fortinet.fortios.fortios_wireless_controller_timers module – Configure CAPWAP timers in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.3.5).

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_wireless_controller_timers.

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 wireless_controller feature and timers 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>=2.14

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"

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"

wireless_controller_timers

dictionary

Configure CAPWAP timers.

auth_timeout

integer

Time after which a client is considered failed in RADIUS authentication and times out (5 - 30 sec).

ble_scan_report_intv

integer

Time between running Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) reports (10 - 3600 sec).

client_idle_rehome_timeout

integer

Time after which a client is considered idle and disconnected from the home controller (2 - 3600 sec).

client_idle_timeout

integer

Time after which a client is considered idle and times out (20 - 3600 sec).

darrp_day

string

Weekday on which to run DARRP optimization.

Choices:

  • "sunday"

  • "monday"

  • "tuesday"

  • "wednesday"

  • "thursday"

  • "friday"

  • "saturday"

darrp_optimize

integer

Time for running Dynamic Automatic Radio Resource Provisioning (DARRP) optimizations (0 - 86400 sec).

darrp_time

list / elements=dictionary

Time at which DARRP optimizations run (you can add up to 8 times).

time

string / required

Time.

discovery_interval

integer

Time between discovery requests (2 - 180 sec).

drma_interval

integer

Dynamic radio mode assignment (DRMA) schedule interval in minutes (10 - 1440).

echo_interval

integer

Time between echo requests sent by the managed WTP, AP, or FortiAP (1 - 255 sec).

fake_ap_log

integer

Time between recording logs about fake APs if periodic fake AP logging is configured (0 - 1440 min).

ipsec_intf_cleanup

integer

Time period to keep IPsec VPN interfaces up after WTP sessions are disconnected (30 - 3600 sec).

radio_stats_interval

integer

Time between running radio reports (1 - 255 sec).

rogue_ap_cleanup

integer

Time period in minutes to keep rogue AP after it is gone .

rogue_ap_log

integer

Time between logging rogue AP messages if periodic rogue AP logging is configured (0 - 1440 min).

sta_capability_interval

integer

Time between running station capability reports (1 - 255 sec).

sta_locate_timer

integer

Time between running client presence flushes to remove clients that are listed but no longer present (0 - 86400 sec).

sta_stats_interval

integer

Time between running client (station) reports (1 - 255 sec).

vap_stats_interval

integer

Time between running Virtual Access Point (VAP) reports (1 - 255 sec).

Notes

Note

  • Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks

Examples

- name: Configure CAPWAP timers.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_wireless_controller_timers:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      wireless_controller_timers:
          auth_timeout: "5"
          ble_scan_report_intv: "30"
          client_idle_rehome_timeout: "20"
          client_idle_timeout: "300"
          darrp_day: "sunday"
          darrp_optimize: "43200"
          darrp_time:
              -
                  time: "<your_own_value>"
          discovery_interval: "5"
          drma_interval: "60"
          echo_interval: "30"
          fake_ap_log: "1"
          ipsec_intf_cleanup: "120"
          radio_stats_interval: "15"
          rogue_ap_cleanup: "0"
          rogue_ap_log: "0"
          sta_capability_interval: "30"
          sta_locate_timer: "1800"
          sta_stats_interval: "1"
          vap_stats_interval: "15"

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)