system.interface.name system.zone.name.
groups
list
Apply this traffic shaping policy to user groups that have authenticated with the FortiGate.
name
string / required
Group name. Source user.group.name.
id
integer / required
Shaping policy ID.
internet_service
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable use of Internet Services for this policy. If enabled, destination address and service are not used.
internet_service_custom
list
Custom Internet Service name.
name
string / required
Custom Internet Service name. Source firewall.internet-service-custom.name.
internet_service_id
list
Internet Service ID.
id
integer / required
Internet Service ID. Source firewall.internet-service.id.
internet_service_src
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable use of Internet Services in source for this policy. If enabled, source address is not used.
internet_service_src_custom
list
Custom Internet Service source name.
name
string / required
Custom Internet Service name. Source firewall.internet-service-custom.name.
internet_service_src_id
list
Internet Service source ID.
id
integer / required
Internet Service ID. Source firewall.internet-service.id.
ip_version
string
    Choices:
  • 4
  • 6
Apply this traffic shaping policy to IPv4 or IPv6 traffic.
per_ip_shaper
string
Per-IP traffic shaper to apply with this policy. Source firewall.shaper.per-ip-shaper.name.
schedule
string
Schedule name. Source firewall.schedule.onetime.name firewall.schedule.recurring.name firewall.schedule.group.name.
service
list
Service and service group names.
name
string / required
Service name. Source firewall.service.custom.name firewall.service.group.name.
srcaddr
list
IPv4 source address and address group names.
name
string / required
Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
srcaddr6
list
IPv6 source address and address group names.
name
string / required
Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.9 we recommend using the top-level 'state' parameter.
Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
status
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable this traffic shaping policy.
traffic_shaper
string
Traffic shaper to apply to traffic forwarded by the firewall policy. Source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name.
traffic_shaper_reverse
string
Traffic shaper to apply to response traffic received by the firewall policy. Source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name.
url_category
list
IDs of one or more FortiGuard Web Filtering categories that this shaper applies traffic shaping to.
id
integer / required
URL category ID.
users
list
Apply this traffic shaping policy to individual users that have authenticated with the FortiGate.
name
string / required
User name. Source user.local.name.
host
string
FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
password
string
Default:
""
FortiOS or FortiGate password.
ssl_verify
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
state
string
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicates whether to create or remove the object. This attribute was present already in previous version in a deeper level. It has been moved out to this outer level.
username
string
FortiOS or FortiGate username.
vdom
string
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.

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"
   ssl_verify: "False"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure shaping policies.
    fortios_firewall_shaping_policy:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      firewall_shaping_policy:
        app_category:
         -
            id:  "4"
        application:
         -
            id:  "6"
        class_id: "7"
        comment: "Comments."
        dstaddr:
         -
            name: "default_name_10 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        dstaddr6:
         -
            name: "default_name_12 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        dstintf:
         -
            name: "default_name_14 (source system.interface.name system.zone.name)"
        groups:
         -
            name: "default_name_16 (source user.group.name)"
        id:  "17"
        internet_service: "enable"
        internet_service_custom:
         -
            name: "default_name_20 (source firewall.internet-service-custom.name)"
        internet_service_id:
         -
            id:  "22 (source firewall.internet-service.id)"
        internet_service_src: "enable"
        internet_service_src_custom:
         -
            name: "default_name_25 (source firewall.internet-service-custom.name)"
        internet_service_src_id:
         -
            id:  "27 (source firewall.internet-service.id)"
        ip_version: "4"
        per_ip_shaper: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.per-ip-shaper.name)"
        schedule: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.schedule.onetime.name firewall.schedule.recurring.name firewall.schedule.group.name)"
        service:
         -
            name: "default_name_32 (source firewall.service.custom.name firewall.service.group.name)"
        srcaddr:
         -
            name: "default_name_34 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        srcaddr6:
         -
            name: "default_name_36 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        status: "enable"
        traffic_shaper: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name)"
        traffic_shaper_reverse: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name)"
        url_category:
         -
            id:  "41"
        users:
         -
            name: "default_name_43 (source user.local.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:
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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