fortinet.fortios.fortios_wireless_controller_inter_controller module – Configure inter wireless controller operation in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.3.4).

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_wireless_controller_inter_controller.

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 wireless_controller feature and inter_controller 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>=2.14

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"

wireless_controller_inter_controller

dictionary

Configure inter wireless controller operation.

fast_failover_max

integer

Maximum number of retransmissions for fast failover HA messages between peer wireless controllers (3 - 64).

fast_failover_wait

integer

Minimum wait time before an AP transitions from secondary controller to primary controller (10 - 86400 sec).

inter_controller_key

string

Secret key for inter-controller communications.

inter_controller_mode

string

Configure inter-controller mode (disable, l2-roaming, 1+1).

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "l2-roaming"

  • "1+1"

inter_controller_peer

list / elements=dictionary

Fast failover peer wireless controller list.

id

integer / required

ID. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>.

peer_ip

string

Peer wireless controller”s IP address.

peer_port

integer

Port used by the wireless controller”s for inter-controller communications (1024 - 49150).

peer_priority

string

Peer wireless controller”s priority (primary or secondary).

Choices:

  • "primary"

  • "secondary"

inter_controller_pri

string

Configure inter-controller”s priority (primary or secondary).

Choices:

  • "primary"

  • "secondary"

l3_roaming

string

Enable/disable layer 3 roaming .

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

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 inter wireless controller operation.
    fortios_wireless_controller_inter_controller:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      wireless_controller_inter_controller:
        fast_failover_max: "10"
        fast_failover_wait: "10"
        inter_controller_key: "<your_own_value>"
        inter_controller_mode: "disable"
        inter_controller_peer:
         -
            id:  "8"
            peer_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            peer_port: "5246"
            peer_priority: "primary"
        inter_controller_pri: "primary"
        l3_roaming: "enable"

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)