fortinet.fortios.fortios_vpn_ipsec_phase1 module – Configure VPN remote gateway 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_vpn_ipsec_phase1.

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 vpn_ipsec feature and phase1 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"

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"

vpn_ipsec_phase1

dictionary

Configure VPN remote gateway.

acct_verify

string

Enable/disable verification of RADIUS accounting record.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

add_gw_route

string

Enable/disable automatically add a route to the remote gateway.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

add_route

string

Enable/disable control addition of a route to peer destination selector.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

assign_ip

string

Enable/disable assignment of IP to IPsec interface via configuration method.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

assign_ip_from

string

Method by which the IP address will be assigned.

Choices:

  • "range"

  • "usrgrp"

  • "dhcp"

  • "name"

authmethod

string

Authentication method.

Choices:

  • "psk"

  • "signature"

authmethod_remote

string

Authentication method (remote side).

Choices:

  • "psk"

  • "signature"

authpasswd

string

XAuth password (max 35 characters).

authusr

string

XAuth user name.

authusrgrp

string

Authentication user group. Source user.group.name.

auto_negotiate

string

Enable/disable automatic initiation of IKE SA negotiation.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

backup_gateway

list / elements=dictionary

Instruct unity clients about the backup gateway address(es).

address

string / required

Address of backup gateway.

banner

string

Message that unity client should display after connecting.

cert_id_validation

string

Enable/disable cross validation of peer ID and the identity in the peer”s certificate as specified in RFC 4945.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

certificate

list / elements=dictionary

Names of up to 4 signed personal certificates.

name

string / required

Certificate name. Source vpn.certificate.local.name.

childless_ike

string

Enable/disable childless IKEv2 initiation (RFC 6023).

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

client_auto_negotiate

string

Enable/disable allowing the VPN client to bring up the tunnel when there is no traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

client_keep_alive

string

Enable/disable allowing the VPN client to keep the tunnel up when there is no traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

comments

string

Comment.

dhcp6_ra_linkaddr

string

Relay agent IPv6 link address to use in DHCP6 requests.

dhcp_ra_giaddr

string

Relay agent gateway IP address to use in the giaddr field of DHCP requests.

dhgrp

list / elements=string

DH group.

Choices:

  • "1"

  • "2"

  • "5"

  • "14"

  • "15"

  • "16"

  • "17"

  • "18"

  • "19"

  • "20"

  • "21"

  • "27"

  • "28"

  • "29"

  • "30"

  • "31"

  • "32"

digital_signature_auth

string

Enable/disable IKEv2 Digital Signature Authentication (RFC 7427).

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

distance

integer

Distance for routes added by IKE (1 - 255).

dns_mode

string

DNS server mode.

Choices:

  • "manual"

  • "auto"

domain

string

Instruct unity clients about the single default DNS domain.

dpd

string

Dead Peer Detection mode.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "on-idle"

  • "on-demand"

dpd_retrycount

integer

Number of DPD retry attempts.

dpd_retryinterval

string

DPD retry interval.

eap

string

Enable/disable IKEv2 EAP authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

eap_exclude_peergrp

string

Peer group excluded from EAP authentication. Source user.peergrp.name.

eap_identity

string

IKEv2 EAP peer identity type.

Choices:

  • "use-id-payload"

  • "send-request"

enforce_unique_id

string

Enable/disable peer ID uniqueness check.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "keep-new"

  • "keep-old"

esn

string

Extended sequence number (ESN) negotiation.

Choices:

  • "require"

  • "allow"

  • "disable"

fec_base

integer

Number of base Forward Error Correction packets (1 - 20).

fec_codec

string

Forward Error Correction encoding/decoding algorithm.

Choices:

  • "rs"

  • "xor"

fec_egress

string

Enable/disable Forward Error Correction for egress IPsec traffic.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

fec_health_check

string

SD-WAN health check. Source system.sdwan.health-check.name.

fec_ingress

string

Enable/disable Forward Error Correction for ingress IPsec traffic.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

fec_mapping_profile

string

Forward Error Correction (FEC) mapping profile.

fec_receive_timeout

integer

Timeout in milliseconds before dropping Forward Error Correction packets (1 - 1000).

fec_redundant

integer

Number of redundant Forward Error Correction packets (1 - 5 for reed-solomon, 1 for xor).

fec_send_timeout

integer

Timeout in milliseconds before sending Forward Error Correction packets (1 - 1000).

fgsp_sync

string

Enable/disable IPsec syncing of tunnels for FGSP IPsec.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

forticlient_enforcement

string

Enable/disable FortiClient enforcement.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

fragmentation

string

Enable/disable fragment IKE message on re-transmission.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

fragmentation_mtu

integer

IKE fragmentation MTU (500 - 16000).

group_authentication

string

Enable/disable IKEv2 IDi group authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

group_authentication_secret

string

Password for IKEv2 ID group authentication. ASCII string or hexadecimal indicated by a leading 0x.

ha_sync_esp_seqno

string

Enable/disable sequence number jump ahead for IPsec HA.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

idle_timeout

string

Enable/disable IPsec tunnel idle timeout.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

idle_timeoutinterval

integer

IPsec tunnel idle timeout in minutes (5 - 43200).

ike_version

string

IKE protocol version.

Choices:

  • "1"

  • "2"

inbound_dscp_copy

string

Enable/disable copy the dscp in the ESP header to the inner IP Header.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

include_local_lan

string

Enable/disable allow local LAN access on unity clients.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

interface

string

Local physical, aggregate, or VLAN outgoing interface. Source system.interface.name.

ip_delay_interval

integer

IP address reuse delay interval in seconds (0 - 28800).

ipv4_dns_server1

string

IPv4 DNS server 1.

ipv4_dns_server2

string

IPv4 DNS server 2.

ipv4_dns_server3

string

IPv4 DNS server 3.

ipv4_end_ip

string

End of IPv4 range.

ipv4_exclude_range

list / elements=dictionary

Configuration Method IPv4 exclude ranges.

end_ip

string

End of IPv4 exclusive range.

id

integer / required

ID.

start_ip

string

Start of IPv4 exclusive range.

ipv4_name

string

IPv4 address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.

ipv4_netmask

string

IPv4 Netmask.

ipv4_split_exclude

string

IPv4 subnets that should not be sent over the IPsec tunnel. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.

ipv4_split_include

string

IPv4 split-include subnets. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.

ipv4_start_ip

string

Start of IPv4 range.

ipv4_wins_server1

string

WINS server 1.

ipv4_wins_server2

string

WINS server 2.

ipv6_dns_server1

string

IPv6 DNS server 1.

ipv6_dns_server2

string

IPv6 DNS server 2.

ipv6_dns_server3

string

IPv6 DNS server 3.

ipv6_end_ip

string

End of IPv6 range.

ipv6_exclude_range

list / elements=dictionary

Configuration method IPv6 exclude ranges.

end_ip

string

End of IPv6 exclusive range.

id

integer / required

ID.

start_ip

string

Start of IPv6 exclusive range.

ipv6_name

string

IPv6 address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.

ipv6_prefix

integer

IPv6 prefix.

ipv6_split_exclude

string

IPv6 subnets that should not be sent over the IPsec tunnel. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.

ipv6_split_include

string

IPv6 split-include subnets. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.

ipv6_start_ip

string

Start of IPv6 range.

keepalive

integer

NAT-T keep alive interval.

keylife

integer

Time to wait in seconds before phase 1 encryption key expires.

local_gw

string

Local VPN gateway.

localid

string

Local ID.

localid_type

string

Local ID type.

Choices:

  • "auto"

  • "fqdn"

  • "user-fqdn"

  • "keyid"

  • "address"

  • "asn1dn"

loopback_asymroute

string

Enable/disable asymmetric routing for IKE traffic on loopback interface.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

mesh_selector_type

string

Add selectors containing subsets of the configuration depending on traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "subnet"

  • "host"

mode

string

ID protection mode used to establish a secure channel.

Choices:

  • "aggressive"

  • "main"

mode_cfg

string

Enable/disable configuration method.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

mode_cfg_allow_client_selector

string

Enable/disable mode-cfg client to use custom phase2 selectors.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

name

string / required

IPsec remote gateway name.

nattraversal

string

Enable/disable NAT traversal.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

  • "forced"

negotiate_timeout

integer

IKE SA negotiation timeout in seconds (1 - 300).

network_id

integer

VPN gateway network ID.

network_overlay

string

Enable/disable network overlays.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

npu_offload

string

Enable/disable offloading NPU.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

peer

string

Accept this peer certificate. Source user.peer.name.

peergrp

string

Accept this peer certificate group. Source user.peergrp.name.

peerid

string

Accept this peer identity.

peertype

string

Accept this peer type.

Choices:

  • "any"

  • "one"

  • "dialup"

  • "peer"

  • "peergrp"

ppk

string

Enable/disable IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key (PPK).

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "allow"

  • "require"

ppk_identity

string

IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key Identity.

ppk_secret

string

IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).

priority

integer

Priority for routes added by IKE (1 - 65535).

proposal

list / elements=string

Phase1 proposal.

Choices:

  • "des-md5"

  • "des-sha1"

  • "des-sha256"

  • "des-sha384"

  • "des-sha512"

  • "3des-md5"

  • "3des-sha1"

  • "3des-sha256"

  • "3des-sha384"

  • "3des-sha512"

  • "aes128-md5"

  • "aes128-sha1"

  • "aes128-sha256"

  • "aes128-sha384"

  • "aes128-sha512"

  • "aes128gcm-prfsha1"

  • "aes128gcm-prfsha256"

  • "aes128gcm-prfsha384"

  • "aes128gcm-prfsha512"

  • "aes192-md5"

  • "aes192-sha1"

  • "aes192-sha256"

  • "aes192-sha384"

  • "aes192-sha512"

  • "aes256-md5"

  • "aes256-sha1"

  • "aes256-sha256"

  • "aes256-sha384"

  • "aes256-sha512"

  • "aes256gcm-prfsha1"

  • "aes256gcm-prfsha256"

  • "aes256gcm-prfsha384"

  • "aes256gcm-prfsha512"

  • "chacha20poly1305-prfsha1"

  • "chacha20poly1305-prfsha256"

  • "chacha20poly1305-prfsha384"

  • "chacha20poly1305-prfsha512"

  • "aria128-md5"

  • "aria128-sha1"

  • "aria128-sha256"

  • "aria128-sha384"

  • "aria128-sha512"

  • "aria192-md5"

  • "aria192-sha1"

  • "aria192-sha256"

  • "aria192-sha384"

  • "aria192-sha512"

  • "aria256-md5"

  • "aria256-sha1"

  • "aria256-sha256"

  • "aria256-sha384"

  • "aria256-sha512"

  • "seed-md5"

  • "seed-sha1"

  • "seed-sha256"

  • "seed-sha384"

  • "seed-sha512"

psksecret

string

Pre-shared secret for PSK authentication (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).

psksecret_remote

string

Pre-shared secret for remote side PSK authentication (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).

reauth

string

Enable/disable re-authentication upon IKE SA lifetime expiration.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

rekey

string

Enable/disable phase1 rekey.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

remote_gw

string

Remote VPN gateway.

remotegw_ddns

string

Domain name of remote gateway. For example, name.ddns.com.

rsa_signature_format

string

Digital Signature Authentication RSA signature format.

Choices:

  • "pkcs1"

  • "pss"

rsa_signature_hash_override

string

Enable/disable IKEv2 RSA signature hash algorithm override.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

save_password

string

Enable/disable saving XAuth username and password on VPN clients.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

send_cert_chain

string

Enable/disable sending certificate chain.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

signature_hash_alg

list / elements=string

Digital Signature Authentication hash algorithms.

Choices:

  • "sha1"

  • "sha2-256"

  • "sha2-384"

  • "sha2-512"

split_include_service

string

Split-include services. Source firewall.service.group.name firewall.service.custom.name.

suite_b

string

Use Suite-B.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "suite-b-gcm-128"

  • "suite-b-gcm-256"

type

string

Remote gateway type.

Choices:

  • "static"

  • "dynamic"

  • "ddns"

unity_support

string

Enable/disable support for Cisco UNITY Configuration Method extensions.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

usrgrp

string

User group name for dialup peers. Source user.group.name.

wizard_type

string

GUI VPN Wizard Type.

Choices:

  • "custom"

  • "dialup-forticlient"

  • "dialup-ios"

  • "dialup-android"

  • "dialup-windows"

  • "dialup-cisco"

  • "static-fortigate"

  • "dialup-fortigate"

  • "static-cisco"

  • "dialup-cisco-fw"

  • "simplified-static-fortigate"

  • "hub-fortigate-auto-discovery"

  • "spoke-fortigate-auto-discovery"

xauthtype

string

XAuth type.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "client"

  • "pap"

  • "chap"

  • "auto"

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 VPN remote gateway.
    fortios_vpn_ipsec_phase1:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      vpn_ipsec_phase1:
        acct_verify: "enable"
        add_gw_route: "enable"
        add_route: "disable"
        assign_ip: "disable"
        assign_ip_from: "range"
        authmethod: "psk"
        authmethod_remote: "psk"
        authpasswd: "<your_own_value>"
        authusr: "<your_own_value>"
        authusrgrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"
        auto_negotiate: "enable"
        backup_gateway:
         -
            address: "<your_own_value>"
        banner: "<your_own_value>"
        cert_id_validation: "enable"
        certificate:
         -
            name: "default_name_19 (source vpn.certificate.local.name)"
        childless_ike: "enable"
        client_auto_negotiate: "disable"
        client_keep_alive: "disable"
        comments: "<your_own_value>"
        dhcp_ra_giaddr: "<your_own_value>"
        dhcp6_ra_linkaddr: "<your_own_value>"
        dhgrp: "1"
        digital_signature_auth: "enable"
        distance: "15"
        dns_mode: "manual"
        domain: "<your_own_value>"
        dpd: "disable"
        dpd_retrycount: "3"
        dpd_retryinterval: "<your_own_value>"
        eap: "enable"
        eap_exclude_peergrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.peergrp.name)"
        eap_identity: "use-id-payload"
        enforce_unique_id: "disable"
        esn: "require"
        fec_base: "10"
        fec_codec: "rs"
        fec_egress: "enable"
        fec_health_check: "<your_own_value> (source system.sdwan.health-check.name)"
        fec_ingress: "enable"
        fec_mapping_profile: "<your_own_value>"
        fec_receive_timeout: "50"
        fec_redundant: "1"
        fec_send_timeout: "5"
        fgsp_sync: "enable"
        forticlient_enforcement: "enable"
        fragmentation: "enable"
        fragmentation_mtu: "1200"
        group_authentication: "enable"
        group_authentication_secret: "<your_own_value>"
        ha_sync_esp_seqno: "enable"
        idle_timeout: "enable"
        idle_timeoutinterval: "15"
        ike_version: "1"
        inbound_dscp_copy: "enable"
        include_local_lan: "disable"
        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        ip_delay_interval: "0"
        ipv4_dns_server1: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_dns_server2: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_dns_server3: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_exclude_range:
         -
            end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            id:  "68"
            start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_name: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        ipv4_netmask: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_split_exclude: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        ipv4_split_include: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        ipv4_start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_wins_server1: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4_wins_server2: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_dns_server1: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_dns_server2: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_dns_server3: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_exclude_range:
         -
            end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            id:  "83"
            start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6_name: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        ipv6_prefix: "128"
        ipv6_split_exclude: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        ipv6_split_include: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        ipv6_start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
        keepalive: "10"
        keylife: "86400"
        local_gw: "<your_own_value>"
        localid: "<your_own_value>"
        localid_type: "auto"
        loopback_asymroute: "enable"
        mesh_selector_type: "disable"
        mode: "aggressive"
        mode_cfg: "disable"
        mode_cfg_allow_client_selector: "disable"
        name: "default_name_100"
        nattraversal: "enable"
        negotiate_timeout: "30"
        network_id: "0"
        network_overlay: "disable"
        npu_offload: "enable"
        peer: "<your_own_value> (source user.peer.name)"
        peergrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.peergrp.name)"
        peerid: "<your_own_value>"
        peertype: "any"
        ppk: "disable"
        ppk_identity: "<your_own_value>"
        ppk_secret: "<your_own_value>"
        priority: "1"
        proposal: "des-md5"
        psksecret: "<your_own_value>"
        psksecret_remote: "<your_own_value>"
        reauth: "disable"
        rekey: "enable"
        remote_gw: "<your_own_value>"
        remotegw_ddns: "<your_own_value>"
        rsa_signature_format: "pkcs1"
        rsa_signature_hash_override: "enable"
        save_password: "disable"
        send_cert_chain: "enable"
        signature_hash_alg: "sha1"
        split_include_service: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.service.group.name firewall.service.custom.name)"
        suite_b: "disable"
        type: "static"
        unity_support: "disable"
        usrgrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"
        wizard_type: "custom"
        xauthtype: "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)