fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_flow_tracking module – Configure FortiSwitch flow tracking and export via ipfix/netflow in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.
Note
This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.3.8).
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_switch_controller_flow_tracking
.
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 switch_controller feature and flow_tracking 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>=2.15
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate. |
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Enable/Disable logging for task. Choices:
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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. |
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Add or delete a member under specified attribute path. When member_state is specified, the state option is ignored. Choices:
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Configure FortiSwitch flow tracking and export via ipfix/netflow. |
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Configure aggregates in which all traffic sessions matching the IP Address will be grouped into the same flow. |
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Aggregate id. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>. |
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IP address to group all matching traffic sessions to a flow. |
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Configure collector ip address. |
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Configure collector port number(0-65535). |
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Configure collectors for the flow. |
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Collector IP address. |
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Collector name. |
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Collector port number(0-65535). |
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Collector L4 transport protocol for exporting packets. Choices:
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Configure flow tracking protocol. Choices:
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Configure flow tracking level. Choices:
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Configure flow max export packet size (512-9216). |
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Configure sample mode for the flow tracking. Choices:
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Configure sample rate for the perimeter and device-ingress sampling(0 - 99999). |
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Configure template export period (1-60). |
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Configure flow session general timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure flow session ICMP timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure flow session max timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure flow session TCP timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure flow session TCP FIN timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure flow session TCP RST timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure flow session UDP timeout (60-604800). |
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Configure L4 transport protocol for exporting packets. Choices:
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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: |
Notes
Note
Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks
Examples
- name: Configure FortiSwitch flow tracking and export via ipfix/netflow.
fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_flow_tracking:
vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
switch_controller_flow_tracking:
aggregates:
-
id: "4"
ip: "<your_own_value>"
collector_ip: "<your_own_value>"
collector_port: "0"
collectors:
-
ip: "<your_own_value>"
name: "default_name_10"
port: "0"
transport: "udp"
format: "netflow1"
level: "vlan"
max_export_pkt_size: "512"
sample_mode: "local"
sample_rate: "512"
template_export_period: "5"
timeout_general: "3600"
timeout_icmp: "300"
timeout_max: "604800"
timeout_tcp: "3600"
timeout_tcp_fin: "300"
timeout_tcp_rst: "120"
timeout_udp: "300"
transport: "udp"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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Build number of the fortigate image Returned: always Sample: |
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Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate Returned: always Sample: |
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Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied Returned: always Sample: |
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Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate Returned: success Sample: |
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Name of the table used to fulfill the request Returned: always Sample: |
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Path of the table used to fulfill the request Returned: always Sample: |
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Internal revision number Returned: always Sample: |
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Serial number of the unit Returned: always Sample: |
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Indication of the operation’s result Returned: always Sample: |
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Virtual domain used Returned: always Sample: |
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Version of the FortiGate Returned: always Sample: |