fortios_system_dns – Configure DNS 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 system feature and dns 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
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
system_dns
dictionary
Configure DNS.
cache_notfound_responses
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable response from the DNS server when a record is not in cache.
dns_cache_limit
integer
Maximum number of records in the DNS cache.
dns_cache_ttl
integer
Duration in seconds that the DNS cache retains information.
domain
list
Search suffix list for hostname lookup.
domain
string / required
DNS search domain list separated by space (maximum 8 domains)
ip6_primary
string
Primary DNS server IPv6 address.
ip6_secondary
string
Secondary DNS server IPv6 address.
primary
string
Primary DNS server IP address.
retry
integer
Number of times to retry (0 - 5).
secondary
string
Secondary DNS server IP address.
source_ip
string
IP address used by the DNS server as its source IP.
timeout
integer
DNS query timeout interval in seconds (1 - 10).
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 DNS.
    fortios_system_dns:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      system_dns:
        cache_notfound_responses: "disable"
        dns_cache_limit: "4"
        dns_cache_ttl: "5"
        domain:
         -
            domain: "<your_own_value>"
        ip6_primary: "<your_own_value>"
        ip6_secondary: "<your_own_value>"
        primary: "<your_own_value>"
        retry: "11"
        secondary: "<your_own_value>"
        source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
        timeout: "14"

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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