fortinet.fortios.fortios_wireless_controller_global module – Configure wireless controller global settings 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_wireless_controller_global.

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 wireless_controller feature and global 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

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”

wireless_controller_global

dictionary

Configure wireless controller global settings.

ap_log_server

string

Enable/disable configuring FortiGate to redirect wireless event log messages or FortiAPs to send UTM log messages to a syslog server .

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

ap_log_server_ip

string

IP address that FortiGate or FortiAPs send log messages to.

ap_log_server_port

integer

Port that FortiGate or FortiAPs send log messages to.

control_message_offload

list / elements=string

Configure CAPWAP control message data channel offload.

Choices:

  • ebp-frame

  • aeroscout-tag

  • ap-list

  • sta-list

  • sta-cap-list

  • stats

  • aeroscout-mu

  • sta-health

  • spectral-analysis

data_ethernet_II

string

Configure the wireless controller to use Ethernet II or 802.3 frames with 802.3 data tunnel mode .

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

discovery_mc_addr

string

Multicast IP address for AP discovery .

fiapp_eth_type

integer

Ethernet type for Fortinet Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP), or IEEE 802.11f, packets (0 - 65535).

image_download

string

Enable/disable WTP image download at join time.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

ipsec_base_ip

string

Base IP address for IPsec VPN tunnels between the access points and the wireless controller .

string

Enable/disable calculating the CAPWAP transmit hash to load balance sessions to link aggregation nodes .

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

location

string

Description of the location of the wireless controller.

max_clients

integer

Maximum number of clients that can connect simultaneously .

max_retransmit

integer

Maximum number of tunnel packet retransmissions (0 - 64).

mesh_eth_type

integer

Mesh Ethernet identifier included in backhaul packets (0 - 65535).

nac_interval

integer

Interval in seconds between two WiFi network access control (NAC) checks (10 - 600).

name

string

Name of the wireless controller.

rogue_scan_mac_adjacency

integer

Maximum numerical difference between an AP”s Ethernet and wireless MAC values to match for rogue detection (0 - 31).

tunnel_mode

string

Compatible/strict tunnel mode.

Choices:

  • compatible

  • strict

wtp_share

string

Enable/disable sharing of WTPs between VDOMs.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

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 wireless controller global settings.
    fortios_wireless_controller_global:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      wireless_controller_global:
        ap_log_server: "enable"
        ap_log_server_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ap_log_server_port: "5"
        control_message_offload: "ebp-frame"
        data_ethernet_II: "enable"
        discovery_mc_addr: "<your_own_value>"
        fiapp_eth_type: "9"
        image_download: "enable"
        ipsec_base_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        link_aggregation: "enable"
        location: "<your_own_value>"
        max_clients: "14"
        max_retransmit: "15"
        mesh_eth_type: "16"
        nac_interval: "17"
        name: "default_name_18"
        rogue_scan_mac_adjacency: "19"
        tunnel_mode: "compatible"
        wtp_share: "enable"

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)