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fortinet.fortios.fortios_log_setting – Configure general log settings 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_log_setting.
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 log feature and setting 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.
         | 
     ||
| log_setting
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configure general log settings.
         | 
     |||
| brief_traffic_format
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable brief format traffic logging.
         | 
     ||
| custom_log_fields
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Custom fields to append to all log messages.
         | 
     |||
| field_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Custom log field. Source log.custom-field.id.
         | 
     |||
| daemon_log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable daemon logging.
         | 
     ||
| expolicy_implicit_log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable explicit proxy firewall implicit policy logging.
         | 
     ||
| faz_override
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable override FortiAnalyzer settings.
         | 
     ||
| fortiview_weekly_data
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable FortiView weekly data.
         | 
     ||
| fwpolicy6_implicit_log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable implicit firewall policy6 logging.
         | 
     ||
| fwpolicy_implicit_log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable implicit firewall policy logging.
         | 
     ||
| local_in_allow
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable local-in-allow logging.
         | 
     ||
| local_in_deny_broadcast
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable local-in-deny-broadcast logging.
         | 
     ||
| local_in_deny_unicast
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable local-in-deny-unicast logging.
         | 
     ||
| local_out
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable local-out logging.
         | 
     ||
| log_invalid_packet
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable invalid packet traffic logging.
         | 
     ||
| log_policy_comment
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable inserting policy comments into traffic logs.
         | 
     ||
| log_policy_name
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable inserting policy name into traffic logs.
         | 
     ||
| log_user_in_upper
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logs with user-in-upper.
         | 
     ||
| neighbor_event
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable neighbor event logging.
         | 
     ||
| resolve_ip
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable adding resolved domain names to traffic logs if possible.
         | 
     ||
| resolve_port
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable adding resolved service names to traffic logs.
         | 
     ||
| syslog_override
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable override Syslog settings.
         | 
     ||
| user_anonymize
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable anonymizing user names in log messages.
         | 
     ||
| 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 general log settings.
    fortios_log_setting:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      log_setting:
        brief_traffic_format: "enable"
        custom_log_fields:
         -
            field_id: "<your_own_value> (source log.custom-field.id)"
        daemon_log: "enable"
        expolicy_implicit_log: "enable"
        faz_override: "enable"
        fortiview_weekly_data: "enable"
        fwpolicy_implicit_log: "enable"
        fwpolicy6_implicit_log: "enable"
        local_in_allow: "enable"
        local_in_deny_broadcast: "enable"
        local_in_deny_unicast: "enable"
        local_out: "enable"
        log_invalid_packet: "enable"
        log_policy_comment: "enable"
        log_policy_name: "enable"
        log_user_in_upper: "enable"
        neighbor_event: "enable"
        resolve_ip: "enable"
        resolve_port: "enable"
        syslog_override: "enable"
        user_anonymize: "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_log_setting_module.html