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fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_location – Configure FortiSwitch location services in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.1.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis

• This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify switch_controller feature and location 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	Comments
access_token string	Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
enable_log boolean	Enable/Disable logging for task. Choices: no ← (default) yes
member_path string	Member attribute path to operate on. Delimited by a slash character if there are more than one attribute. Parameter marked with member_path is legitimate for doing member operation.
member_state string	Add or delete a member under specified attribute path. When member_state is specified, the state option is ignored. Choices: present absent
state string / required	Indicates whether to create or remove the object. Choices: present absent
switch_controller_location dictionary	Configure FortiSwitch location services.
address_civic dictionary	Configure location civic address.
additional string	Location additional details.
additional_code string	Location additional code details.
block string	Location block details.
branch_road string	Location branch road details.
building string	Location building details.
city string	Location city details.
city_division string	Location city division details.
country string	The two-letter ISO 3166 country code in capital ASCII letters eg. US, CA, DK, DE.
country_subdivision string	National subdivisions (state, canton, region, province, or prefecture).
county string	County, parish, gun (JP), or district (IN).
direction string	Leading street direction.
floor string	Floor.
landmark string	Landmark or vanity address.
language string	Language.
name string	Name (residence and office occupant).
number string	House number.
number_suffix string	House number suffix.
parent_key string	Parent key name.
place_type string	Placetype.
post_office_box string	Post office box (P.O. box).
postal_community string	Postal community name.
primary_road string	Primary road name.
road_section string	Road section.
room string	Room number.
script string	Script used to present the address information.
seat string	Seat number.
street string	Street.
street_name_post_mod string	Street name post modifier.
street_name_pre_mod string	Street name pre modifier.
street_suffix string	Street suffix.
sub_branch_road string	Sub branch road name.
trailing_str_suffix string	Trailing street suffix.
unit string	Unit (apartment, suite).
zip string	Postal/zip code.
coordinates dictionary	Configure location GPS coordinates.
altitude string	+/- Floating point no. eg. 117.47.
altitude_unit string	m ( meters), f ( floors). Choices: m f
datum string	WGS84, NAD83, NAD83/MLLW. Choices: WGS84 NAD83 NAD83/MLLW
latitude string	Floating point start with ( +/- ) or end with ( N or S ) eg. +/-16.67 or 16.67N.
longitude string	Floating point start with ( +/- ) or end with ( E or W ) eg. +/-26.789 or 26.789E.
parent_key string	Parent key name.
elin_number dictionary	Configure location ELIN number.
elin_num string	Configure ELIN callback number.
parent_key string	Parent key name.
name string / required	Unique location item name.
vdom string	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. Default: “root”

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- collections:
  - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  hosts: fortigate01
  vars:
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    vdom: root
  tasks:
  - name: fortios_switch_controller_location
    fortios_switch_controller_location:
      vdom: root
      state: present
      switch_controller_location:
        name: terr-test-rdmstr

Return Values

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

Key	Description
build string	Build number of the fortigate image Returned: always Sample: “1547”
http_method string	Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate Returned: always Sample: “PUT”
http_status string	Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied Returned: always Sample: “200”
mkey string	Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate Returned: success Sample: “id”
name string	Name of the table used to fulfill the request Returned: always Sample: “urlfilter”
path string	Path of the table used to fulfill the request Returned: always Sample: “webfilter”
revision string	Internal revision number Returned: always Sample: “17.0.2.10658”
serial string	Serial number of the unit Returned: always Sample: “FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352”
status string	Indication of the operation’s result Returned: always Sample: “success”
vdom string	Virtual domain used Returned: always Sample: “root”
version string	Version of the FortiGate Returned: always 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)