fortinet.fortios.fortios_wanopt_content_delivery_network_rule module – Configure WAN optimization content delivery network rules 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_wanopt_content_delivery_network_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 wanopt feature and content_delivery_network_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.

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"

wanopt_content_delivery_network_rule

dictionary

Configure WAN optimization content delivery network rules.

category

string

Content delivery network rule category.

Choices:

  • "vcache"

  • "youtube"

comment

string

Comment about this CDN-rule.

host_domain_name_suffix

list / elements=dictionary

Suffix portion of the fully qualified domain name. For example, fortinet.com in “www.fortinet.com”.

name

string / required

Suffix portion of the fully qualified domain name.

name

string / required

Name of table.

request_cache_control

string

Enable/disable HTTP request cache control.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

response_cache_control

string

Enable/disable HTTP response cache control.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

response_expires

string

Enable/disable HTTP response cache expires.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

rules

list / elements=dictionary

WAN optimization content delivery network rule entries.

content_id

dictionary

Content ID settings.

end_direction

string

Search direction from end-str match.

Choices:

  • "forward"

  • "backward"

end_skip

integer

Number of characters in URL to skip after end-str has been matched.

end_str

string

String from which to end search.

range_str

string

Name of content ID within the start string and end string.

start_direction

string

Search direction from start-str match.

Choices:

  • "forward"

  • "backward"

start_skip

integer

Number of characters in URL to skip after start-str has been matched.

start_str

string

String from which to start search.

target

string

Option in HTTP header or URL parameter to match.

Choices:

  • "path"

  • "parameter"

  • "referrer"

  • "youtube-map"

  • "youtube-id"

  • "youku-id"

  • "hls-manifest"

  • "dash-manifest"

  • "hls-fragment"

  • "dash-fragment"

match_entries

list / elements=dictionary

List of entries to match.

id

integer / required

Rule ID. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>.

pattern

list / elements=dictionary

Pattern string for matching target (Referrer or URL pattern). For example, a, a*c, *a*, a*c*e, and *.

string

string / required

Pattern strings.

target

string

Option in HTTP header or URL parameter to match.

Choices:

  • "path"

  • "parameter"

  • "referrer"

  • "youtube-map"

  • "youtube-id"

  • "youku-id"

match_mode

string

Match criteria for collecting content ID.

Choices:

  • "all"

  • "any"

name

string / required

WAN optimization content delivery network rule name.

skip_entries

list / elements=dictionary

List of entries to skip.

id

integer / required

Rule ID. see <a href=’#notes’>Notes</a>.

pattern

list / elements=dictionary

Pattern string for matching target (Referrer or URL pattern). For example, a, a*c, *a*, a*c*e, and *.

string

string / required

Pattern strings.

target

string

Option in HTTP header or URL parameter to match.

Choices:

  • "path"

  • "parameter"

  • "referrer"

  • "youtube-map"

  • "youtube-id"

  • "youku-id"

skip_rule_mode

string

Skip mode when evaluating skip-rules.

Choices:

  • "all"

  • "any"

status

string

Enable/disable WAN optimization content delivery network rules.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

text_response_vcache

string

Enable/disable caching of text responses.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

updateserver

string

Enable/disable update server.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

Notes

Note

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

  • The module supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Configure WAN optimization content delivery network rules.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_wanopt_content_delivery_network_rule:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      wanopt_content_delivery_network_rule:
          category: "vcache"
          comment: "Comment about this CDN-rule."
          host_domain_name_suffix:
              -
                  name: "default_name_6"
          name: "default_name_7"
          request_cache_control: "enable"
          response_cache_control: "enable"
          response_expires: "enable"
          rules:
              -
                  content_id:
                      end_direction: "forward"
                      end_skip: "0"
                      end_str: "<your_own_value>"
                      range_str: "<your_own_value>"
                      start_direction: "forward"
                      start_skip: "0"
                      start_str: "<your_own_value>"
                      target: "path"
                  match_entries:
                      -
                          id: "22"
                          pattern:
                              -
                                  string: "<your_own_value>"
                          target: "path"
                  match_mode: "all"
                  name: "default_name_27"
                  skip_entries:
                      -
                          id: "29"
                          pattern:
                              -
                                  string: "<your_own_value>"
                          target: "path"
                  skip_rule_mode: "all"
          status: "enable"
          text_response_vcache: "enable"
          updateserver: "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)