fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_automation_trigger module – Trigger for automation stitches 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_system_automation_trigger.

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_trigger 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_trigger

dictionary

Trigger for automation stitches.

description

string

Description.

event_type

string

Event type.

Choices:

  • "ioc"

  • "event-log"

  • "reboot"

  • "low-memory"

  • "high-cpu"

  • "license-near-expiry"

  • "local-cert-near-expiry"

  • "ha-failover"

  • "config-change"

  • "security-rating-summary"

  • "virus-ips-db-updated"

  • "faz-event"

  • "incoming-webhook"

  • "fabric-event"

  • "ips-logs"

  • "anomaly-logs"

  • "virus-logs"

  • "ssh-logs"

  • "webfilter-violation"

  • "traffic-violation"

fabric_event_name

string

Fabric connector event handler name.

fabric_event_severity

string

Fabric connector event severity.

faz_event_name

string

FortiAnalyzer event handler name.

faz_event_severity

string

FortiAnalyzer event severity.

faz_event_tags

string

FortiAnalyzer event tags.

fields

list / elements=dictionary

Customized trigger field settings.

id

integer / required

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

name

string

Name.

value

string

Value.

ioc_level

string

IOC threat level.

Choices:

  • "medium"

  • "high"

license_type

string

License type.

Choices:

  • "forticare-support"

  • "fortiguard-webfilter"

  • "fortiguard-antispam"

  • "fortiguard-antivirus"

  • "fortiguard-ips"

  • "fortiguard-management"

  • "forticloud"

  • "any"

logid

list / elements=dictionary

Log IDs to trigger event.

id

integer / required

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

name

string / required

Name.

report_type

string

Security Rating report.

Choices:

  • "posture"

  • "coverage"

  • "optimization"

  • "any"

  • "PostureReport"

  • "CoverageReport"

  • "OptimizationReport"

serial

string

Fabric connector serial number.

trigger_datetime

string

Trigger date and time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).

trigger_day

integer

Day within a month to trigger.

trigger_frequency

string

Scheduled trigger frequency .

Choices:

  • "hourly"

  • "daily"

  • "weekly"

  • "monthly"

  • "once"

trigger_hour

integer

Hour of the day on which to trigger (0 - 23).

trigger_minute

integer

Minute of the hour on which to trigger (0 - 59).

trigger_type

string

Trigger type.

Choices:

  • "event-based"

  • "scheduled"

trigger_weekday

string

Day of week for trigger.

Choices:

  • "sunday"

  • "monday"

  • "tuesday"

  • "wednesday"

  • "thursday"

  • "friday"

  • "saturday"

vdom

list / elements=dictionary

Virtual domain(s) that this trigger is valid for.

name

string / required

Virtual domain name. Source system.vdom.name.

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: Trigger for automation stitches.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_automation_trigger:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_automation_trigger:
          description: "<your_own_value>"
          event_type: "ioc"
          fabric_event_name: "<your_own_value>"
          fabric_event_severity: "<your_own_value>"
          faz_event_name: "<your_own_value>"
          faz_event_severity: "<your_own_value>"
          faz_event_tags: "<your_own_value>"
          fields:
              -
                  id: "11"
                  name: "default_name_12"
                  value: "<your_own_value>"
          ioc_level: "medium"
          license_type: "forticare-support"
          logid:
              -
                  id: "17"
          name: "default_name_18"
          report_type: "posture"
          serial: "<your_own_value>"
          trigger_datetime: "<your_own_value>"
          trigger_day: "1"
          trigger_frequency: "hourly"
          trigger_hour: "0"
          trigger_minute: "0"
          trigger_type: "event-based"
          trigger_weekday: "sunday"
          vdom:
              -
                  name: "default_name_29 (source system.vdom.name)"

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)