fortios_web_proxy_forward_server_group – Configure a forward server group consisting or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing 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 web_proxy feature and forward_server_group 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.
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.
web_proxy_forward_server_group
dictionary
Configure a forward server group consisting or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing.
affinity
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable affinity, attaching a source-ip's traffic to the assigned forwarding server until the forward-server-affinity-timeout is reached (under web-proxy global).
group_down_option
string
    Choices:
  • block
  • pass
Action to take when all of the servers in the forward server group are down: block sessions until at least one server is back up or pass sessions to their destination.
ldb_method
string
    Choices:
  • weighted
  • least-session
Load balance method: weighted or least-session.
name
string / required
Configure a forward server group consisting one or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing.
server_list
list
Add web forward servers to a list to form a server group. Optionally assign weights to each server.
name
string / required
Forward server name. Source web-proxy.forward-server.name.
weight
integer
Optionally assign a weight of the forwarding server for weighted load balancing (1 - 100)

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 a forward server group consisting or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing.
    fortios_web_proxy_forward_server_group:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      web_proxy_forward_server_group:
        affinity: "enable"
        group_down_option: "block"
        ldb_method: "weighted"
        name: "default_name_6"
        server_list:
         -
            name: "default_name_8 (source web-proxy.forward-server.name)"
            weight: "9"

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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