fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_vne_interface module – Configure virtual network enabler tunnels 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_vne_interface.

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 vne_interface 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_vne_interface

dictionary

Configure virtual network enabler tunnels.

auto_asic_offload

string

Enable/disable tunnel ASIC offloading.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

bmr_hostname

string

BMR hostname.

br

string

IPv6 address or FQDN of the border relay.

http_password

string

HTTP authentication password.

http_username

string

HTTP authentication user name.

interface

string

Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

ipv4_address

string

Tunnel IPv4 address and netmask.

mode

string

VNE tunnel mode.

Choices:

  • "map-e"

  • "fixed-ip"

  • "ds-lite"

name

string / required

VNE tunnel name.

ssl_certificate

string

Name of local certificate for SSL connections. Source certificate.local.name.

update_url

string

URL of provisioning server.

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

Examples

- name: Configure virtual network enabler tunnels.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_vne_interface:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_vne_interface:
          auto_asic_offload: "enable"
          bmr_hostname: "myhostname"
          br: "<your_own_value>"
          http_password: "<your_own_value>"
          http_username: "<your_own_value>"
          interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          ipv4_address: "<your_own_value>"
          mode: "map-e"
          name: "default_name_11"
          ssl_certificate: "<your_own_value> (source certificate.local.name)"
          update_url: "<your_own_value>"

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)