fortinet.fortios.fortios_user_setting module – Configure user authentication setting 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_setting.

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 setting 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"

user_setting

dictionary

Configure user authentication setting.

auth_blackout_time

integer

Time in seconds an IP address is denied access after failing to authenticate five times within one minute.

auth_ca_cert

string

HTTPS CA certificate for policy authentication. Source vpn.certificate.local.name.

auth_cert

string

HTTPS server certificate for policy authentication. Source vpn.certificate.local.name.

auth_http_basic

string

Enable/disable use of HTTP basic authentication for identity-based firewall policies.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

auth_invalid_max

integer

Maximum number of failed authentication attempts before the user is blocked.

auth_lockout_duration

integer

Lockout period in seconds after too many login failures.

auth_lockout_threshold

integer

Maximum number of failed login attempts before login lockout is triggered.

auth_on_demand

string

Always/implicitly trigger firewall authentication on demand.

Choices:

  • "always"

  • "implicitly"

auth_portal_timeout

integer

Time in minutes before captive portal user have to re-authenticate (1 - 30 min).

auth_ports

list / elements=dictionary

Set up non-standard ports for authentication with HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and TELNET.

id

integer / required

ID. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>.

port

integer

Non-standard port for firewall user authentication.

type

string

Service type.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https"

  • "ftp"

  • "telnet"

auth_secure_http

string

Enable/disable redirecting HTTP user authentication to more secure HTTPS.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

auth_src_mac

string

Enable/disable source MAC for user identity.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

auth_ssl_allow_renegotiation

string

Allow/forbid SSL re-negotiation for HTTPS authentication.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

auth_ssl_max_proto_version

string

Maximum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections .

Choices:

  • "sslv3"

  • "tlsv1"

  • "tlsv1-1"

  • "tlsv1-2"

  • "tlsv1-3"

auth_ssl_min_proto_version

string

Minimum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections .

Choices:

  • "default"

  • "SSLv3"

  • "TLSv1"

  • "TLSv1-1"

  • "TLSv1-2"

  • "TLSv1-3"

auth_ssl_sigalgs

string

Set signature algorithms related to HTTPS authentication (affects TLS version <= 1.2 only).

Choices:

  • "no-rsa-pss"

  • "all"

auth_timeout

integer

Time in minutes before the firewall user authentication timeout requires the user to re-authenticate.

auth_timeout_type

string

Control if authenticated users have to login again after a hard timeout, after an idle timeout, or after a session timeout.

Choices:

  • "idle-timeout"

  • "hard-timeout"

  • "new-session"

auth_type

list / elements=string

Supported firewall policy authentication protocols/methods.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https"

  • "ftp"

  • "telnet"

default_user_password_policy

string

Default password policy to apply to all local users unless otherwise specified, as defined in config user password-policy. Source user .password-policy.name.

per_policy_disclaimer

string

Enable/disable per policy disclaimer.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

radius_ses_timeout_act

string

Set the RADIUS session timeout to a hard timeout or to ignore RADIUS server session timeouts.

Choices:

  • "hard-timeout"

  • "ignore-timeout"

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 user authentication setting.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_user_setting:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      user_setting:
          auth_blackout_time: "0"
          auth_ca_cert: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.local.name)"
          auth_cert: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.local.name)"
          auth_http_basic: "enable"
          auth_invalid_max: "5"
          auth_lockout_duration: "0"
          auth_lockout_threshold: "3"
          auth_on_demand: "always"
          auth_portal_timeout: "3"
          auth_ports:
              -
                  id: "13"
                  port: "1024"
                  type: "http"
          auth_secure_http: "enable"
          auth_src_mac: "enable"
          auth_ssl_allow_renegotiation: "enable"
          auth_ssl_max_proto_version: "sslv3"
          auth_ssl_min_proto_version: "default"
          auth_ssl_sigalgs: "no-rsa-pss"
          auth_timeout: "5"
          auth_timeout_type: "idle-timeout"
          auth_type: "http"
          default_user_password_policy: "<your_own_value> (source user.password-policy.name)"
          per_policy_disclaimer: "enable"
          radius_ses_timeout_act: "hard-timeout"

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)