fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_global module – Configure FortiSwitch global settings 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_switch_controller_global.

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 switch_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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_token

string

Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.

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"

switch_controller_global

dictionary

Configure FortiSwitch global settings.

allow_multiple_interfaces

string

Enable/disable multiple FortiLink interfaces for redundant connections between a managed FortiSwitch and FortiGate.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

string

Enable/disable bouncing (administratively bring the link down, up) of a switch port where a quarantined device was seen last. Helps to re-initiate the DHCP process for a device.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

custom_command

list / elements=dictionary

List of custom commands to be pushed to all FortiSwitches in the VDOM.

command_entry

string / required

List of FortiSwitch commands.

command_name

string

Name of custom command to push to all FortiSwitches in VDOM. Source switch-controller.custom-command.command-name.

default_virtual_switch_vlan

string

Default VLAN for ports when added to the virtual-switch. Source system.interface.name.

dhcp_option82_circuit_id

list / elements=string

List the parameters to be included to inform about client identification.

Choices:

  • "intfname"

  • "vlan"

  • "hostname"

  • "mode"

  • "description"

dhcp_option82_format

string

DHCP option-82 format string.

Choices:

  • "ascii"

  • "legacy"

dhcp_option82_remote_id

list / elements=string

List the parameters to be included to inform about client identification.

Choices:

  • "mac"

  • "hostname"

  • "ip"

dhcp_server_access_list

string

Enable/disable DHCP snooping server access list.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

dhcp_snoop_client_db_exp

integer

Expiry time for DHCP snooping server database entries (300 - 259200 sec).

dhcp_snoop_client_req

string

Client DHCP packet broadcast mode.

Choices:

  • "drop-untrusted"

  • "forward-untrusted"

dhcp_snoop_db_per_port_learn_limit

integer

Per Interface dhcp-server entries learn limit (0 - 1024).

disable_discovery

list / elements=dictionary

Prevent this FortiSwitch from discovering.

name

string / required

Managed device ID.

fips_enforce

string

Enable/disable enforcement of FIPS on managed FortiSwitch devices.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

firmware_provision_on_authorization

string

Enable/disable automatic provisioning of latest firmware on authorization.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

https_image_push

string

Enable/disable image push to FortiSwitch using HTTPS.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_mac_limit_violations

string

Enable/disable logs for Learning Limit Violations.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

mac_aging_interval

integer

Time after which an inactive MAC is aged out (10 - 1000000 sec).

mac_event_logging

string

Enable/disable MAC address event logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

mac_retention_period

integer

Time in hours after which an inactive MAC is removed from client DB (0 = aged out based on mac-aging-interval).

mac_violation_timer

integer

Set timeout for Learning Limit Violations (0 = disabled).

quarantine_mode

string

Quarantine mode.

Choices:

  • "by-vlan"

  • "by-redirect"

sn_dns_resolution

string

Enable/disable DNS resolution of the FortiSwitch unit”s IP address with switch name.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

update_user_device

list / elements=string

Control which sources update the device user list.

Choices:

  • "mac-cache"

  • "lldp"

  • "dhcp-snooping"

  • "l2-db"

  • "l3-db"

vlan_all_mode

string

VLAN configuration mode, user-defined-vlans or all-possible-vlans.

Choices:

  • "all"

  • "defined"

vlan_optimization

string

FortiLink VLAN optimization.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

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 FortiSwitch global settings.
    fortios_switch_controller_global:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      switch_controller_global:
        allow_multiple_interfaces: "enable"
        bounce_quarantined_link: "disable"
        custom_command:
         -
            command_entry: "<your_own_value>"
            command_name: "<your_own_value> (source switch-controller.custom-command.command-name)"
        default_virtual_switch_vlan: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        dhcp_option82_circuit_id: "intfname"
        dhcp_option82_format: "ascii"
        dhcp_option82_remote_id: "mac"
        dhcp_server_access_list: "enable"
        dhcp_snoop_client_db_exp: "86400"
        dhcp_snoop_client_req: "drop-untrusted"
        dhcp_snoop_db_per_port_learn_limit: "64"
        disable_discovery:
         -
            name: "default_name_17"
        fips_enforce: "disable"
        firmware_provision_on_authorization: "enable"
        https_image_push: "enable"
        log_mac_limit_violations: "enable"
        mac_aging_interval: "300"
        mac_event_logging: "enable"
        mac_retention_period: "24"
        mac_violation_timer: "0"
        quarantine_mode: "by-vlan"
        sn_dns_resolution: "enable"
        update_user_device: "mac-cache"
        vlan_all_mode: "all"
        vlan_optimization: "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)