fortinet.fortios.fortios_application_list module – Configure application control lists in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios 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 fortinet.fortios. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in fortinet.fortios 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify application feature and list 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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_token

string

Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.

application_list

dictionary

Configure application control lists.

app_replacemsg

string

Enable/disable replacement messages for blocked applications.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

comment

string

Comments.

control_default_network_services

string

Enable/disable enforcement of protocols over selected ports.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

deep_app_inspection

string

Enable/disable deep application inspection.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

default_network_services

list / elements=dictionary

Default network service entries.

id

integer / required

Entry ID.

port

integer

Port number.

services

list / elements=string

Network protocols.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "ssh"

  • "telnet"

  • "ftp"

  • "dns"

  • "smtp"

  • "pop3"

  • "imap"

  • "snmp"

  • "nntp"

  • "https"

violation_action

string

Action for protocols not in the allowlist for selected port.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "monitor"

  • "block"

enforce_default_app_port

string

Enable/disable default application port enforcement for allowed applications.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

entries

list / elements=dictionary

Application list entries.

action

string

Pass or block traffic, or reset connection for traffic from this application.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "block"

  • "reset"

application

list / elements=dictionary

ID of allowed applications.

id

integer / required

Application IDs.

behavior

list / elements=string

Application behavior filter.

category

list / elements=dictionary

Category ID list.

id

integer / required

Application category ID.

exclusion

list / elements=dictionary

ID of excluded applications.

id

integer / required

Excluded application IDs.

id

integer / required

Entry ID.

log

string

Enable/disable logging for this application list.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

log_packet

string

Enable/disable packet logging.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

parameters

list / elements=dictionary

Application parameters.

id

integer / required

Parameter tuple ID.

members

list / elements=dictionary

Parameter tuple members.

id

integer / required

Parameter.

name

string

Parameter name.

value

string

Parameter value.

value

string

Parameter value.

per_ip_shaper

string

Per-IP traffic shaper. Source firewall.shaper.per-ip-shaper.name.

popularity

list / elements=string

Application popularity filter (1 - 5, from least to most popular).

Choices:

  • "1"

  • "2"

  • "3"

  • "4"

  • "5"

protocols

list / elements=string

Application protocol filter.

quarantine

string

Quarantine method.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "attacker"

quarantine_expiry

string

Duration of quarantine. (Format

quarantine_log

string

Enable/disable quarantine logging.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

rate_count

integer

Count of the rate.

rate_duration

integer

Duration (sec) of the rate.

rate_mode

string

Rate limit mode.

Choices:

  • "periodical"

  • "continuous"

rate_track

string

Track the packet protocol field.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "src-ip"

  • "dest-ip"

  • "dhcp-client-mac"

  • "dns-domain"

risk

list / elements=dictionary

Risk, or impact, of allowing traffic from this application to occur (1 - 5; Low, Elevated, Medium, High, and Critical).

level

integer / required

Risk, or impact, of allowing traffic from this application to occur (1 - 5; Low, Elevated, Medium, High, and Critical).

session_ttl

integer

Session TTL (0 = default).

shaper

string

Traffic shaper. Source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name.

shaper_reverse

string

Reverse traffic shaper. Source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name.

sub_category

list / elements=dictionary

Application Sub-category ID list.

id

integer / required

Application sub-category ID.

technology

list / elements=string

Application technology filter.

vendor

list / elements=string

Application vendor filter.

extended_log

string

Enable/disable extended logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

force_inclusion_ssl_di_sigs

string

Enable/disable forced inclusion of SSL deep inspection signatures.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

name

string / required

List name.

options

list / elements=string

Basic application protocol signatures allowed by default.

Choices:

  • "allow-dns"

  • "allow-icmp"

  • "allow-http"

  • "allow-ssl"

  • "allow-quic"

other_application_action

string

Action for other applications.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "block"

other_application_log

string

Enable/disable logging for other applications.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

p2p_black_list

list / elements=string

P2P applications to be black listed.

Choices:

  • "skype"

  • "edonkey"

  • "bittorrent"

p2p_block_list

list / elements=string

P2P applications to be block listed.

Choices:

  • "skype"

  • "edonkey"

  • "bittorrent"

replacemsg_group

string

Replacement message group. Source system.replacemsg-group.name.

unknown_application_action

string

Pass or block traffic from unknown applications.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "block"

unknown_application_log

string

Enable/disable logging for unknown applications.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

enable_log

boolean

Enable/Disable logging for task.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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 application control lists.
    fortios_application_list:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      application_list:
        app_replacemsg: "disable"
        comment: "Comments."
        control_default_network_services: "disable"
        deep_app_inspection: "disable"
        default_network_services:
         -
            id:  "8"
            port: "0"
            services: "http"
            violation_action: "pass"
        enforce_default_app_port: "disable"
        entries:
         -
            action: "pass"
            application:
             -
                id:  "16"
            behavior: "<your_own_value>"
            category:
             -
                id:  "19"
            exclusion:
             -
                id:  "21"
            id:  "22"
            log: "disable"
            log_packet: "disable"
            parameters:
             -
                id:  "26"
                members:
                 -
                    id:  "28"
                    name: "default_name_29"
                    value: "<your_own_value>"
                value: "<your_own_value>"
            per_ip_shaper: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.per-ip-shaper.name)"
            popularity: "1"
            protocols: "<your_own_value>"
            quarantine: "none"
            quarantine_expiry: "<your_own_value>"
            quarantine_log: "disable"
            rate_count: "0"
            rate_duration: "60"
            rate_mode: "periodical"
            rate_track: "none"
            risk:
             -
                level: "0"
            session_ttl: "0"
            shaper: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name)"
            shaper_reverse: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name)"
            sub_category:
             -
                id:  "48"
            technology: "<your_own_value>"
            vendor: "<your_own_value>"
        extended_log: "enable"
        force_inclusion_ssl_di_sigs: "disable"
        name: "default_name_53"
        options: "allow-dns"
        other_application_action: "pass"
        other_application_log: "disable"
        p2p_black_list: "skype"
        p2p_block_list: "skype"
        replacemsg_group: "<your_own_value> (source system.replacemsg-group.name)"
        unknown_application_action: "pass"
        unknown_application_log: "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)