fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_vxlan module – Configure VXLAN devices 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_vxlan.

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 vxlan 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"

state

string / required

Indicates whether to create or remove the object.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent"

system_vxlan

dictionary

Configure VXLAN devices.

dstport

integer

VXLAN destination port (1 - 65535).

evpn_id

integer

EVPN instance. Source system.evpn.id.

interface

string

Outgoing interface for VXLAN encapsulated traffic. Source system.interface.name.

ip_version

string

IP version to use for the VXLAN interface and so for communication over the VXLAN. IPv4 or IPv6 unicast or multicast.

Choices:

  • "ipv4-unicast"

  • "ipv6-unicast"

  • "ipv4-multicast"

  • "ipv6-multicast"

learn_from_traffic

string

Enable/disable VXLAN MAC learning from traffic.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

multicast_ttl

integer

VXLAN multicast TTL (1-255).

name

string / required

VXLAN device or interface name. Must be a unique interface name.

remote_ip

list / elements=dictionary

IPv4 address of the VXLAN interface on the device at the remote end of the VXLAN.

ip

string / required

IPv4 address.

remote_ip6

list / elements=dictionary

IPv6 IP address of the VXLAN interface on the device at the remote end of the VXLAN.

ip6

string / required

IPv6 address.

vni

integer

VXLAN network ID.

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 VXLAN devices.
    fortios_system_vxlan:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_vxlan:
        dstport: "4789"
        evpn_id: "0"
        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        ip_version: "ipv4-unicast"
        learn_from_traffic: "enable"
        multicast_ttl: "0"
        name: "default_name_9"
        remote_ip:
         -
            ip: "<your_own_value>"
        remote_ip6:
         -
            ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        vni: "0"

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)