check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_add_api_key module – Add API key for administrator, to enable login with it. For the key to be valid publish is needed.

Note

This module is part of the check_point.mgmt collection (version 5.1.1).

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 check_point.mgmt.

To use it in a playbook, specify: check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_add_api_key.

New in check_point.mgmt 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Add API key for administrator, to enable login with it. For the key to be valid publish is needed. <br>When using mgmt_cli tool, add -f json to get the key in the command’s output.

  • All operations are performed over Web Services API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

admin_name

string

Administrator name to generate API key for.

admin_uid

string

Administrator uid to generate API key for.

version

string

Version of checkpoint. If not given one, the latest version taken.

wait_for_task

boolean

Wait for the task to end. Such as publish task.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_for_task_timeout

integer

How many minutes to wait until throwing a timeout error.

Default: 30

Examples

- name: add-api-key
  cp_mgmt_add_api_key:
    admin_name: admin

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

cp_mgmt_add_api_key

dictionary

The checkpoint add-api-key output.

Returned: always.

Authors

  • Or Soffer (@chkp-orso)