utm_proxy_frontend_info – create, update or destroy reverse_proxy frontend entry in Sophos UTM

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• Create, update or destroy a reverse_proxy frontend entry in SOPHOS UTM.
• This module needs to have the REST Ability of the UTM to be activated.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
headers dictionary		A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests. Is needed for some modules
name - / required		The name of the object. Will be used to identify the entry
state string	Choices: absent present ←	The desired state of the object. present will create or update an object absent will delete an object if it was present
utm_host string / required		The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.
utm_port integer	Default: 4444	The port of the REST interface.
utm_protocol string	Choices: http https ←	The protocol of the REST Endpoint.
utm_token string / required		The token used to identify at the REST-API. See https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/UTMonAWS/Sophos-UTM-RESTful-API.pdf?la=en, Chapter 2.4.2.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether the REST interface's ssl certificate should be verified or not.

Examples

- name: Get utm proxy_frontend
  utm_proxy_frontend_info:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestBackendEntry
    host: REF_OBJECT_STRING

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
result complex		success	The utm object that was created
	_locked boolean		Whether or not the object is currently locked
	_ref string		The reference name of the object
	_type string		The type of the object
	add_content_type_header boolean		Whether to add the content type header
	address string		The reference name of the address
	allowed_networks list		List of reference names of networks associated
	certificate string		Reference name of certificate (ca/host_key_cert)
	comment string		The comment string
	disable_compression boolean		State of compression support
	domain list		List of hostnames
	exceptions list		List of associated proxy exceptions
	htmlrewrite boolean		State of html rewrite
	htmlrewrite_cookies boolean		whether the html rewrite cookie will be set
	implicitredirect boolean		whether to use implicit redirection
	lbmethod string		The method of loadbalancer to use
	locations list		The reference names of reverse_proxy/locations associated with the object
	name string		The name of the object
	port integer		The port of the frontend connection
	preservehost boolean		Preserve host header
	profile string		The associated reverse_proxy/profile
	status boolean		Whether the frontend object is active or not
	type string		The connection type
	xheaders boolean		The xheaders state

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Johannes Brunswicker (@MatrixCrawler)

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