win_firewall – Enable or disable the Windows Firewall

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• Enable or Disable Windows Firewall profiles.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• This module requires Windows Management Framework 5 or later.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
profiles list	Choices: Domain ← Private ← Public ← Default: ["Domain", "Private", "Public"]	Specify one or more profiles to change.
state string	Choices: disabled enabled	Set state of firewall for given profile.

See Also

See also

win_firewall_rule – Windows firewall automation

The official documentation on the win_firewall_rule module.

Examples

- name: Enable firewall for Domain, Public and Private profiles
  win_firewall:
    state: enabled
    profiles:
    - Domain
    - Private
    - Public
  tags: enable_firewall

- name: Disable Domain firewall
  win_firewall:
    state: disabled
    profiles:
    - Domain
  tags: disable_firewall

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
enabled boolean	always	Current firewall status for chosen profile (after any potential change). Sample: True
profiles string	always	Chosen profile. Sample: Domain
state list	always	Desired state of the given firewall profile(s). Sample: enabled

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Michael Eaton (@michaeldeaton)

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