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fortinet.fortios.fortios_firewall_multicast_address6 – Configure IPv6 multicast address in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.
Note
This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.1.2).
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 fortinet.fortios.
To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_firewall_multicast_address6.
New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortios
Synopsis
- This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify firewall feature and multicast_address6 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>=2.9.0
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| access_token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
         | 
     ||||
| enable_log
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/Disable logging for task.
         | 
     |||
| firewall_multicast_address6
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configure IPv6 multicast address.
         | 
     ||||
| color
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Color of icon on the GUI.
         | 
     ||||
| comment
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Comment.
         | 
     ||||
| ip6
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IPv6 address prefix (format: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/xxx).
         | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        IPv6 multicast address name.
         | 
     ||||
| tagging
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Config object tagging.
         | 
     ||||
| category
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Tag category. Source system.object-tagging.category.
         | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Tagging entry name.
         | 
     ||||
| tags
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Tags.
         | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Tag name. Source system.object-tagging.tags.name.
         | 
     ||||
| visibility
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable visibility of the IPv6 multicast address on the GUI.
         | 
     |||
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
         | 
     |||
| 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
- Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks
 
Examples
- hosts: fortigates
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   vdom: "root"
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: Configure IPv6 multicast address.
    fortios_firewall_multicast_address6:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      firewall_multicast_address6:
        color: "3"
        comment: "Comment."
        ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_6"
        tagging:
         -
            category: "<your_own_value> (source system.object-tagging.category)"
            name: "default_name_9"
            tags:
             -
                name: "default_name_11 (source system.object-tagging.tags.name)"
        visibility: "enable"
  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
         | 
     
Authors
- Link Zheng (@chillancezen)
 - Jie Xue (@JieX19)
 - Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)
 - Frank Shen (@frankshen01)
 - Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
 - Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)
 
© 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/fortinet/fortios/fortios_firewall_multicast_address6_module.html