fortinet.fortios.fortios_json_generic – Config Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate with json generic method.

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_json_generic.

New in version 2.9: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis

This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify json feature and generic category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.4

Requirements

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

fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_token string			Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
enable_log boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Enable/Disable logging for task.
json_generic dictionary			json generic
	dictbody dictionary		Body with YAML list of key/value format
	jsonbody string		Body with JSON string format, will always give priority to jsonbody
	method string	Choices: GET PUT POST DELETE	HTTP methods
	path string		URL path, e.g./api/v2/cmdb/firewall/address
	specialparams string		Extra URL parameters, e.g.start=1&count=10
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

---
# host
# [fortigates]
# fortigate01 ansible_host=192.168.52.177 ansible_user="admin" ansible_password="admin"

# [fortigates:vars]
# ansible_network_os=fortinet.fortios.fortios

# sample1.yml
- 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: test add with string
    fortios_json_generic:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      json_generic:
        method: "POST"
        path: "/api/v2/cmdb/firewall/address"
        jsonbody: |
          {
          "name": "111",
          "type": "geography",
          "fqdn": "",
          "country": "AL",
          "comment": "ccc",
          "visibility": "enable",
          "associated-interface": "port1",
          "allow-routing": "disable"
          }
    register: info

  - name: display vars
    debug: msg="{{info}}"

# sample2.yml
- 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: test delete
    fortios_json_generic:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      json_generic:
        method: "DELETE"
        path: "/api/v2/cmdb/firewall/address/111"
    register: info

  - name: display vars
    debug: msg="{{info}}"

  - name: test add with dict
    fortios_json_generic:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      json_generic:
        method: "POST"
        path: "/api/v2/cmdb/firewall/address"
        dictbody:
          name: "111"
          type: "geography"
          fqdn: ""
          country: "AL"
          comment: "ccc"
          visibility: "enable"
          associated-interface: "port1"
          allow-routing: "disable"
    register: info

  - name: display vars
    debug: msg="{{info}}"

  - name: test delete
    fortios_json_generic:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      json_generic:
        method: "DELETE"
        path: "/api/v2/cmdb/firewall/address/111"
    register: info

  - name: display vars
    debug: msg="{{info}}"

  - name: test add with string
    fortios_json_generic:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      json_generic:
        method: "POST"
        path: "/api/v2/cmdb/firewall/address"
        jsonbody: |
          {
          "name": "111",
          "type": "geography",
          "fqdn": "",
          "country": "AL",
          "comment": "ccc",
          "visibility": "enable",
          "associated-interface": "port1",
          "allow-routing": "disable"
          }
    register: info

  - name: display vars
    debug: msg="{{info}}"

  - name: test speical params
    fortios_json_generic:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      json_generic:
        method: "PUT"
        path: "/api/v2/cmdb/firewall/policy/1"
        specialparams: "action=move&after=2"
    register: info

  - name: display vars
    debug: msg="{{info}}"

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

Frank Shen (@frankshen01)
Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)

© 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_json_generic_module.html

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