fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_gre_tunnel module – Configure GRE tunnel 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_gre_tunnel.

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 gre_tunnel 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_gre_tunnel

dictionary

Configure GRE tunnel.

auto_asic_offload

string

Enable/disable automatic ASIC offloading.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

checksum_reception

string

Enable/disable validating checksums in received GRE packets.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

checksum_transmission

string

Enable/disable including checksums in transmitted GRE packets.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

diffservcode

string

DiffServ setting to be applied to GRE tunnel outer IP header.

dscp_copying

string

Enable/disable DSCP copying.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

interface

string

Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

ip_version

string

IP version to use for VPN interface.

Choices:

  • "4"

  • "6"

keepalive_failtimes

integer

Number of consecutive unreturned keepalive messages before a GRE connection is considered down (1 - 255).

keepalive_interval

integer

Keepalive message interval (0 - 32767, 0 = disabled).

key_inbound

integer

Require received GRE packets contain this key (0 - 4294967295).

key_outbound

integer

Include this key in transmitted GRE packets (0 - 4294967295).

local_gw

string

IP address of the local gateway.

local_gw6

string

IPv6 address of the local gateway.

name

string / required

Tunnel name.

remote_gw

string

IP address of the remote gateway.

remote_gw6

string

IPv6 address of the remote gateway.

sequence_number_reception

string

Enable/disable validating sequence numbers in received GRE packets.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

sequence_number_transmission

string

Enable/disable including of sequence numbers in transmitted GRE packets.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

use_sdwan

string

Enable/disable use of SD-WAN to reach remote gateway.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

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 GRE tunnel.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_gre_tunnel:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_gre_tunnel:
          auto_asic_offload: "enable"
          checksum_reception: "disable"
          checksum_transmission: "disable"
          diffservcode: "<your_own_value>"
          dscp_copying: "disable"
          interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          ip_version: "4"
          keepalive_failtimes: "10"
          keepalive_interval: "0"
          key_inbound: "0"
          key_outbound: "0"
          local_gw: "<your_own_value>"
          local_gw6: "<your_own_value>"
          name: "default_name_16"
          remote_gw: "<your_own_value>"
          remote_gw6: "<your_own_value>"
          sequence_number_reception: "disable"
          sequence_number_transmission: "disable"
          use_sdwan: "disable"

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)