fortios_firewall_ippool – Configure IPv4 IP pools 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 firewall feature and ippool category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.5

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
firewall_ippool
dictionary
Default:
null
Configure IPv4 IP pools.
arp_intf
string
Select an interface from available options that will reply to ARP requests. (If blank, any is selected). Source system.interface.name.
arp_reply
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable replying to ARP requests when an IP Pool is added to a policy .
associated_interface
string
Associated interface name. Source system.interface.name.
block_size
integer
Number of addresses in a block (64 to 4096).
comments
string
Comment.
endip
string
Final IPv4 address (inclusive) in the range for the address pool (format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
name
string / required
IP pool name.
num_blocks_per_user
integer
Number of addresses blocks that can be used by a user (1 to 128).
pba_timeout
integer
Port block allocation timeout (seconds).
permit_any_host
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable full cone NAT.
source_endip
string
Final IPv4 address (inclusive) in the range of the source addresses to be translated (format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
source_startip
string
First IPv4 address (inclusive) in the range of the source addresses to be translated (format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
startip
string
First IPv4 address (inclusive) in the range for the address pool (format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.9 we recommend using the top-level 'state' parameter.
Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
type
string
    Choices:
  • overload
  • one-to-one
  • fixed-port-range
  • port-block-allocation
IP pool type (overload, one-to-one, fixed port range, or port block allocation).
host
string
FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
password
string
Default:
""
FortiOS or FortiGate password.
ssl_verify
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
state
string
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
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.
username
string
FortiOS or FortiGate username.
vdom
string
Default:
"root"
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.

Notes

Note

  • Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
  • Run as a local_action in your playbook

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
   ssl_verify: "False"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure IPv4 IP pools.
    fortios_firewall_ippool:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      firewall_ippool:
        arp_intf: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        arp_reply: "disable"
        associated_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        block_size: "6"
        comments: "<your_own_value>"
        endip: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_9"
        num_blocks_per_user: "10"
        pba_timeout: "11"
        permit_any_host: "disable"
        source_endip: "<your_own_value>"
        source_startip: "<your_own_value>"
        startip: "<your_own_value>"
        type: "overload"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
build
string
always
Build number of the fortigate image

Sample:
1547
http_method
string
always
Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate

Sample:
PUT
http_status
string
always
Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied

Sample:
200
mkey
string
success
Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate

Sample:
id
name
string
always
Name of the table used to fulfill the request

Sample:
urlfilter
path
string
always
Path of the table used to fulfill the request

Sample:
webfilter
revision
string
always
Internal revision number

Sample:
17.0.2.10658
serial
string
always
Serial number of the unit

Sample:
FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
status
string
always
Indication of the operation's result

Sample:
success
vdom
string
always
Virtual domain used

Sample:
root
version
string
always
Version of the FortiGate

Sample:
v5.6.3


Status

Authors

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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