check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_access_rule module – Manages access-rule objects on Check Point over Web Services API

Note

This module is part of the check_point.mgmt collection (version 2.3.0).

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 check_point.mgmt.

To use it in a playbook, specify: check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_access_rule.

New in check_point.mgmt 2.9

Synopsis

  • Manages access-rule objects on Check Point devices including creating, updating and removing objects.

  • All operations are performed over Web Services API.

Parameters

Parameter

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action

string

a “Accept”, “Drop”, “Ask”, “Inform”, “Reject”, “User Auth”, “Client Auth”, “Apply Layer”.

action_settings

dictionary

Action settings.

enable_identity_captive_portal

boolean

N/A

Choices:

  • false

  • true

limit

string

N/A

auto_publish_session

boolean

Publish the current session if changes have been performed after task completes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

comments

string

Comments string.

content

list / elements=string

List of processed file types that this rule applies on.

content_direction

string

On which direction the file types processing is applied.

Choices:

  • "any"

  • "up"

  • "down"

content_negate

boolean

True if negate is set for data.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

custom_fields

dictionary

Custom fields.

field_1

string

First custom field.

field_2

string

Second custom field.

field_3

string

Third custom field.

destination

list / elements=string

Collection of Network objects identified by the name or UID.

destination_negate

boolean

True if negate is set for destination.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

details_level

string

The level of detail for some of the fields in the response can vary from showing only the UID value of the object to a fully detailed representation of the object.

Choices:

  • "uid"

  • "standard"

  • "full"

enabled

boolean

Enable/Disable the rule.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ignore_errors

boolean

Apply changes ignoring errors. You won’t be able to publish such a changes. If ignore-warnings flag was omitted - warnings will also be ignored.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ignore_warnings

boolean

Apply changes ignoring warnings.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

inline_layer

string

Inline Layer identified by the name or UID. Relevant only if “Action” was set to “Apply Layer”.

install_on

list / elements=string

Which Gateways identified by the name or UID to install the policy on.

layer

string

Layer that the rule belongs to identified by the name or UID.

name

string / required

Object name.

position

string

Position in the rulebase.

position_by_rule

dictionary

Position in the rulebase.

Use of this field may not be idempotent.

above

string

Add rule above specific rule identified by uid or name (limited to 500 rules).

below

string

Add rule below specific rule identified by uid or name (limited to 500 rules).

service

list / elements=string

Collection of Network objects identified by the name or UID.

service_negate

boolean

True if negate is set for service.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

source

list / elements=string

Collection of Network objects identified by the name or UID.

source_negate

boolean

True if negate is set for source.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

state

string

State of the access rule (present or absent). Defaults to present.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

time

list / elements=string

List of time objects. For example, “Weekend”, “Off-Work”, “Every-Day”.

track

dictionary

Track Settings.

accounting

boolean

Turns accounting for track on and off.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

alert

string

Type of alert for the track.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "alert"

  • "snmp"

  • "mail"

  • "user alert 1"

  • "user alert 2"

  • "user alert 3"

enable_firewall_session

boolean

Determine whether to generate session log to firewall only connections.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

per_connection

boolean

Determines whether to perform the log per connection.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

per_session

boolean

Determines whether to perform the log per session.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

type

string

a “Log”, “Extended Log”, “Detailed Log”, “None”.

user_check

dictionary

User check settings.

confirm

string

N/A

Choices:

  • "per rule"

  • "per category"

  • "per application/site"

  • "per data type"

custom_frequency

dictionary

N/A

every

integer

N/A

unit

string

N/A

Choices:

  • "hours"

  • "days"

  • "weeks"

  • "months"

frequency

string

N/A

Choices:

  • "once a day"

  • "once a week"

  • "once a month"

  • "custom frequency..."

interaction

string

N/A

version

string

Version of checkpoint. If not given one, the latest version taken.

vpn

list / elements=string

Communities or Directional.

community

list / elements=string

List of community name or UID.

directional

list / elements=string

Communities directional match condition.

from

string

From community name or UID.

to

string

To community name or UID.

wait_for_task

boolean

Wait for the task to end. Such as publish task.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_for_task_timeout

integer

How many minutes to wait until throwing a timeout error.

Default: 30

Examples

- name: add-access-rule
  cp_mgmt_access_rule:
    layer: Network
    name: Rule 1
    position: 1
    service:
    - SMTP
    - AOL
    state: present

- name: set-access-rule
  cp_mgmt_access_rule:
    action: Ask
    action_settings:
      enable_identity_captive_portal: true
      limit: Upload_1Gbps
    layer: Network
    name: Rule 1
    state: present

- name: delete-access-rule
  cp_mgmt_access_rule:
    layer: Network
    name: Rule 2
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

cp_mgmt_access_rule

dictionary

The checkpoint object created or updated.

Returned: always, except when deleting the object.

Authors

  • Or Soffer (@chkp-orso)