fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_ntp module – Configure system NTP information 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_system_ntp.

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 system feature and ntp 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"

system_ntp

dictionary

Configure system NTP information.

authentication

string

Enable/disable authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

interface

list / elements=dictionary

FortiGate interface(s) with NTP server mode enabled. Devices on your network can contact these interfaces for NTP services.

interface_name

string / required

Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

key

string

Key for authentication.

key_id

integer

Key ID for authentication.

key_type

string

Key type for authentication (MD5, SHA1).

Choices:

  • "MD5"

  • "SHA1"

ntpserver

list / elements=dictionary

Configure the FortiGate to connect to any available third-party NTP server.

authentication

string

Enable/disable MD5(NTPv3)/SHA1(NTPv4) authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

id

integer / required

NTP server ID.

interface

string

Specify outgoing interface to reach server. Source system.interface.name.

interface_select_method

string

Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.

Choices:

  • "auto"

  • "sdwan"

  • "specify"

key

string

Key for MD5(NTPv3)/SHA1(NTPv4) authentication.

key_id

integer

Key ID for authentication.

ntpv3

string

Enable to use NTPv3 instead of NTPv4.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

server

string

IP address or hostname of the NTP Server.

ntpsync

string

Enable/disable setting the FortiGate system time by synchronizing with an NTP Server.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

server_mode

string

Enable/disable FortiGate NTP Server Mode. Your FortiGate becomes an NTP server for other devices on your network. The FortiGate relays NTP requests to its configured NTP server.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

source_ip

string

Source IP address for communication to the NTP server.

source_ip6

string

Source IPv6 address for communication to the NTP server.

syncinterval

integer

NTP synchronization interval (1 - 1440 min).

type

string

Use the FortiGuard NTP server or any other available NTP Server.

Choices:

  • "fortiguard"

  • "custom"

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 system NTP information.
    fortios_system_ntp:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      system_ntp:
        authentication: "enable"
        interface:
         -
            interface_name: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        key: "<your_own_value>"
        key_id: "0"
        key_type: "MD5"
        ntpserver:
         -
            authentication: "enable"
            id:  "11"
            interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
            interface_select_method: "auto"
            key: "<your_own_value>"
            key_id: "0"
            ntpv3: "enable"
            server: "192.168.100.40"
        ntpsync: "enable"
        server_mode: "enable"
        source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
        source_ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        syncinterval: "60"
        type: "fortiguard"

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)