fortios_system_sdn_connector – Configure connection to SDN Connector 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 sdn_connector 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
  • state - Indicates whether to create or remove the object. This attribute was present already in previous version in a deeper level. It has been moved out to this outer level. type: str required: False choices: present, absent
  • system_sdn_connector - Configure connection to SDN Connector. type: dict
    • state - B(Deprecated) type: str required: False choices: present, absent
    • access_key - AWS access key ID. type: str
    • azure_region - Azure Region (Global/China). type: str choices: global, china
    • client_id - Azure client ID (application ID). type: str
    • client_secret - Azure client secret (application key). type: str
    • external_ip - Configure GCP external IP. type: list
      • name - External IP name. type: str required: True
    • name - SDN connector name. type: str required: True
    • nic - Configure Azure network interface. type: list
      • ip - Configure IP configuration. type: list
        • name - IP configuration name. type: str required: True
        • public_ip - Public IP name. type: str
      • name - Network interface name. type: str required: True
    • password - Password of the remote SDN connector as login credentials. type: str
    • region - AWS region name. type: str
    • resource_group - Azure resource group. type: str
    • route - Configure GCP route. type: list
      • name - Route name. type: str required: True
    • route_table - Configure Azure route table. type: list
      • name - Route table name. type: str required: True
      • route - Configure Azure route. type: list
        • name - Route name. type: str required: True
        • next_hop - Next hop address. type: str
    • secret_key - AWS secret access key. type: str
    • server - Server address of the remote SDN connector. type: str
    • server_port - Port number of the remote SDN connector. type: int
    • status - Enable/disable connection to the remote SDN connector. type: str choices: disable, enable
    • subscription_id - Azure subscription ID. type: str
    • tenant_id - Azure tenant ID (directory ID). type: str
    • type - Type of SDN connector. type: str choices: aci, aws, azure, nsx, nuage, gcp
    • update_interval - Dynamic object update interval (0 - 3600 sec, 0 means disabled). type: int
    • username - Username of the remote SDN connector as login credentials. type: str
    • vpc_id - AWS VPC ID. 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 connection to SDN Connector.
    fortios_system_sdn_connector:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_sdn_connector:
        access_key: "<your_own_value>"
        azure_region: "global"
        client_id: "<your_own_value>"
        client_secret: "<your_own_value>"
        external_ip:
         -
            name: "default_name_8"
        name: "default_name_9"
        nic:
         -
            ip:
             -
                name: "default_name_12"
                public_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            name: "default_name_14"
        password: "<your_own_value>"
        region: "<your_own_value>"
        resource_group: "<your_own_value>"
        route:
         -
            name: "default_name_19"
        route_table:
         -
            name: "default_name_21"
            route:
             -
                name: "default_name_23"
                next_hop: "<your_own_value>"
        secret_key: "<your_own_value>"
        server: "192.168.100.40"
        server_port: "27"
        status: "disable"
        subscription_id: "<your_own_value>"
        tenant_id: "<your_own_value>"
        type: "aci"
        update_interval: "32"
        username: "<your_own_value>"
        vpc_id: "<your_own_value>"

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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