fortios_webfilter_profile – Configure Web filter profiles 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 webfilter feature and profile 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.
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.
webfilter_profile
dictionary
Configure Web filter profiles.
comment
string
Optional comments.
extended_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable extended logging for web filtering.
ftgd_wf
dictionary
FortiGuard Web Filter settings.
exempt_quota
string
Do not stop quota for these categories.
filters
list
FortiGuard filters.
action
string
    Choices:
  • block
  • authenticate
  • monitor
  • warning
Action to take for matches.
auth_usr_grp
string
Groups with permission to authenticate.
name
string / required
User group name. Source user.group.name.
category
integer
Categories and groups the filter examines.
id
integer / required
ID number.
log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging.
override_replacemsg
string
Override replacement message.
warn_duration
string
Duration of warnings.
warning_duration_type
string
    Choices:
  • session
  • timeout
Re-display warning after closing browser or after a timeout.
warning_prompt
string
    Choices:
  • per-domain
  • per-category
Warning prompts in each category or each domain.
max_quota_timeout
integer
Maximum FortiGuard quota used by single page view in seconds (excludes streams).
options
string
    Choices:
  • error-allow
  • rate-server-ip
  • connect-request-bypass
  • ftgd-disable
Options for FortiGuard Web Filter.
ovrd
string
Allow web filter profile overrides.
quota
list
FortiGuard traffic quota settings.
category
string
FortiGuard categories to apply quota to (category action must be set to monitor).
duration
string
Duration of quota.
id
integer / required
ID number.
override_replacemsg
string
Override replacement message.
type
string
    Choices:
  • time
  • traffic
Quota type.
unit
string
    Choices:
  • B
  • KB
  • MB
  • GB
Traffic quota unit of measurement.
value
integer
Traffic quota value.
rate_crl_urls
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable rating CRL by URL.
rate_css_urls
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable rating CSS by URL.
rate_image_urls
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable rating images by URL.
rate_javascript_urls
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable rating JavaScript by URL.
https_replacemsg
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable replacement messages for HTTPS.
inspection_mode
string
    Choices:
  • proxy
  • flow-based
Web filtering inspection mode.
log_all_url
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging all URLs visited.
name
string / required
Profile name.
options
string
    Choices:
  • activexfilter
  • cookiefilter
  • javafilter
  • block-invalid-url
  • jscript
  • js
  • vbs
  • unknown
  • intrinsic
  • wf-referer
  • wf-cookie
  • per-user-bwl
Options.
override
dictionary
Web Filter override settings.
ovrd_cookie
string
    Choices:
  • allow
  • deny
Allow/deny browser-based (cookie) overrides.
ovrd_dur
string
Override duration.
ovrd_dur_mode
string
    Choices:
  • constant
  • ask
Override duration mode.
ovrd_scope
string
    Choices:
  • user
  • user-group
  • ip
  • browser
  • ask
Override scope.
ovrd_user_group
string
User groups with permission to use the override.
name
string / required
User group name. Source user.group.name.
profile
list
Web filter profile with permission to create overrides.
name
string / required
Web profile. Source webfilter.profile.name.
profile_attribute
string
    Choices:
  • User-Name
  • NAS-IP-Address
  • Framed-IP-Address
  • Framed-IP-Netmask
  • Filter-Id
  • Login-IP-Host
  • Reply-Message
  • Callback-Number
  • Callback-Id
  • Framed-Route
  • Framed-IPX-Network
  • Class
  • Called-Station-Id
  • Calling-Station-Id
  • NAS-Identifier
  • Proxy-State
  • Login-LAT-Service
  • Login-LAT-Node
  • Login-LAT-Group
  • Framed-AppleTalk-Zone
  • Acct-Session-Id
  • Acct-Multi-Session-Id
Profile attribute to retrieve from the RADIUS server.
profile_type
string
    Choices:
  • list
  • radius
Override profile type.
ovrd_perm
string
    Choices:
  • bannedword-override
  • urlfilter-override
  • fortiguard-wf-override
  • contenttype-check-override
Permitted override types.
post_action
string
    Choices:
  • normal
  • block
Action taken for HTTP POST traffic.
replacemsg_group
string
Replacement message group. Source system.replacemsg-group.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.
web
dictionary
Web content filtering settings.
blacklist
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable automatic addition of URLs detected by FortiSandbox to blacklist.
bword_table
integer
Banned word table ID. Source webfilter.content.id.
bword_threshold
integer
Banned word score threshold.
content_header_list
integer
Content header list. Source webfilter.content-header.id.
keyword_match
string
Search keywords to log when match is found.
pattern
string / required
Pattern/keyword to search for.
log_search
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging all search phrases.
safe_search
string
    Choices:
  • url
  • header
Safe search type.
urlfilter_table
integer
URL filter table ID. Source webfilter.urlfilter.id.
whitelist
string
    Choices:
  • exempt-av
  • exempt-webcontent
  • exempt-activex-java-cookie
  • exempt-dlp
  • exempt-rangeblock
  • extended-log-others
FortiGuard whitelist settings.
youtube_restrict
string
    Choices:
  • none
  • strict
  • moderate
YouTube EDU filter level.
web_content_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging logging blocked web content.
web_extended_all_action_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable extended any filter action logging for web filtering.
web_filter_activex_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging ActiveX.
web_filter_applet_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging Java applets.
web_filter_command_block_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging blocked commands.
web_filter_cookie_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging cookie filtering.
web_filter_cookie_removal_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging blocked cookies.
web_filter_js_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging Java scripts.
web_filter_jscript_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging JScripts.
web_filter_referer_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging referrers.
web_filter_unknown_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging unknown scripts.
web_filter_vbs_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging VBS scripts.
web_ftgd_err_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging rating errors.
web_ftgd_quota_usage
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging daily quota usage.
web_invalid_domain_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging invalid domain names.
web_url_log
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable logging URL filtering.
wisp
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable web proxy WISP.
wisp_algorithm
string
    Choices:
  • primary-secondary
  • round-robin
  • auto-learning
WISP server selection algorithm.
wisp_servers
list
WISP servers.
name
string / required
Server name. Source web-proxy.wisp.name.
youtube_channel_filter
list
YouTube channel filter.
channel_id
string
YouTube channel ID to be filtered.
comment
string
Comment.
id
integer / required
ID.
youtube_channel_status
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • blacklist
  • whitelist
YouTube channel filter status.

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 Web filter profiles.
    fortios_webfilter_profile:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      webfilter_profile:
        comment: "Optional comments."
        extended_log: "enable"
        ftgd_wf:
            exempt_quota: "<your_own_value>"
            filters:
             -
                action: "block"
                auth_usr_grp:
                 -
                    name: "default_name_10 (source user.group.name)"
                category: "11"
                id:  "12"
                log: "enable"
                override_replacemsg: "<your_own_value>"
                warn_duration: "<your_own_value>"
                warning_duration_type: "session"
                warning_prompt: "per-domain"
            max_quota_timeout: "18"
            options: "error-allow"
            ovrd: "<your_own_value>"
            quota:
             -
                category: "<your_own_value>"
                duration: "<your_own_value>"
                id:  "24"
                override_replacemsg: "<your_own_value>"
                type: "time"
                unit: "B"
                value: "28"
            rate_crl_urls: "disable"
            rate_css_urls: "disable"
            rate_image_urls: "disable"
            rate_javascript_urls: "disable"
        https_replacemsg: "enable"
        inspection_mode: "proxy"
        log_all_url: "enable"
        name: "default_name_36"
        options: "activexfilter"
        override:
            ovrd_cookie: "allow"
            ovrd_dur: "<your_own_value>"
            ovrd_dur_mode: "constant"
            ovrd_scope: "user"
            ovrd_user_group:
             -
                name: "default_name_44 (source user.group.name)"
            profile:
             -
                name: "default_name_46 (source webfilter.profile.name)"
            profile_attribute: "User-Name"
            profile_type: "list"
        ovrd_perm: "bannedword-override"
        post_action: "normal"
        replacemsg_group: "<your_own_value> (source system.replacemsg-group.name)"
        web:
            blacklist: "enable"
            bword_table: "54 (source webfilter.content.id)"
            bword_threshold: "55"
            content_header_list: "56 (source webfilter.content-header.id)"
            keyword_match:
             -
                pattern: "<your_own_value>"
            log_search: "enable"
            safe_search: "url"
            urlfilter_table: "61 (source webfilter.urlfilter.id)"
            whitelist: "exempt-av"
            youtube_restrict: "none"
        web_content_log: "enable"
        web_extended_all_action_log: "enable"
        web_filter_activex_log: "enable"
        web_filter_applet_log: "enable"
        web_filter_command_block_log: "enable"
        web_filter_cookie_log: "enable"
        web_filter_cookie_removal_log: "enable"
        web_filter_js_log: "enable"
        web_filter_jscript_log: "enable"
        web_filter_referer_log: "enable"
        web_filter_unknown_log: "enable"
        web_filter_vbs_log: "enable"
        web_ftgd_err_log: "enable"
        web_ftgd_quota_usage: "enable"
        web_invalid_domain_log: "enable"
        web_url_log: "enable"
        wisp: "enable"
        wisp_algorithm: "primary-secondary"
        wisp_servers:
         -
            name: "default_name_83 (source web-proxy.wisp.name)"
        youtube_channel_filter:
         -
            channel_id: "<your_own_value>"
            comment: "Comment."
            id:  "87"
        youtube_channel_status: "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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