fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_link_monitor module – Configure Link Health Monitor 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_link_monitor.

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 link_monitor 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_link_monitor dictionary	Configure Link Health Monitor.
addr_mode string	Address mode (IPv4 or IPv6). Choices: "ipv4" "ipv6"
class_id integer	Traffic class ID. Source firewall.traffic-class.class-id.
diffservcode string	Differentiated services code point (DSCP) in the IP header of the probe packet.
fail_weight integer	Threshold weight to trigger link failure alert.
failtime integer	Number of retry attempts before the server is considered down (1 - 3600).
gateway_ip string	Gateway IP address used to probe the server.
gateway_ip6 string	Gateway IPv6 address used to probe the server.
ha_priority integer	HA election priority (1 - 50).
http_agent string	String in the http-agent field in the HTTP header.
http_get string	If you are monitoring an HTML server you can send an HTTP-GET request with a custom string. Use this option to define the string.
http_match string	String that you expect to see in the HTTP-GET requests of the traffic to be monitored.
interval integer	Detection interval in milliseconds (20 - 3600 * 1000 msec).
name string / required	Link monitor name.
packet_size integer	Packet size of a TWAMP test session (124/158 - 1024).
password string	TWAMP controller password in authentication mode.
port integer	Port number of the traffic to be used to monitor the server.
probe_count integer	Number of most recent probes that should be used to calculate latency and jitter (5 - 30).
probe_timeout integer	Time to wait before a probe packet is considered lost (20 - 5000 msec).
protocol list / elements=string	Protocols used to monitor the server. Choices: "ping" "tcp-echo" "udp-echo" "http" "https" "twamp" "ping6"
recoverytime integer	Number of successful responses received before server is considered recovered (1 - 3600).
route list / elements=dictionary	Subnet to monitor.
subnet string / required	IP and netmask (x.x.x.x/y).
security_mode string	Twamp controller security mode. Choices: "none" "authentication"
server list / elements=dictionary	IP address of the server(s) to be monitored.
address string / required	Server address.
server_config string	Mode of server configuration. Choices: "default" "individual"
server_list list / elements=dictionary	Servers for link-monitor to monitor.
dst string	IP address of the server to be monitored.
id integer / required	Server ID. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>.
port integer	Port number of the traffic to be used to monitor the server.
protocol list / elements=string	Protocols used to monitor the server. Choices: "ping" "tcp-echo" "udp-echo" "http" "https" "twamp"
weight integer	Weight of the monitor to this dst (0 - 255).
server_type string	Server type (static or dynamic). Choices: "static" "dynamic"
service_detection string	Only use monitor to read quality values. If enabled, static routes and cascade interfaces will not be updated. Choices: "enable" "disable"
source_ip string	Source IP address used in packet to the server.
source_ip6 string	Source IPv6 address used in packet to the server.
srcintf string	Interface that receives the traffic to be monitored. Source system.interface.name.
status string	Enable/disable this link monitor. Choices: "enable" "disable"
update_cascade_interface string	Enable/disable update cascade interface. Choices: "enable" "disable"
update_policy_route string	Enable/disable updating the policy route. Choices: "enable" "disable"
update_static_route string	Enable/disable updating the static route. 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: Configure Link Health Monitor.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_link_monitor:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_link_monitor:
          addr_mode: "ipv4"
          class_id: "0"
          diffservcode: "<your_own_value>"
          fail_weight: "0"
          failtime: "5"
          gateway_ip: "<your_own_value>"
          gateway_ip6: "<your_own_value>"
          ha_priority: "1"
          http_agent: "<your_own_value>"
          http_get: "<your_own_value>"
          http_match: "<your_own_value>"
          interval: "500"
          name: "default_name_15"
          packet_size: "124"
          password: "<your_own_value>"
          port: "0"
          probe_count: "30"
          probe_timeout: "500"
          protocol: "ping"
          recoverytime: "5"
          route:
              -
                  subnet: "<your_own_value>"
          security_mode: "none"
          server:
              -
                  address: "<your_own_value>"
          server_config: "default"
          server_list:
              -
                  dst: "<your_own_value>"
                  id: "31"
                  port: "0"
                  protocol: "ping"
                  weight: "0"
          server_type: "static"
          service_detection: "enable"
          source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
          source_ip6: "<your_own_value>"
          srcintf: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          status: "enable"
          update_cascade_interface: "enable"
          update_policy_route: "enable"
          update_static_route: "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)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)