fortios_system_password_policy_guest_admin – Configure the password policy for guest administrators 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 password_policy_guest_admin 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.
system_password_policy_guest_admin
dictionary
Configure the password policy for guest administrators.
apply_to
string
    Choices:
  • guest-admin-password
Guest administrator to which this password policy applies.
change_4_characters
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable changing at least 4 characters for a new password (This attribute overrides reuse-password if both are enabled).
expire_day
integer
Number of days after which passwords expire (1 - 999 days).
expire_status
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable password expiration.
min_lower_case_letter
integer
Minimum number of lowercase characters in password (0 - 128).
min_non_alphanumeric
integer
Minimum number of non-alphanumeric characters in password (0 - 128).
min_number
integer
Minimum number of numeric characters in password (0 - 128).
min_upper_case_letter
integer
Minimum number of uppercase characters in password (0 - 128).
minimum_length
integer
Minimum password length (8 - 128).
reuse_password
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable reusing of password (if both reuse-password and change-4-characters are enabled, change-4-characters overrides).
status
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable setting a password policy for locally defined administrator passwords and IPsec VPN pre-shared keys.
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 the password policy for guest administrators.
    fortios_system_password_policy_guest_admin:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      system_password_policy_guest_admin:
        apply_to: "guest-admin-password"
        change_4_characters: "enable"
        expire_day: "5"
        expire_status: "enable"
        min_lower_case_letter: "7"
        min_non_alphanumeric: "8"
        min_number: "9"
        min_upper_case_letter: "10"
        minimum_length: "11"
        reuse_password: "enable"
        status: "enable"

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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