fortinet.fortios.fortios_authentication_rule module – Configure Authentication Rules in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.3.7).

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_authentication_rule.

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 authentication feature and rule 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.

authentication_rule

dictionary

Configure Authentication Rules.

active_auth_method

string

Select an active authentication method. Source authentication.scheme.name.

string

Enable/disable to use device certificate as authentication cookie .

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

comments

string

Comment.

cors_depth

integer

Depth to allow CORS access .

cors_stateful

string

Enable/disable allowance of CORS access .

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

dstaddr

list / elements=dictionary

Select an IPv4 destination address from available options. Required for web proxy authentication.

name

string / required

Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name system .external-resource.name.

dstaddr6

list / elements=dictionary

Select an IPv6 destination address from available options. Required for web proxy authentication.

name

string / required

Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.

ip_based

string

Enable/disable IP-based authentication. When enabled, previously authenticated users from the same IP address will be exempted.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

name

string / required

Authentication rule name.

protocol

string

Authentication is required for the selected protocol .

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "ftp"

  • "socks"

  • "ssh"

srcaddr

list / elements=dictionary

Authentication is required for the selected IPv4 source address.

name

string / required

Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name system .external-resource.name.

srcaddr6

list / elements=dictionary

Authentication is required for the selected IPv6 source address.

name

string / required

Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.

srcintf

list / elements=dictionary

Incoming (ingress) interface.

name

string / required

Interface name. Source system.interface.name system.zone.name system.sdwan.zone.name.

sso_auth_method

string

Select a single-sign on (SSO) authentication method. Source authentication.scheme.name.

status

string

Enable/disable this authentication rule.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

transaction_based

string

Enable/disable transaction based authentication .

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

string

Enable/disable Web authentication cookies .

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

web_portal

string

Enable/disable web portal for proxy transparent policy .

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

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"

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 Authentication Rules.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_authentication_rule:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      authentication_rule:
          active_auth_method: "<your_own_value> (source authentication.scheme.name)"
          cert_auth_cookie: "enable"
          comments: "<your_own_value>"
          cors_depth: "3"
          cors_stateful: "enable"
          dstaddr:
              -
                  name: "default_name_9 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name system
                    .external-resource.name)"
          dstaddr6:
              -
                  name: "default_name_11 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
          ip_based: "enable"
          name: "default_name_13"
          protocol: "http"
          srcaddr:
              -
                  name: "default_name_16 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name system
                    .external-resource.name)"
          srcaddr6:
              -
                  name: "default_name_18 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
          srcintf:
              -
                  name: "default_name_20 (source system.interface.name system.zone.name system.sdwan.zone.name)"
          sso_auth_method: "<your_own_value> (source authentication.scheme.name)"
          status: "enable"
          transaction_based: "enable"
          web_auth_cookie: "enable"
          web_portal: "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)