fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_dns module – Configure DNS 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_dns.
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 dns 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 DNS. |
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Alternate primary DNS server. This is not used as a failover DNS server. |
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Alternate secondary DNS server. This is not used as a failover DNS server. |
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Enable/disable response from the DNS server when a record is not in cache. Choices:
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Maximum number of records in the DNS cache. |
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Duration in seconds that the DNS cache retains information. |
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Enable/disable/enforce DNS over TLS. Choices:
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Search suffix list for hostname lookup. |
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DNS search domain list separated by space (maximum 8 domains). |
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FQDN cache time to live in seconds (0 - 86400). |
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FQDN cache maximum refresh time in seconds (3600 - 86400). |
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FQDN cache minimum refresh time in seconds (10 - 3600). |
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Limit of the number of hostname table entries (0 - 50000). |
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TTL of hostname table entries (60 - 86400). |
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Specify outgoing interface to reach server. Source system.interface.name. |
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Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server. Choices:
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Primary DNS server IPv6 address. |
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Secondary DNS server IPv6 address. |
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Local DNS log setting. Choices:
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Primary DNS server IP address. |
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DNS transport protocols. Choices:
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Number of times to retry (0 - 5). |
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Configure up to two preferred servers that serve the DNS root zone . |
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Secondary DNS server IP address. |
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DNS server host name list. |
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DNS server host name list separated by space (maximum 4 domains). |
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Specify how configured servers are prioritized. Choices:
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IP address used by the DNS server as its source IP. |
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Name of local certificate for SSL connections. Source certificate.local.name. |
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DNS query timeout interval in seconds (1 - 10). |
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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
The module supports check_mode.
Examples
- name: Configure DNS.
fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_dns:
vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
system_dns:
alt_primary: "<your_own_value>"
alt_secondary: "<your_own_value>"
cache_notfound_responses: "disable"
dns_cache_limit: "5000"
dns_cache_ttl: "1800"
dns_over_tls: "disable"
domain:
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domain: "<your_own_value>"
fqdn_cache_ttl: "0"
fqdn_max_refresh: "3600"
fqdn_min_refresh: "60"
hostname_limit: "5000"
hostname_ttl: "86400"
interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
interface_select_method: "auto"
ip6_primary: "<your_own_value>"
ip6_secondary: "<your_own_value>"
log: "disable"
primary: "<your_own_value>"
protocol: "cleartext"
retry: "2"
root_servers: "<your_own_value>"
secondary: "<your_own_value>"
server_hostname:
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hostname: "myhostname"
server_select_method: "least-rtt"
source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
ssl_certificate: "<your_own_value> (source certificate.local.name)"
timeout: "5"
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: |