fortios_system_vxlan – Configure VXLAN devices in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

New in version 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 vxlan 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>=2.9

Tips

Using member operation to add an element to an existing object.

FortiOS Version Compatibility


v6.0.0 v6.0.5 v6.0.11 v6.2.0 v6.2.3 v6.2.5 v6.2.7 v6.4.0 v6.4.1 v6.4.4 v7.0.0 v7.0.1 v7.0.2 v7.0.3 v7.0.4 v7.0.5 v7.0.6 v7.0.7 v7.0.8 v7.2.0 v7.2.1 v7.2.2
fortios_system_vxlan yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Parameters

  • access_token - Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate. type: str required: false
  • enable_log - Enable/Disable logging for task. type: bool required: false default: False
  • vdom - 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. type: str default: root
  • member_path - Member attribute path to operate on. type: str
  • member_state - Add or delete a member under specified attribute path. type: str choices: present, absent
  • state - Indicates whether to create or remove the object. type: str required: true choices: present, absent
  • system_vxlan - Configure VXLAN devices. type: dict more...
    • dstport - VXLAN destination port (1 - 65535). type: int more...
    • interface - Outgoing interface for VXLAN encapsulated traffic. Source system.interface.name. type: str more...
    • ip_version - IP version to use for the VXLAN interface and so for communication over the VXLAN. IPv4 or IPv6 unicast or multicast. type: str choices: ipv4-unicast, ipv6-unicast, ipv4-multicast, ipv6-multicast more...
    • multicast_ttl - VXLAN multicast TTL (1-255). type: int more...
    • name - VXLAN device or interface name. Must be a unique interface name. type: str required: true more...
    • remote_ip - IPv4 address of the VXLAN interface on the device at the remote end of the VXLAN. type: list more...
      • ip - IPv4 address. type: str more...
    • remote_ip6 - IPv6 IP address of the VXLAN interface on the device at the remote end of the VXLAN. type: list more...
      • ip6 - IPv6 address. type: str more...
    • vni - VXLAN network ID. type: int more...

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- hosts: fortigates
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   vdom: "root"
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: Configure VXLAN devices.
    fortios_system_vxlan:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_vxlan:
        dstport: "4789"
        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        ip_version: "ipv4-unicast"
        multicast_ttl: "0"
        name: "default_name_7"
        remote_ip:
         -
            ip: "<your_own_value>"
        remote_ip6:
         -
            ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        vni: "0"

Return Values

Common return values are documented: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

  • build - Build number of the fortigate image returned: always type: str sample: 1547
  • http_method - Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate returned: always type: str sample: PUT
  • http_status - Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied returned: always type: str sample: 200
  • mkey - Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate returned: success type: str sample: id
  • name - Name of the table used to fulfill the request returned: always type: str sample: urlfilter
  • path - Path of the table used to fulfill the request returned: always type: str sample: webfilter
  • revision - Internal revision number returned: always type: str sample: 17.0.2.10658
  • serial - Serial number of the unit returned: always type: str sample: FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
  • status - Indication of the operation's result returned: always type: str sample: success
  • vdom - Virtual domain used returned: always type: str sample: root
  • version - Version of the FortiGate returned: always type: str sample: v5.6.3

Status

  • This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Authors

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)
  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)
  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)
  • Frank Shen (@frankshen01)
  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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