fortios_system_email_server – Configure the email server used by the FortiGate various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user authentication features 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 email_server 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: v6.0.0 -> 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
  • system_email_server - Configure the email server used by the FortiGate various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user authentication features. type: dict more...
    • authenticate - Enable/disable authentication. type: str choices: enable, disable more...
    • interface - Specify outgoing interface to reach server. Source system.interface.name. type: str more...
    • interface_select_method - Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server. type: str choices: auto, sdwan, specify more...
    • password - SMTP server user password for authentication. type: str more...
    • port - SMTP server port. type: int more...
    • reply_to - Reply-To email address. type: str more...
    • security - Connection security used by the email server. type: str choices: none, starttls, smtps more...
    • server - SMTP server IP address or hostname. type: str more...
    • source_ip - SMTP server IPv4 source IP. type: str more...
    • source_ip6 - SMTP server IPv6 source IP. type: str more...
    • ssl_min_proto_version - Minimum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections . type: str choices: default, SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1-1, TLSv1-2, TLSv1-3 more...
    • type - Use FortiGuard Message service or custom email server. type: str choices: custom more...
    • username - SMTP server user name for authentication. type: str more...
    • validate_server - Enable/disable validation of server certificate. type: str choices: enable, disable more...

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Configure the email server used by the FortiGate various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user authentication
   features.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_email_server:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      system_email_server:
          authenticate: "enable"
          interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          interface_select_method: "auto"
          password: "<your_own_value>"
          port: "25"
          reply_to: "<your_own_value>"
          security: "none"
          server: "192.168.100.40"
          source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
          source_ip6: "<your_own_value>"
          ssl_min_proto_version: "default"
          type: "custom"
          username: "<your_own_value>"
          validate_server: "enable"

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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