community.general.utm_proxy_frontend module – Create, update or destroy reverse_proxy frontend entry in Sophos UTM

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 7.5.2).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.utm_proxy_frontend.

Synopsis

  • Create, update or destroy a reverse_proxy frontend entry in Sophos UTM.

  • This module needs to have the REST Ability of the UTM to be activated.

Aliases: web_infrastructure.sophos_utm.utm_proxy_frontend

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

add_content_type_header

boolean

Whether to add the content type header or not

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

address

string

The reference name of the network/interface_address object.

Default: "REF_DefaultInternalAddress"

allowed_networks

list / elements=string

A list of reference names for the allowed networks.

Default: ["REF_NetworkAny"]

certificate

string

The reference name of the ca/host_key_cert object.

Default: ""

comment

string

An optional comment to add to the object

Default: ""

disable_compression

boolean

Whether to enable the compression

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

domain

list / elements=string

A list of domain names for the frontend object

exceptions

list / elements=string

A list of exception ref names (reverse_proxy/exception)

Default: []

headers

dictionary

A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests.

Is needed for some modules

Default: {}

htmlrewrite

boolean

Whether to enable html rewrite or not

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

htmlrewrite_cookies

boolean

Whether to enable html rewrite cookie or not

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

implicitredirect

boolean

Whether to enable implicit redirection or not

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

lbmethod

string

Which loadbalancer method should be used

Choices:

  • ""

  • "bybusyness" ← (default)

  • "bytraffic"

  • "byrequests"

locations

list / elements=string

A list of location ref names (reverse_proxy/location)

Default: []

name

string / required

The name of the object. Will be used to identify the entry

port

integer

The frontend http port

Default: 80

preservehost

boolean

Whether to preserve host header

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

profile

string

The reference string of the reverse_proxy/profile

Default: ""

state

string

The desired state of the object.

present will create or update an object

absent will delete an object if it was present

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

status

boolean

Whether to activate the frontend entry or not

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

type

string

Which protocol should be used

Choices:

  • "http" ← (default)

  • "https"

utm_host

string / required

The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.

utm_port

integer

The port of the REST interface.

Default: 4444

utm_protocol

string

The protocol of the REST Endpoint.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https" ← (default)

utm_token

string / required

validate_certs

boolean

Whether the REST interface’s ssl certificate should be verified or not.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

xheaders

boolean

Whether to pass the host header or not

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create utm proxy_frontend
  community.general.utm_proxy_frontend:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestFrontendEntry
    host: REF_OBJECT_STRING
    state: present

- name: Remove utm proxy_frontend
  community.general.utm_proxy_frontend:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestFrontendEntry
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

result

complex

The utm object that was created

Returned: success

_locked

boolean

Whether or not the object is currently locked

Returned: success

_ref

string

The reference name of the object

Returned: success

_type

string

The type of the object

Returned: success

add_content_type_header

boolean

Whether to add the content type header

Returned: success

address

string

The reference name of the address

Returned: success

allowed_networks

list / elements=string

List of reference names of networks associated

Returned: success

certificate

string

Reference name of certificate (ca/host_key_cert)

Returned: success

comment

string

The comment string

Returned: success

disable_compression

boolean

State of compression support

Returned: success

domain

list / elements=string

List of hostnames

Returned: success

exceptions

list / elements=string

List of associated proxy exceptions

Returned: success

htmlrewrite

boolean

State of html rewrite

Returned: success

htmlrewrite_cookies

boolean

Whether the html rewrite cookie will be set

Returned: success

implicitredirect

boolean

Whether to use implicit redirection

Returned: success

lbmethod

string

The method of loadbalancer to use

Returned: success

locations

list / elements=string

The reference names of reverse_proxy/locations associated with the object

Returned: success

name

string

The name of the object

Returned: success

port

integer

The port of the frontend connection

Returned: success

preservehost

boolean

Preserve host header

Returned: success

profile

string

The associated reverse_proxy/profile

Returned: success

status

boolean

Whether the frontend object is active or not

Returned: success

type

string

The connection type

Returned: success

xheaders

boolean

The xheaders state

Returned: success

Authors

  • Johannes Brunswicker (@MatrixCrawler)