fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_security_policy_802_1x module – Configure 802.1x MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) policies 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_switch_controller_security_policy_802_1x.

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 switch_controller_security_policy feature and 802_1x 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"

switch_controller_security_policy_802_1x

dictionary

Configure 802.1x MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) policies.

auth_fail_vlan

string

Enable to allow limited access to clients that cannot authenticate.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

auth_fail_vlan_id

string

VLAN ID on which authentication failed. Source system.interface.name.

auth_fail_vlanid

integer

VLAN ID on which authentication failed.

auth_order

string

Configure authentication order.

Choices:

  • "dot1x-mab"

  • "mab-dot1x"

  • "mab"

auth_priority

string

Configure authentication priority.

Choices:

  • "legacy"

  • "dot1x-mab"

  • "mab-dot1x"

authserver_timeout_period

integer

Authentication server timeout period (3 - 15 sec).

authserver_timeout_tagged

string

Configure timeout option for the tagged VLAN which allows limited access when the authentication server is unavailable.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "lldp-voice"

  • "static"

authserver_timeout_tagged_vlanid

string

Tagged VLAN name for which the timeout option is applied to (only one VLAN ID). Source system.interface.name.

authserver_timeout_vlan

string

Enable/disable the authentication server timeout VLAN to allow limited access when RADIUS is unavailable.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

authserver_timeout_vlanid

string

Authentication server timeout VLAN name. Source system.interface.name.

dacl

string

Enable/disable dynamic access control list on this interface.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

eap_auto_untagged_vlans

string

Enable/disable automatic inclusion of untagged VLANs.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

eap_passthru

string

Enable/disable EAP pass-through mode, allowing protocols (such as LLDP) to pass through ports for more flexible authentication.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

framevid_apply

string

Enable/disable the capability to apply the EAP/MAB frame VLAN to the port native VLAN.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

guest_auth_delay

integer

Guest authentication delay (1 - 900 sec).

guest_vlan

string

Enable the guest VLAN feature to allow limited access to non-802.1X-compliant clients.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

guest_vlan_id

string

Guest VLAN name. Source system.interface.name.

guest_vlanid

integer

Guest VLAN ID.

mac_auth_bypass

string

Enable/disable MAB for this policy.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

name

string / required

Policy name.

open_auth

string

Enable/disable open authentication for this policy.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

policy_type

string

Policy type.

Choices:

  • "802.1X"

radius_timeout_overwrite

string

Enable to override the global RADIUS session timeout.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

security_mode

string

Port or MAC based 802.1X security mode.

Choices:

  • "802.1X"

  • "802.1X-mac-based"

user_group

list / elements=dictionary

Name of user-group to assign to this MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) policy.

name

string / required

Group name. Source user.group.name.

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 802.1x MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) policies.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_security_policy_802_1x:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      switch_controller_security_policy_802_1x:
          auth_fail_vlan: "disable"
          auth_fail_vlan_id: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          auth_fail_vlanid: "32767"
          auth_order: "dot1x-mab"
          auth_priority: "legacy"
          authserver_timeout_period: "3"
          authserver_timeout_tagged: "disable"
          authserver_timeout_tagged_vlanid: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          authserver_timeout_vlan: "disable"
          authserver_timeout_vlanid: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          dacl: "disable"
          eap_auto_untagged_vlans: "disable"
          eap_passthru: "disable"
          framevid_apply: "disable"
          guest_auth_delay: "30"
          guest_vlan: "disable"
          guest_vlan_id: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          guest_vlanid: "32767"
          mac_auth_bypass: "disable"
          name: "default_name_22"
          open_auth: "disable"
          policy_type: "802.1X"
          radius_timeout_overwrite: "disable"
          security_mode: "802.1X"
          user_group:
              -
                  name: "default_name_28 (source user.group.name)"

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)