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community.fortios.fmgr_device module – Add or remove device from FortiManager.

Note

This module is part of the community.fortios collection (version 1.0.0).

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 community.fortios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.fortios.fmgr_device.

Synopsis

• Add or remove a device or list of devices from FortiManager Device Manager using JSON RPC API.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
adom string / required	The ADOM the configuration should belong to. Default: "root"
blind_add string	When adding a device, module will check if it exists, and skip if it does. If enabled, this option will stop the module from checking if it already exists, and blindly add the device. Choices: "enable" "disable" ← (default)
device_ip string	The IP of the device being added to FortiManager. Supports both IPv4 and IPv6.
device_password string	The password of the device being added to FortiManager.
device_serial string	The serial number of the device being added to FortiManager.
device_unique_name string	The desired “friendly” name of the device being added to FortiManager.
device_username string	The username of the device being added to FortiManager.
mode string	The desired mode of the specified object. Choices: "add" ← (default) "delete"

Notes

Note

• Full Documentation at https://ftnt-ansible-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

Examples

- name: DISCOVER AND ADD DEVICE FGT1
  community.fortios.fmgr_device:
    adom: "root"
    device_username: "admin"
    device_password: "admin"
    device_ip: "10.10.24.201"
    device_unique_name: "FGT1"
    device_serial: "FGVM000000117994"
    mode: "add"
    blind_add: "enable"

- name: DISCOVER AND ADD DEVICE FGT2
  community.fortios.fmgr_device:
    adom: "root"
    device_username: "admin"
    device_password: "admin"
    device_ip: "10.10.24.202"
    device_unique_name: "FGT2"
    device_serial: "FGVM000000117992"
    mode: "delete"

Return Values

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

Key	Description
api_result string	full API response, includes status code and message Returned: always

Authors

• Luke Weighall (@lweighall)

• Andrew Welsh (@Ghilli3)

• Jim Huber (@p4r4n0y1ng)

Collection links

Issue Tracker Repository (Sources)