fortinet.fortios.fortios_user_ldap module – Configure LDAP server entries 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_user_ldap.

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 user feature and ldap 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"

user_ldap

dictionary

Configure LDAP server entries.

account_key_cert_field

string

Define subject identity field in certificate for user access right checking.

Choices:

  • "othername"

  • "rfc822name"

  • "dnsname"

  • "cn"

account_key_filter

string

Account key filter, using the UPN as the search filter.

account_key_processing

string

Account key processing operation. The FortiGate will keep either the whole domain or strip the domain from the subject identity.

Choices:

  • "same"

  • "strip"

account_key_upn_san

string

Define SAN in certificate for user principle name matching.

Choices:

  • "othername"

  • "rfc822name"

  • "dnsname"

antiphish

string

Enable/disable AntiPhishing credential backend.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

ca_cert

string

CA certificate name. Source vpn.certificate.ca.name.

client_cert

string

Client certificate name. Source vpn.certificate.local.name.

client_cert_auth

string

Enable/disable using client certificate for TLS authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

cnid

string

Common name identifier for the LDAP server. The common name identifier for most LDAP servers is “cn”.

dn

string

Distinguished name used to look up entries on the LDAP server.

group_filter

string

Filter used for group matching.

group_member_check

string

Group member checking methods.

Choices:

  • "user-attr"

  • "group-object"

  • "posix-group-object"

group_object_filter

string

Filter used for group searching.

group_search_base

string

Search base used for group searching.

interface

string

Specify outgoing interface to reach server. Source system.interface.name.

interface_select_method

string

Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.

Choices:

  • "auto"

  • "sdwan"

  • "specify"

member_attr

string

Name of attribute from which to get group membership.

name

string / required

LDAP server entry name.

obtain_user_info

string

Enable/disable obtaining of user information.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

password

string

Password for initial binding.

password_attr

string

Name of attribute to get password hash.

password_expiry_warning

string

Enable/disable password expiry warnings.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

password_renewal

string

Enable/disable online password renewal.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

port

integer

Port to be used for communication with the LDAP server .

search_type

list / elements=string

Search type.

Choices:

  • "recursive"

secondary_server

string

Secondary LDAP server CN domain name or IP.

secure

string

Port to be used for authentication.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "starttls"

  • "ldaps"

server

string

LDAP server CN domain name or IP.

server_identity_check

string

Enable/disable LDAP server identity check (verify server domain name/IP address against the server certificate).

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

source_ip

string

FortiGate IP address to be used for communication with the LDAP server.

source_ip_interface

string

Source interface for communication with the LDAP server. Source system.interface.name.

source_port

integer

Source port to be used for communication with the LDAP server.

ssl_min_proto_version

string

Minimum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections .

Choices:

  • "default"

  • "SSLv3"

  • "TLSv1"

  • "TLSv1-1"

  • "TLSv1-2"

  • "TLSv1-3"

status_ttl

integer

Time for which server reachability is cached so that when a server is unreachable, it will not be retried for at least this period of time (0 = cache disabled).

tertiary_server

string

Tertiary LDAP server CN domain name or IP.

two_factor

string

Enable/disable two-factor authentication.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "fortitoken-cloud"

two_factor_authentication

string

Authentication method by FortiToken Cloud.

Choices:

  • "fortitoken"

  • "email"

  • "sms"

two_factor_filter

string

Filter used to synchronize users to FortiToken Cloud.

two_factor_notification

string

Notification method for user activation by FortiToken Cloud.

Choices:

  • "email"

  • "sms"

type

string

Authentication type for LDAP searches.

Choices:

  • "simple"

  • "anonymous"

  • "regular"

user_info_exchange_server

string

MS Exchange server from which to fetch user information. Source user.exchange.name.

username

string

Username (full DN) for initial binding.

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 LDAP server entries.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_user_ldap:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      user_ldap:
          account_key_cert_field: "othername"
          account_key_filter: "<your_own_value>"
          account_key_processing: "same"
          account_key_upn_san: "othername"
          antiphish: "enable"
          ca_cert: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.ca.name)"
          client_cert: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.local.name)"
          client_cert_auth: "enable"
          cnid: "<your_own_value>"
          dn: "<your_own_value>"
          group_filter: "<your_own_value>"
          group_member_check: "user-attr"
          group_object_filter: "<your_own_value>"
          group_search_base: "<your_own_value>"
          interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          interface_select_method: "auto"
          member_attr: "<your_own_value>"
          name: "default_name_20"
          obtain_user_info: "enable"
          password: "<your_own_value>"
          password_attr: "<your_own_value>"
          password_expiry_warning: "enable"
          password_renewal: "enable"
          port: "389"
          search_type: "recursive"
          secondary_server: "<your_own_value>"
          secure: "disable"
          server: "192.168.100.40"
          server_identity_check: "enable"
          source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
          source_ip_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          source_port: "0"
          ssl_min_proto_version: "default"
          status_ttl: "300"
          tertiary_server: "<your_own_value>"
          two_factor: "disable"
          two_factor_authentication: "fortitoken"
          two_factor_filter: "<your_own_value>"
          two_factor_notification: "email"
          type: "simple"
          user_info_exchange_server: "<your_own_value> (source user.exchange.name)"
          username: "<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)