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community.general.utm_proxy_frontend_info – create, update or destroy reverse_proxy frontend entry in Sophos UTM
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.utm_proxy_frontend_info.
Synopsis
- Create, update or destroy a reverse_proxy frontend entry in SOPHOS UTM.
 - This module needs to have the REST Ability of the UTM to be activated.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| headers
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests.
        
       
        Is needed for some modules
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the object. Will be used to identify the entry
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The desired state of the object.
        
       present will create or update an object
       absent will delete an object if it was present
        | 
     
| utm_host
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.
         | 
     |
| utm_port
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        4444
         | 
      
        
        The port of the REST interface.
         | 
     
| utm_protocol
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The protocol of the REST Endpoint.
         | 
     
| utm_token
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The token used to identify at the REST-API. See https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/UTMonAWS/Sophos-UTM-RESTful-API.pdf?la=en, Chapter 2.4.2.
         | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the REST interface's ssl certificate should be verified or not.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Get utm proxy_frontend
  community.general.utm_proxy_frontend_info:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestBackendEntry
    host: REF_OBJECT_STRING
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| result
        
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        The utm object that was created
          | 
     |
| _locked
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Whether or not the object is currently locked
          | 
     |
| _ref
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The reference name of the object
          | 
     |
| _type
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The type of the object
          | 
     |
| add_content_type_header
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Whether to add the content type header
          | 
     |
| address
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The reference name of the address
          | 
     |
| allowed_networks
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of reference names of networks associated
          | 
     |
| certificate
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Reference name of certificate (ca/host_key_cert)
          | 
     |
| comment
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The comment string
          | 
     |
| disable_compression
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        State of compression support
          | 
     |
| domain
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of hostnames
          | 
     |
| exceptions
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of associated proxy exceptions
          | 
     |
| htmlrewrite
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        State of html rewrite
          | 
     |
| htmlrewrite_cookies
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        whether the html rewrite cookie will be set
          | 
     |
| implicitredirect
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        whether to use implicit redirection
          | 
     |
| lbmethod
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The method of loadbalancer to use
          | 
     |
| locations
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The reference names of reverse_proxy/locations associated with the object
          | 
     |
| name
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The name of the object
          | 
     |
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        The port of the frontend connection
          | 
     |
| preservehost
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Preserve host header
          | 
     |
| profile
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The associated reverse_proxy/profile
          | 
     |
| status
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Whether the frontend object is active or not
          | 
     |
| type
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The connection type
          | 
     |
| xheaders
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        The xheaders state
          | 
     |
Authors
- Johannes Brunswicker (@MatrixCrawler)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/utm_proxy_frontend_info_module.html