fortios_switch_controller_location – Configure FortiSwitch location services 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 switch_controller feature and location 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

Tips

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

FortiOS Version Compatibility

Supported Version Ranges: v6.2.0 -> 7.4.3

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
  • switch_controller_location - Configure FortiSwitch location services. type: dict more...
    • address_civic - Configure location civic address. type: dict more...
      • additional - Location additional details. type: str more...
      • additional_code - Location additional code details. type: str more...
      • block - Location block details. type: str more...
      • branch_road - Location branch road details. type: str more...
      • building - Location building details. type: str more...
      • city - Location city details. type: str more...
      • city_division - Location city division details. type: str more...
      • country - The two-letter ISO 3166 country code in capital ASCII letters eg. US, CA, DK, DE. type: str more...
      • country_subdivision - National subdivisions (state, canton, region, province, or prefecture). type: str more...
      • county - County, parish, gun (JP), or district (IN). type: str more...
      • direction - Leading street direction. type: str more...
      • floor - Floor. type: str more...
      • landmark - Landmark or vanity address. type: str more...
      • language - Language. type: str more...
      • name - Name (residence and office occupant). type: str more...
      • number - House number. type: str more...
      • number_suffix - House number suffix. type: str more...
      • parent_key - Parent key name. type: str more...
      • place_type - Place type. type: str more...
      • post_office_box - Post office box. type: str more...
      • postal_community - Postal community name. type: str more...
      • primary_road - Primary road name. type: str more...
      • road_section - Road section. type: str more...
      • room - Room number. type: str more...
      • script - Script used to present the address information. type: str more...
      • seat - Seat number. type: str more...
      • street - Street. type: str more...
      • street_name_post_mod - Street name post modifier. type: str more...
      • street_name_pre_mod - Street name pre modifier. type: str more...
      • street_suffix - Street suffix. type: str more...
      • sub_branch_road - Sub branch road name. type: str more...
      • trailing_str_suffix - Trailing street suffix. type: str more...
      • unit - Unit (apartment, suite). type: str more...
      • zip - Postal/zip code. type: str more...
    • coordinates - Configure location GPS coordinates. type: dict more...
      • altitude - Plus or minus floating point number. For example, 117.47. type: str more...
      • altitude_unit - Configure the unit for which the altitude is to (m = meters, f = floors of a building). type: str choices: m, f more...
      • datum - WGS84, NAD83, NAD83/MLLW. type: str choices: WGS84, NAD83, NAD83/MLLW more...
      • latitude - Floating point starting with +/- or ending with (N or S). For example, +/-16.67 or 16.67N. type: str more...
      • longitude - Floating point starting with +/- or ending with (N or S). For example, +/-26.789 or 26.789E. type: str more...
      • parent_key - Parent key name. type: str more...
    • elin_number - Configure location ELIN number. type: dict more...
      • elin_num - Configure ELIN callback number. type: str more...
      • parent_key - Parent key name. type: str more...
    • name - Unique location item name. type: str required: true more...

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Configure FortiSwitch location services.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_location:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      switch_controller_location:
          address_civic:
              additional: "<your_own_value>"
              additional_code: "<your_own_value>"
              block: "<your_own_value>"
              branch_road: "<your_own_value>"
              building: "<your_own_value>"
              city: "<your_own_value>"
              city_division: "<your_own_value>"
              country: "<your_own_value>"
              country_subdivision: "<your_own_value>"
              county: "<your_own_value>"
              direction: "<your_own_value>"
              floor: "<your_own_value>"
              landmark: "<your_own_value>"
              language: "<your_own_value>"
              name: "default_name_18"
              number: "<your_own_value>"
              number_suffix: "<your_own_value>"
              parent_key: "<your_own_value>"
              place_type: "<your_own_value>"
              post_office_box: "<your_own_value>"
              postal_community: "<your_own_value>"
              primary_road: "<your_own_value>"
              road_section: "<your_own_value>"
              room: "<your_own_value>"
              script: "<your_own_value>"
              seat: "<your_own_value>"
              street: "<your_own_value>"
              street_name_post_mod: "<your_own_value>"
              street_name_pre_mod: "<your_own_value>"
              street_suffix: "<your_own_value>"
              sub_branch_road: "<your_own_value>"
              trailing_str_suffix: "<your_own_value>"
              unit: "<your_own_value>"
              zip: "<your_own_value>"
          coordinates:
              altitude: "<your_own_value>"
              altitude_unit: "m"
              datum: "WGS84"
              latitude: "<your_own_value>"
              longitude: "<your_own_value>"
              parent_key: "<your_own_value>"
          elin_number:
              elin_num: "<your_own_value>"
              parent_key: "<your_own_value>"
          name: "default_name_48"

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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