fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_automation_action module – Action for automation stitches in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.3.9).

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_system_automation_action.

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 system feature and automation_action 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

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"

state

string / required

Indicates whether to create or remove the object.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent"

system_automation_action

dictionary

Action for automation stitches.

accprofile

string

Access profile for CLI script action to access FortiGate features. Source system.accprofile.name.

action_type

string

Action type.

Choices:

  • "email"

  • "fortiexplorer-notification"

  • "alert"

  • "disable-ssid"

  • "system-actions"

  • "quarantine"

  • "quarantine-forticlient"

  • "quarantine-nsx"

  • "quarantine-fortinac"

  • "ban-ip"

  • "aws-lambda"

  • "azure-function"

  • "google-cloud-function"

  • "alicloud-function"

  • "webhook"

  • "cli-script"

  • "slack-notification"

  • "microsoft-teams-notification"

  • "ios-notification"

alicloud_access_key_id

string

AliCloud AccessKey ID.

alicloud_access_key_secret

string

AliCloud AccessKey secret.

alicloud_account_id

string

AliCloud account ID.

alicloud_function

string

AliCloud function name.

alicloud_function_authorization

string

AliCloud function authorization type.

Choices:

  • "anonymous"

  • "function"

alicloud_function_domain

string

AliCloud function domain.

alicloud_region

string

AliCloud region.

alicloud_service

string

AliCloud service name.

alicloud_version

string

AliCloud version.

aws_api_id

string

AWS API Gateway ID.

aws_api_key

string

AWS API Gateway API key.

aws_api_path

string

AWS API Gateway path.

aws_api_stage

string

AWS API Gateway deployment stage name.

aws_domain

string

AWS domain.

aws_region

string

AWS region.

azure_api_key

string

Azure function API key.

azure_app

string

Azure function application name.

azure_domain

string

Azure function domain.

azure_function

string

Azure function name.

azure_function_authorization

string

Azure function authorization level.

Choices:

  • "anonymous"

  • "function"

  • "admin"

delay

integer

Delay before execution (in seconds).

description

string

Description.

email_body

string

Email body.

email_from

string

Email sender name.

email_subject

string

Email subject.

email_to

list / elements=dictionary

Email addresses.

name

string / required

Email address.

execute_security_fabric

string

Enable/disable execution of CLI script on all or only one FortiGate unit in the Security Fabric.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

forticare_email

string

Enable/disable use of your FortiCare email address as the email-to address.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

fos_message

string

Message content.

gcp_function

string

Google Cloud function name.

gcp_function_domain

string

Google Cloud function domain.

gcp_function_region

string

Google Cloud function region.

gcp_project

string

Google Cloud Platform project name.

headers

list / elements=dictionary

Request headers.

header

string / required

Request header.

http_body

string

Request body (if necessary). Should be serialized json string.

http_headers

list / elements=dictionary

Request headers.

id

integer / required

Entry ID. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>.

key

string

Request header key.

value

string

Request header value.

message_type

string

Message type.

Choices:

  • "text"

  • "json"

method

string

Request method (POST, PUT, GET, PATCH or DELETE).

Choices:

  • "post"

  • "put"

  • "get"

  • "patch"

  • "delete"

minimum_interval

integer

Limit execution to no more than once in this interval (in seconds).

name

string / required

Name.

output_size

integer

Number of megabytes to limit script output to (1 - 1024).

port

integer

Protocol port.

protocol

string

Request protocol.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https"

replacement_message

string

Enable/disable replacement message.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

replacemsg_group

string

Replacement message group. Source system.replacemsg-group.name.

required

string

Required in action chain.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

script

string

CLI script.

sdn_connector

list / elements=dictionary

NSX SDN connector names.

name

string / required

SDN connector name. Source system.sdn-connector.name.

security_tag

string

NSX security tag.

system_action

string

System action type.

Choices:

  • "reboot"

  • "shutdown"

  • "backup-config"

timeout

integer

Maximum running time for this script in seconds (0 = no timeout).

tls_certificate

string

Custom TLS certificate for API request. Source certificate.local.name.

uri

string

Request API URI.

verify_host_cert

string

Enable/disable verification of the remote host certificate.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

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"

Notes

Note

  • Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks

  • The module supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Action for automation stitches.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_automation_action:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_automation_action:
          accprofile: "<your_own_value> (source system.accprofile.name)"
          action_type: "email"
          alicloud_access_key_id: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_access_key_secret: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_account_id: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_function: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_function_authorization: "anonymous"
          alicloud_function_domain: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_region: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_service: "<your_own_value>"
          alicloud_version: "<your_own_value>"
          aws_api_id: "<your_own_value>"
          aws_api_key: "<your_own_value>"
          aws_api_path: "<your_own_value>"
          aws_api_stage: "<your_own_value>"
          aws_domain: "<your_own_value>"
          aws_region: "<your_own_value>"
          azure_api_key: "<your_own_value>"
          azure_app: "<your_own_value>"
          azure_domain: "<your_own_value>"
          azure_function: "<your_own_value>"
          azure_function_authorization: "anonymous"
          delay: "0"
          description: "<your_own_value>"
          email_body: "<your_own_value>"
          email_from: "<your_own_value>"
          email_subject: "<your_own_value>"
          email_to:
              -
                  name: "default_name_31"
          execute_security_fabric: "enable"
          forticare_email: "enable"
          fos_message: "<your_own_value>"
          gcp_function: "<your_own_value>"
          gcp_function_domain: "<your_own_value>"
          gcp_function_region: "<your_own_value>"
          gcp_project: "<your_own_value>"
          headers:
              -
                  header: "<your_own_value>"
          http_body: "<your_own_value>"
          http_headers:
              -
                  id: "43"
                  key: "<your_own_value>"
                  value: "<your_own_value>"
          message_type: "text"
          method: "post"
          minimum_interval: "0"
          name: "default_name_49"
          output_size: "10"
          port: "0"
          protocol: "http"
          replacement_message: "enable"
          replacemsg_group: "<your_own_value> (source system.replacemsg-group.name)"
          required: "enable"
          script: "<your_own_value>"
          sdn_connector:
              -
                  name: "default_name_58 (source system.sdn-connector.name)"
          security_tag: "<your_own_value>"
          system_action: "reboot"
          timeout: "0"
          tls_certificate: "<your_own_value> (source certificate.local.name)"
          uri: "<your_own_value>"
          verify_host_cert: "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)