fortinet.fortios.fortios_vpn_ocvpn module – Configure Overlay Controller VPN 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_vpn_ocvpn.

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 feature and ocvpn 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"

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_ocvpn

dictionary

Configure Overlay Controller VPN settings.

auto_discovery

string

Enable/disable auto-discovery shortcuts.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

auto_discovery_shortcut_mode

string

Control deletion of child short-cut tunnels when the parent tunnel goes down.

Choices:

  • "independent"

  • "dependent"

eap

string

Enable/disable EAP client authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

eap_users

string

EAP authentication user group. Source user.group.name.

forticlient_access

dictionary

Configure FortiClient settings.

auth_groups

list / elements=dictionary

FortiClient user authentication groups.

auth_group

string

Authentication user group for FortiClient access. Source user.group.name.

name

string / required

Group name.

overlays

list / elements=dictionary

OCVPN overlays to allow access to.

overlay_name

string / required

Overlay name. Source vpn.ocvpn.overlays.overlay-name.

psksecret

string

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

status

string

Enable/disable FortiClient to access OCVPN networks.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

ha_alias

string

Hidden HA alias.

ip_allocation_block

string

Class B subnet reserved for private IP address assignment.

multipath

string

Enable/disable multipath redundancy.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

nat

string

Enable/disable NAT support.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

overlays

list / elements=dictionary

Network overlays to register with Overlay Controller VPN service.

assign_ip

string

Enable/disable mode-cfg address assignment.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

id

integer

ID.

inter_overlay

string

Allow or deny traffic from other overlays.

Choices:

  • "allow"

  • "deny"

ipv4_end_ip

string

End of IPv4 range.

ipv4_start_ip

string

Start of IPv4 range.

name

string

Overlay name.

overlay_name

string / required

Overlay name.

subnets

list / elements=dictionary

Internal subnets to register with OCVPN service.

id

integer / required

ID.

interface

string

LAN interface. Source system.interface.name.

subnet

string

IPv4 address and subnet mask.

type

string

Subnet type.

Choices:

  • "subnet"

  • "interface"

poll_interval

integer

Overlay Controller VPN polling interval.

role

string

Set device role.

Choices:

  • "spoke"

  • "primary-hub"

  • "secondary-hub"

sdwan

string

Enable/disable adding OCVPN tunnels to SD-WAN.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

sdwan_zone

string

Set SD-WAN zone. Source system.sdwan.zone.name.

status

string

Enable/disable Overlay Controller cloud assisted VPN.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

subnets

list / elements=dictionary

Internal subnets to register with Overlay Controller VPN service.

id

integer / required

ID.

interface

string

LAN interface. Source system.interface.name.

subnet

string

IPv4 address and subnet mask.

type

string

Subnet type.

Choices:

  • "subnet"

  • "interface"

wan_interface

list / elements=dictionary

FortiGate WAN interfaces to use with OCVPN.

name

string / required

Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

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 Overlay Controller VPN settings.
    fortios_vpn_ocvpn:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      vpn_ocvpn:
        auto_discovery: "enable"
        auto_discovery_shortcut_mode: "independent"
        eap: "enable"
        eap_users: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"
        forticlient_access:
            auth_groups:
             -
                auth_group: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"
                name: "default_name_10"
                overlays:
                 -
                    overlay_name: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.ocvpn.overlays.overlay-name)"
            psksecret: "<your_own_value>"
            status: "enable"
        ha_alias: "<your_own_value>"
        ip_allocation_block: "<your_own_value>"
        multipath: "enable"
        nat: "enable"
        overlays:
         -
            assign_ip: "enable"
            id:  "21"
            inter_overlay: "allow"
            ipv4_end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            ipv4_start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            name: "default_name_25"
            overlay_name: "<your_own_value>"
            subnets:
             -
                id:  "28"
                interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
                subnet: "<your_own_value>"
                type: "subnet"
        poll_interval: "30"
        role: "spoke"
        sdwan: "enable"
        sdwan_zone: "<your_own_value> (source system.sdwan.zone.name)"
        status: "enable"
        subnets:
         -
            id:  "38"
            interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
            subnet: "<your_own_value>"
            type: "subnet"
        wan_interface:
         -
            name: "default_name_43 (source system.interface.name)"

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)