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

Authors

  • Michael Eaton (@michaeldeaton)

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