fortinet.fortios.fortios_firewall_multicast_address – Configure multicast addresses in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 1.1.9).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install fortinet.fortios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_firewall_multicast_address.

New in version 2.8: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify firewall feature and multicast_address category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.0

Requirements

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

  • ansible>=2.9.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
access_token
string
Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
firewall_multicast_address
dictionary
Configure multicast addresses.
associated_interface
string
Interface associated with the address object. When setting up a policy, only addresses associated with this interface are available. Source system.interface.name.
color
integer
Integer value to determine the color of the icon in the GUI (1 - 32).
comment
string
Comment.
end_ip
string
Final IPv4 address (inclusive) in the range for the address.
name
string / required
Multicast address name.
start_ip
string
First IPv4 address (inclusive) in the range for the address.
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.
subnet
string
Broadcast address and subnet.
tagging
list / elements=string
Config object tagging.
category
string
Tag category. Source system.object-tagging.category.
name
string / required
Tagging entry name.
tags
list / elements=string
Tags.
name
string / required
Tag name. Source system.object-tagging.tags.name.
type
string
    Choices:
  • multicastrange
  • broadcastmask
Type of address object: multicast IP address range or broadcast IP/mask to be treated as a multicast address.
visibility
string
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable visibility of the multicast address on the GUI.
state
string
added in 2.9 of fortinet.fortios
    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.
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.

Notes

Note

  • Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks

Examples

- hosts: fortigates
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   vdom: "root"
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: Configure multicast addresses.
    fortios_firewall_multicast_address:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      firewall_multicast_address:
        associated_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        color: "4"
        comment: "Comment."
        end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_7"
        start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        subnet: "<your_own_value>"
        tagging:
         -
            category: "<your_own_value> (source system.object-tagging.category)"
            name: "default_name_12"
            tags:
             -
                name: "default_name_14 (source system.object-tagging.tags.name)"
        type: "multicastrange"
        visibility: "enable"

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


Authors

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)

  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)

  • Frank Shen (@frankshen01)

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)