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vca_fw - add remove firewall rules in a gateway in a vca¶

New in version 2.0.

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Synopsis ¶

Adds or removes firewall rules from a gateway in a vca environment

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
api_version	no	5.7		The api version to be used with the vca.
fw_rules	yes			A list of firewall rules to be added to the gateway, Please see examples on valid entries
gateway_name	no	gateway		The name of the gateway of the vdc where the rule should be added.
host	no	None		The authentication host to be used when service type is vcd.
instance_id	no	None		The instance id in a vchs environment to be used for creating the vapp.
org	no	None		The org to login to for creating vapp. This option is required when the `service_type` is vdc.
password	no	None		The vca password, if not set the environment variable `VCA_PASS` is checked for the password. aliases: pass, pwd
service_type	no	vca	vca vchs vcd	The type of service we are authenticating against.
state	no	present	present absent	If the object should be added or removed.
username	no	None		The vca username or email address, if not set the environment variable `VCA_USER` is checked for the username. aliases: user
vdc_name	no	None		The name of the vdc where the gateway is located.
verify_certs	no	True		If the certificates of the authentication is to be verified.

Examples ¶

#Add a set of firewall rules

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
   - vca_fw:
       instance_id: 'b15ff1e5-1024-4f55-889f-ea0209726282'
       vdc_name: 'benz_ansible'
       state: 'absent'
       fw_rules:
         - description: "ben testing"
           source_ip: "Any"
           dest_ip: 192.0.2.23
         - description: "ben testing 2"
           source_ip: 192.0.2.50
           source_port: "Any"
           dest_port: "22"
           dest_ip: 192.0.2.101
           is_enable: "true"
           enable_logging: "false"
           protocol: "Tcp"
           policy: "allow"

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support ¶

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