fortios_firewall_vip64 – Configure IPv6 to IPv4 virtual IPs 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 vip64 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_vip64
dictionary
Default:
null
Configure IPv6 to IPv4 virtual IPs.
arp_reply
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable ARP reply.
color
integer
Color of icon on the GUI.
comment
string
Comment.
extip
string
Start-external-IP [-end-external-IP].
extport
string
External service port.
id
integer
Custom defined id.
ldb_method
string
    Choices:
  • static
  • round-robin
  • weighted
  • least-session
  • least-rtt
  • first-alive
Load balance method.
mappedip
string
Start-mapped-IP [-end-mapped-IP].
mappedport
string
Mapped service port.
monitor
list
Health monitors.
name
string / required
Health monitor name. Source firewall.ldb-monitor.name.
name
string / required
VIP64 name.
portforward
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable port forwarding.
protocol
string
    Choices:
  • tcp
  • udp
Mapped port protocol.
realservers
list
Real servers.
client_ip
string
Restrict server to a client IP in this range.
healthcheck
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
  • vip
Per server health check.
holddown_interval
integer
Hold down interval.
id
integer / required
Real server ID.
ip
string
Mapped server IP.
max_connections
integer
Maximum number of connections allowed to server.
monitor
string
Health monitors. Source firewall.ldb-monitor.name.
port
integer
Mapped server port.
status
string
    Choices:
  • active
  • standby
  • disable
Server administrative status.
weight
integer
weight
server_type
string
    Choices:
  • http
  • tcp
  • udp
  • ip
Server type.
src_filter
list
Source IP6 filter (x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x/x).
range
string / required
Src-filter range.
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:
  • static-nat
  • server-load-balance
VIP type: static NAT or server load balance.
uuid
string
Universally Unique Identifier (UUID; automatically assigned but can be manually reset).
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 IPv6 to IPv4 virtual IPs.
    fortios_firewall_vip64:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      firewall_vip64:
        arp_reply: "disable"
        color: "4"
        comment: "Comment."
        extip: "<your_own_value>"
        extport: "<your_own_value>"
        id:  "8"
        ldb_method: "static"
        mappedip: "<your_own_value>"
        mappedport: "<your_own_value>"
        monitor:
         -
            name: "default_name_13 (source firewall.ldb-monitor.name)"
        name: "default_name_14"
        portforward: "disable"
        protocol: "tcp"
        realservers:
         -
            client_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            healthcheck: "disable"
            holddown_interval: "20"
            id:  "21"
            ip: "<your_own_value>"
            max_connections: "23"
            monitor: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.ldb-monitor.name)"
            port: "25"
            status: "active"
            weight: "27"
        server_type: "http"
        src_filter:
         -
            range: "<your_own_value>"
        type: "static-nat"
        uuid: "<your_own_value>"

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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