fortinet.fortios.fortios_firewall_vip module – Configure virtual IP for IPv4 in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.1.6).

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_firewall_vip.

New in version 2.0.0: 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 vip 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

firewall_vip

dictionary

Configure virtual IP for IPv4.

add_nat46_route

string

Enable/disable adding NAT46 route.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

arp_reply

string

Enable to respond to ARP requests for this virtual IP address. Enabled by default.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

color

integer

Color of icon on the GUI.

comment

string

Comment.

dns_mapping_ttl

integer

DNS mapping TTL (Set to zero to use TTL in DNS response).

extaddr

list / elements=dictionary

External FQDN address name.

name

string / required

Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.

extintf

string

Interface connected to the source network that receives the packets that will be forwarded to the destination network. Source system .interface.name.

extip

string

IP address or address range on the external interface that you want to map to an address or address range on the destination network.

extport

string

Incoming port number range that you want to map to a port number range on the destination network.

gratuitous_arp_interval

integer

Enable to have the VIP send gratuitous ARPs. 0=disabled. Set from 5 up to 8640000 seconds to enable.

integer

Time in minutes that client web browsers should keep a cookie. Default is 60 minutes. 0 = no time limit.

string

Domain that HTTP cookie persistence should apply to.

string

Enable/disable use of HTTP cookie domain from host field in HTTP.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

integer

Generation of HTTP cookie to be accepted. Changing invalidates all existing cookies.

string

Limit HTTP cookie persistence to the specified path.

string

Control sharing of cookies across virtual servers. Use of same-ip means a cookie from one virtual server can be used by another. Disable stops cookie sharing.

Choices:

  • disable

  • same-ip

http_ip_header

string

For HTTP multiplexing, enable to add the original client IP address in the XForwarded-For HTTP header.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

http_ip_header_name

string

For HTTP multiplexing, enter a custom HTTPS header name. The original client IP address is added to this header. If empty, X-Forwarded-For is used.

http_multiplex

string

Enable/disable HTTP multiplexing.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

http_redirect

string

Enable/disable redirection of HTTP to HTTPS.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

string

Enable/disable verification that inserted HTTPS cookies are secure.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

id

integer

Custom defined ID.

ipv6_mappedip

string

Range of mapped IPv6 addresses. Specify the start IPv6 address followed by a space and the end IPv6 address.

ipv6_mappedport

string

IPv6 port number range on the destination network to which the external port number range is mapped.

ldb_method

string

Method used to distribute sessions to real servers.

Choices:

  • static

  • round-robin

  • weighted

  • least-session

  • least-rtt

  • first-alive

  • http-host

mapped_addr

string

Mapped FQDN address name. Source firewall.address.name.

mappedip

list / elements=dictionary

IP address or address range on the destination network to which the external IP address is mapped.

range

string / required

Mapped IP range.

mappedport

string

Port number range on the destination network to which the external port number range is mapped.

max_embryonic_connections

integer

Maximum number of incomplete connections.

monitor

list / elements=dictionary

Name of the health check monitor to use when polling to determine a virtual server”s connectivity status.

name

string / required

Health monitor name. Source firewall.ldb-monitor.name.

name

string / required

Virtual IP name.

nat44

string

Enable/disable NAT44.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

nat46

string

Enable/disable NAT46.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

nat_source_vip

string

Enable/disable forcing the source NAT mapped IP to the external IP for all traffic.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

outlook_web_access

string

Enable to add the Front-End-Https header for Microsoft Outlook Web Access.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

persistence

string

Configure how to make sure that clients connect to the same server every time they make a request that is part of the same session.

Choices:

  • none

  • http-cookie

  • ssl-session-id

portforward

string

Enable/disable port forwarding.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

portmapping_type

string

Port mapping type.

Choices:

  • 1-to-1

  • m-to-n

protocol

string

Protocol to use when forwarding packets.

Choices:

  • tcp

  • udp

  • sctp

  • icmp

realservers

list / elements=dictionary

Select the real servers that this server load balancing VIP will distribute traffic to.

address

string

Dynamic address of the real server. Source firewall.address.name.

client_ip

string

Only clients in this IP range can connect to this real server.

healthcheck

string

Enable to check the responsiveness of the real server before forwarding traffic.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

  • vip

holddown_interval

integer

Time in seconds that the health check monitor continues to monitor and unresponsive server that should be active.

http_host

string

HTTP server domain name in HTTP header.

id

integer / required

Real server ID.

ip

string

IP address of the real server.

max_connections

integer

Max number of active connections that can be directed to the real server. When reached, sessions are sent to other real servers.

monitor

string

Name of the health check monitor to use when polling to determine a virtual server”s connectivity status. Source firewall .ldb-monitor.name.

name

string / required

Health monitor name. Source firewall.ldb-monitor.name.

port

integer

Port for communicating with the real server. Required if port forwarding is enabled.

status

string

Set the status of the real server to active so that it can accept traffic, or on standby or disabled so no traffic is sent.

Choices:

  • active

  • standby

  • disable

type

string

Type of address.

Choices:

  • ip

  • address

weight

integer

Weight of the real server. If weighted load balancing is enabled, the server with the highest weight gets more connections.

server_type

string

Protocol to be load balanced by the virtual server (also called the server load balance virtual IP).

Choices:

  • http

  • https

  • imaps

  • pop3s

  • smtps

  • ssl

  • tcp

  • udp

  • ip

  • ssh

service

list / elements=dictionary

Service name.

name

string / required

Service name. Source firewall.service.custom.name firewall.service.group.name.

src_filter

list / elements=dictionary

Source address filter. Each address must be either an IP/subnet (x.x.x.x/n) or a range (x.x.x.x-y.y.y.y). Separate addresses with spaces.

range

string / required

Source-filter range.

srcintf_filter

list / elements=dictionary

Interfaces to which the VIP applies. Separate the names with spaces.

interface_name

string

Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

ssl_accept_ffdhe_groups

string

Enable/disable FFDHE cipher suite for SSL key exchange.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

ssl_algorithm

string

Permitted encryption algorithms for SSL sessions according to encryption strength.

Choices:

  • high

  • medium

  • low

  • custom

ssl_certificate

string

The name of the certificate to use for SSL handshake. Source vpn.certificate.local.name.

ssl_cipher_suites

list / elements=dictionary

SSL/TLS cipher suites acceptable from a client, ordered by priority.

cipher

string

Cipher suite name.

Choices:

  • TLS-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-SEED-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-SEED-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-SEED-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-RC4-128-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-RC4-128-MD5

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-RC4-128-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-DES-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-DES-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-DES-CBC-SHA

priority

integer / required

SSL/TLS cipher suites priority.

versions

string

SSL/TLS versions that the cipher suite can be used with.

Choices:

  • ssl-3.0

  • tls-1.0

  • tls-1.1

  • tls-1.2

  • tls-1.3

ssl_client_fallback

string

Enable/disable support for preventing Downgrade Attacks on client connections (RFC 7507).

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

ssl_client_rekey_count

integer

Maximum length of data in MB before triggering a client rekey (0 = disable).

ssl_client_renegotiation

string

Allow, deny, or require secure renegotiation of client sessions to comply with RFC 5746.

Choices:

  • allow

  • deny

  • secure

ssl_client_session_state_max

integer

Maximum number of client to FortiGate SSL session states to keep.

ssl_client_session_state_timeout

integer

Number of minutes to keep client to FortiGate SSL session state.

ssl_client_session_state_type

string

How to expire SSL sessions for the segment of the SSL connection between the client and the FortiGate.

Choices:

  • disable

  • time

  • count

  • both

ssl_dh_bits

string

Number of bits to use in the Diffie-Hellman exchange for RSA encryption of SSL sessions.

Choices:

  • 768

  • 1024

  • 1536

  • 2048

  • 3072

  • 4096

ssl_hpkp

string

Enable/disable including HPKP header in response.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

  • report-only

ssl_hpkp_age

integer

Number of seconds the client should honor the HPKP setting.

ssl_hpkp_backup

string

Certificate to generate backup HPKP pin from. Source vpn.certificate.local.name vpn.certificate.ca.name.

ssl_hpkp_include_subdomains

string

Indicate that HPKP header applies to all subdomains.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

ssl_hpkp_primary

string

Certificate to generate primary HPKP pin from. Source vpn.certificate.local.name vpn.certificate.ca.name.

ssl_hpkp_report_uri

string

URL to report HPKP violations to.

ssl_hsts

string

Enable/disable including HSTS header in response.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

ssl_hsts_age

integer

Number of seconds the client should honor the HSTS setting.

ssl_hsts_include_subdomains

string

Indicate that HSTS header applies to all subdomains.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

ssl_http_location_conversion

string

Enable to replace HTTP with HTTPS in the reply”s Location HTTP header field.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

ssl_http_match_host

string

Enable/disable HTTP host matching for location conversion.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

ssl_max_version

string

Highest SSL/TLS version acceptable from a client.

Choices:

  • ssl-3.0

  • tls-1.0

  • tls-1.1

  • tls-1.2

  • tls-1.3

ssl_min_version

string

Lowest SSL/TLS version acceptable from a client.

Choices:

  • ssl-3.0

  • tls-1.0

  • tls-1.1

  • tls-1.2

  • tls-1.3

ssl_mode

string

Apply SSL offloading between the client and the FortiGate (half) or from the client to the FortiGate and from the FortiGate to the server (full).

Choices:

  • half

  • full

ssl_pfs

string

Select the cipher suites that can be used for SSL perfect forward secrecy (PFS). Applies to both client and server sessions.

Choices:

  • require

  • deny

  • allow

ssl_send_empty_frags

string

Enable/disable sending empty fragments to avoid CBC IV attacks (SSL 3.0 & TLS 1.0 only). May need to be disabled for compatibility with older systems.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

ssl_server_algorithm

string

Permitted encryption algorithms for the server side of SSL full mode sessions according to encryption strength.

Choices:

  • high

  • medium

  • low

  • custom

  • client

ssl_server_cipher_suites

list / elements=dictionary

SSL/TLS cipher suites to offer to a server, ordered by priority.

cipher

string

Cipher suite name.

Choices:

  • TLS-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-SEED-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-SEED-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-SEED-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-ARIA-128-CBC-SHA256

  • TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-ARIA-256-CBC-SHA384

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-RC4-128-SHA

  • TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-RC4-128-MD5

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-RC4-128-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-DES-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-DHE-DSS-WITH-DES-CBC-SHA

  • TLS-RSA-WITH-DES-CBC-SHA

priority

integer / required

SSL/TLS cipher suites priority.

versions

string

SSL/TLS versions that the cipher suite can be used with.

Choices:

  • ssl-3.0

  • tls-1.0

  • tls-1.1

  • tls-1.2

  • tls-1.3

ssl_server_max_version

string

Highest SSL/TLS version acceptable from a server. Use the client setting by default.

Choices:

  • ssl-3.0

  • tls-1.0

  • tls-1.1

  • tls-1.2

  • tls-1.3

  • client

ssl_server_min_version

string

Lowest SSL/TLS version acceptable from a server. Use the client setting by default.

Choices:

  • ssl-3.0

  • tls-1.0

  • tls-1.1

  • tls-1.2

  • tls-1.3

  • client

ssl_server_session_state_max

integer

Maximum number of FortiGate to Server SSL session states to keep.

ssl_server_session_state_timeout

integer

Number of minutes to keep FortiGate to Server SSL session state.

ssl_server_session_state_type

string

How to expire SSL sessions for the segment of the SSL connection between the server and the FortiGate.

Choices:

  • disable

  • time

  • count

  • both

status

string

Enable/disable VIP.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

type

string

Configure a static NAT, load balance, server load balance, access proxy, DNS translation, or FQDN VIP.

Choices:

  • static-nat

  • load-balance

  • server-load-balance

  • dns-translation

  • fqdn

  • access-proxy

uuid

string

Universally Unique Identifier (UUID; automatically assigned but can be manually reset).

weblogic_server

string

Enable to add an HTTP header to indicate SSL offloading for a WebLogic server.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

websphere_server

string

Enable to add an HTTP header to indicate SSL offloading for a WebSphere server.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

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

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

- 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 virtual IP for IPv4.
    fortios_firewall_vip:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      firewall_vip:
        add_nat46_route: "disable"
        arp_reply: "disable"
        color: "5"
        comment: "Comment."
        dns_mapping_ttl: "7"
        extaddr:
         -
            name: "default_name_9 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        extintf: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        extip: "<your_own_value>"
        extport: "<your_own_value>"
        gratuitous_arp_interval: "13"
        http_cookie_age: "14"
        http_cookie_domain: "<your_own_value>"
        http_cookie_domain_from_host: "disable"
        http_cookie_generation: "17"
        http_cookie_path: "<your_own_value>"
        http_cookie_share: "disable"
        http_ip_header: "enable"
        http_ip_header_name: "<your_own_value>"
        http_multiplex: "enable"
        http_redirect: "enable"
        https_cookie_secure: "disable"
        id:  "25"
        ipv6_mappedip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_mappedport: "<your_own_value>"
        ldb_method: "static"
        mapped_addr: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name)"
        mappedip:
         -
            range: "<your_own_value>"
        mappedport: "<your_own_value>"
        max_embryonic_connections: "33"
        monitor:
         -
            name: "default_name_35 (source firewall.ldb-monitor.name)"
        name: "default_name_36"
        nat_source_vip: "disable"
        nat44: "disable"
        nat46: "disable"
        outlook_web_access: "disable"
        persistence: "none"
        portforward: "disable"
        portmapping_type: "1-to-1"
        protocol: "tcp"
        realservers:
         -
            address: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name)"
            client_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            healthcheck: "disable"
            holddown_interval: "49"
            http_host: "myhostname"
            id:  "51"
            ip: "<your_own_value>"
            max_connections: "53"
            monitor:
             -
                name: "default_name_55 (source firewall.ldb-monitor.name)"
            port: "56"
            status: "active"
            type: "ip"
            weight: "59"
        server_type: "http"
        service:
         -
            name: "default_name_62 (source firewall.service.custom.name firewall.service.group.name)"
        src_filter:
         -
            range: "<your_own_value>"
        srcintf_filter:
         -
            interface_name: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        ssl_accept_ffdhe_groups: "enable"
        ssl_algorithm: "high"
        ssl_certificate: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.local.name)"
        ssl_cipher_suites:
         -
            cipher: "TLS-AES-128-GCM-SHA256"
            priority: "72"
            versions: "ssl-3.0"
        ssl_client_fallback: "disable"
        ssl_client_rekey_count: "75"
        ssl_client_renegotiation: "allow"
        ssl_client_session_state_max: "77"
        ssl_client_session_state_timeout: "78"
        ssl_client_session_state_type: "disable"
        ssl_dh_bits: "768"
        ssl_hpkp: "disable"
        ssl_hpkp_age: "82"
        ssl_hpkp_backup: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.local.name vpn.certificate.ca.name)"
        ssl_hpkp_include_subdomains: "disable"
        ssl_hpkp_primary: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.local.name vpn.certificate.ca.name)"
        ssl_hpkp_report_uri: "<your_own_value>"
        ssl_hsts: "disable"
        ssl_hsts_age: "88"
        ssl_hsts_include_subdomains: "disable"
        ssl_http_location_conversion: "enable"
        ssl_http_match_host: "enable"
        ssl_max_version: "ssl-3.0"
        ssl_min_version: "ssl-3.0"
        ssl_mode: "half"
        ssl_pfs: "require"
        ssl_send_empty_frags: "enable"
        ssl_server_algorithm: "high"
        ssl_server_cipher_suites:
         -
            cipher: "TLS-AES-128-GCM-SHA256"
            priority: "100"
            versions: "ssl-3.0"
        ssl_server_max_version: "ssl-3.0"
        ssl_server_min_version: "ssl-3.0"
        ssl_server_session_state_max: "104"
        ssl_server_session_state_timeout: "105"
        ssl_server_session_state_type: "disable"
        status: "disable"
        type: "static-nat"
        uuid: "<your_own_value>"
        weblogic_server: "disable"
        websphere_server: "disable"

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)