fortios_system_dns – Configure DNS in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify system feature and dns 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>=2.9.0

Parameters

  • access_token - Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate. type: str required: 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
  • system_dns - Configure DNS. type: dict
    • cache_notfound_responses - Enable/disable response from the DNS server when a record is not in cache. type: str choices: disable, enable
    • dns_cache_limit - Maximum number of records in the DNS cache. type: int
    • dns_cache_ttl - Duration in seconds that the DNS cache retains information. type: int
    • domain - Domain name suffix for the IP addresses of the DNS server. type: str
    • ip6_primary - Primary DNS server IPv6 address. type: str
    • ip6_secondary - Secondary DNS server IPv6 address. type: str
    • primary - Primary DNS server IP address, default is FortiGuard server at 208.81.112.53. type: str
    • secondary - Secondary DNS server IP address, default is FortiGuard server at 208.81.112.52. type: str
    • source_ip - IP address used by the DNS server as its source IP. type: str

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 DNS.
    fortios_system_dns:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      system_dns:
        cache_notfound_responses: "disable"
        dns_cache_limit: "4"
        dns_cache_ttl: "5"
        domain: "<your_own_value>"
        ip6_primary: "<your_own_value>"
        ip6_secondary: "<your_own_value>"
        primary: "<your_own_value>"
        secondary: "<your_own_value>"
        source_ip: "84.230.14.43"

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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