fortios_system_ddns – Configure DDNS in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify system feature and ddns 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
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
system_ddns
dictionary
Configure DDNS.
bound_ip
string
Bound IP address.
clear_text
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable use of clear text connections.
ddns_auth
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • tsig
Enable/disable TSIG authentication for your DDNS server.
ddns_domain
string
Your fully qualified domain name (for example, yourname.DDNS.com).
ddns_key
string
DDNS update key (base 64 encoding).
ddns_keyname
string
DDNS update key name.
ddns_password
string
DDNS password.
ddns_server
string
    Choices:
  • dyndns.org
  • dyns.net
  • tzo.com
  • vavic.com
  • dipdns.net
  • now.net.cn
  • dhs.org
  • easydns.com
  • genericDDNS
  • FortiGuardDDNS
  • noip.com
Select a DDNS service provider.
ddns_server_ip
string
Generic DDNS server IP.
ddns_sn
string
DDNS Serial Number.
ddns_ttl
integer
Time-to-live for DDNS packets.
ddns_username
string
DDNS user name.
ddns_zone
string
Zone of your domain name (for example, DDNS.com).
ddnsid
integer / required
DDNS ID.
monitor_interface
list
Monitored interface.
interface_name
string
Interface name. Source system.interface.name.
ssl_certificate
string
Name of local certificate for SSL connections. Source certificate.local.name.
update_interval
integer
DDNS update interval (60 - 2592000 sec).
use_public_ip
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable use of public IP address.
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 DDNS.
    fortios_system_ddns:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      system_ddns:
        bound_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        clear_text: "disable"
        ddns_auth: "disable"
        ddns_domain: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_key: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_keyname: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_password: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_server: "dyndns.org"
        ddns_server_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_sn: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_ttl: "13"
        ddns_username: "<your_own_value>"
        ddns_zone: "<your_own_value>"
        ddnsid: "16"
        monitor_interface:
         -
            interface_name: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        ssl_certificate: "<your_own_value> (source certificate.local.name)"
        update_interval: "20"
        use_public_ip: "disable"

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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