fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_ha – Configure HA 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_system_ha.
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 system feature and ha 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.
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| enable_log
boolean
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Enable/Disable logging for task.
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| system_ha
dictionary
|
Configure HA.
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| arps
integer
|
Number of gratuitous ARPs (1 - 60). Lower to reduce traffic. Higher to reduce failover time.
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| arps_interval
integer
|
Time between gratuitous ARPs (1 - 20 sec). Lower to reduce failover time. Higher to reduce traffic.
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| authentication
string
|
|
Enable/disable heartbeat message authentication.
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| cpu_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing CPU usage weight and high and low thresholds.
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| encryption
string
|
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Enable/disable heartbeat message encryption.
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| failover_hold_time
integer
|
Time to wait before failover (0 - 300 sec), to avoid flip.
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| ftp_proxy_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of FTP proxy sessions.
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| gratuitous_arps
string
|
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Enable/disable gratuitous ARPs. Disable if link-failed-signal enabled.
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| group_id
integer
|
Cluster group ID (0 - 255). Must be the same for all members.
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| group_name
string
|
Cluster group name. Must be the same for all members.
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| ha_direct
string
|
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Enable/disable using ha-mgmt interface for syslog, SNMP, remote authentication (RADIUS), FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSandbox.
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| ha_eth_type
string
|
HA heartbeat packet Ethertype (4-digit hex).
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| ha_mgmt_interfaces
list / elements=string
|
Reserve interfaces to manage individual cluster units.
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| dst
string
|
Default route destination for reserved HA management interface.
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| gateway
string
|
Default route gateway for reserved HA management interface.
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| gateway6
string
|
Default IPv6 gateway for reserved HA management interface.
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| id
integer / required
|
Table ID.
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| interface
string
|
Interface to reserve for HA management. Source system.interface.name.
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| ha_mgmt_status
string
|
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Enable to reserve interfaces to manage individual cluster units.
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| ha_uptime_diff_margin
integer
|
Normally you would only reduce this value for failover testing.
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| hb_interval
integer
|
Time between sending heartbeat packets (1 - 20 (100*ms)). Increase to reduce false positives.
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| hb_interval_in_milliseconds
string
|
|
Number of milliseconds for each heartbeat interval: 100ms or 10ms.
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| hb_lost_threshold
integer
|
Number of lost heartbeats to signal a failure (1 - 60). Increase to reduce false positives.
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| hbdev
string
|
Heartbeat interfaces. Must be the same for all members.
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| hc_eth_type
string
|
Transparent mode HA heartbeat packet Ethertype (4-digit hex).
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| hello_holddown
integer
|
Time to wait before changing from hello to work state (5 - 300 sec).
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| http_proxy_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of HTTP proxy sessions.
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| imap_proxy_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of IMAP proxy sessions.
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| inter_cluster_session_sync
string
|
|
Enable/disable synchronization of sessions among HA clusters.
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| key
string
|
key
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| l2ep_eth_type
string
|
Telnet session HA heartbeat packet Ethertype (4-digit hex).
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| link_failed_signal
string
|
|
Enable to shut down all interfaces for 1 sec after a failover. Use if gratuitous ARPs do not update network.
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| load_balance_all
string
|
|
Enable to load balance TCP sessions. Disable to load balance proxy sessions only.
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| logical_sn
string
|
|
Enable/disable usage of the logical serial number.
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| memory_based_failover
string
|
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Enable/disable memory based failover.
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| memory_compatible_mode
string
|
|
Enable/disable memory compatible mode.
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| memory_failover_flip_timeout
integer
|
Time to wait between subsequent memory based failovers in minutes (6 - 2147483647).
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| memory_failover_monitor_period
integer
|
Duration of high memory usage before memory based failover is triggered in seconds (1 - 300).
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| memory_failover_sample_rate
integer
|
Rate at which memory usage is sampled in order to measure memory usage in seconds (1 - 60).
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| memory_failover_threshold
integer
|
Memory usage threshold to trigger memory based failover (0 means using conserve mode threshold).
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| memory_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing memory usage weight and high and low thresholds.
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| mode
string
|
|
HA mode. Must be the same for all members. FGSP requires standalone.
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| monitor
string
|
Interfaces to check for port monitoring (or link failure). Source system.interface.name.
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| multicast_ttl
integer
|
HA multicast TTL on master (5 - 3600 sec).
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| nntp_proxy_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of NNTP proxy sessions.
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| override
string
|
|
Enable and increase the priority of the unit that should always be primary (master).
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| override_wait_time
integer
|
Delay negotiating if override is enabled (0 - 3600 sec). Reduces how often the cluster negotiates.
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| password
string
|
Cluster password. Must be the same for all members.
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| pingserver_failover_threshold
integer
|
Remote IP monitoring failover threshold (0 - 50).
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| pingserver_flip_timeout
integer
|
Time to wait in minutes before renegotiating after a remote IP monitoring failover.
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| pingserver_monitor_interface
string
|
Interfaces to check for remote IP monitoring. Source system.interface.name.
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| pingserver_secondary_force_reset
string
|
|
Enable to force the cluster to negotiate after a remote IP monitoring failover.
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| pingserver_slave_force_reset
string
|
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Enable to force the cluster to negotiate after a remote IP monitoring failover.
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| pop3_proxy_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of POP3 proxy sessions.
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| priority
integer
|
Increase the priority to select the primary unit (0 - 255).
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| route_hold
integer
|
Time to wait between routing table updates to the cluster (0 - 3600 sec).
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| route_ttl
integer
|
TTL for primary unit routes (5 - 3600 sec). Increase to maintain active routes during failover.
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| route_wait
integer
|
Time to wait before sending new routes to the cluster (0 - 3600 sec).
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| schedule
string
|
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Type of A-A load balancing. Use none if you have external load balancers.
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| secondary_vcluster
dictionary
|
Configure virtual cluster 2.
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| monitor
string
|
Interfaces to check for port monitoring (or link failure). Source system.interface.name.
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| override
string
|
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Enable and increase the priority of the unit that should always be primary (master).
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| override_wait_time
integer
|
Delay negotiating if override is enabled (0 - 3600 sec). Reduces how often the cluster negotiates.
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| pingserver_failover_threshold
integer
|
Remote IP monitoring failover threshold (0 - 50).
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| pingserver_monitor_interface
string
|
Interfaces to check for remote IP monitoring. Source system.interface.name.
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| pingserver_secondary_force_reset
string
|
|
Enable to force the cluster to negotiate after a remote IP monitoring failover.
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| pingserver_slave_force_reset
string
|
|
Enable to force the cluster to negotiate after a remote IP monitoring failover.
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| priority
integer
|
Increase the priority to select the primary unit (0 - 255).
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| vcluster_id
integer
|
Cluster ID.
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| vdom
string
|
VDOMs in virtual cluster 2.
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| session_pickup
string
|
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Enable/disable session pickup. Enabling it can reduce session down time when fail over happens.
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| session_pickup_connectionless
string
|
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Enable/disable UDP and ICMP session sync for FGSP.
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| session_pickup_delay
string
|
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Enable to sync sessions longer than 30 sec. Only longer lived sessions need to be synced.
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| session_pickup_expectation
string
|
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Enable/disable session helper expectation session sync for FGSP.
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| session_pickup_nat
string
|
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Enable/disable NAT session sync for FGSP.
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| session_sync_dev
string
|
Offload session sync to one or more interfaces to distribute traffic and prevent delays if needed. Source system.interface.name.
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| smtp_proxy_threshold
string
|
Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of SMTP proxy sessions.
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| ssd_failover
string
|
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Enable/disable automatic HA failover on SSD disk failure.
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| standalone_config_sync
string
|
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Enable/disable FGSP configuration synchronization.
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| standalone_mgmt_vdom
string
|
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Enable/disable standalone management VDOM.
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| sync_config
string
|
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Enable/disable configuration synchronization.
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| sync_packet_balance
string
|
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Enable/disable HA packet distribution to multiple CPUs.
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| unicast_gateway
string
|
Default route gateway for unicast interface.
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| unicast_hb
string
|
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Enable/disable unicast heartbeat.
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| unicast_hb_netmask
string
|
Unicast heartbeat netmask.
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| unicast_hb_peerip
string
|
Unicast heartbeat peer IP.
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| unicast_peers
list / elements=string
|
Number of unicast peers.
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| id
integer / required
|
Table ID.
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| peer_ip
string
|
Unicast peer IP.
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| unicast_status
string
|
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Enable/disable unicast connection.
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| uninterruptible_upgrade
string
|
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Enable to upgrade a cluster without blocking network traffic.
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| vcluster2
string
|
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Enable/disable virtual cluster 2 for virtual clustering.
|
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| vcluster_id
integer
|
Cluster ID.
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| vdom
string
|
VDOMs in virtual cluster 1.
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| weight
string
|
Weight-round-robin weight for each cluster unit. Syntax <priority> <weight>.
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| 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.
|
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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 HA.
fortios_system_ha:
vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
system_ha:
arps: "3"
arps_interval: "4"
authentication: "enable"
cpu_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
encryption: "enable"
failover_hold_time: "8"
ftp_proxy_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
gratuitous_arps: "enable"
group_id: "11"
group_name: "<your_own_value>"
ha_direct: "enable"
ha_eth_type: "<your_own_value>"
ha_mgmt_interfaces:
-
dst: "<your_own_value>"
gateway: "<your_own_value>"
gateway6: "<your_own_value>"
id: "19"
interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
ha_mgmt_status: "enable"
ha_uptime_diff_margin: "22"
hb_interval: "23"
hb_interval_in_milliseconds: "100ms"
hb_lost_threshold: "25"
hbdev: "<your_own_value>"
hc_eth_type: "<your_own_value>"
hello_holddown: "28"
http_proxy_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
imap_proxy_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
inter_cluster_session_sync: "enable"
key: "<your_own_value>"
l2ep_eth_type: "<your_own_value>"
link_failed_signal: "enable"
load_balance_all: "enable"
logical_sn: "enable"
memory_based_failover: "enable"
memory_compatible_mode: "enable"
memory_failover_flip_timeout: "39"
memory_failover_monitor_period: "40"
memory_failover_sample_rate: "41"
memory_failover_threshold: "42"
memory_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
mode: "standalone"
monitor: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
multicast_ttl: "46"
nntp_proxy_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
override: "enable"
override_wait_time: "49"
password: "<your_own_value>"
pingserver_failover_threshold: "51"
pingserver_flip_timeout: "52"
pingserver_monitor_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
pingserver_secondary_force_reset: "enable"
pingserver_slave_force_reset: "enable"
pop3_proxy_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
priority: "57"
route_hold: "58"
route_ttl: "59"
route_wait: "60"
schedule: "none"
secondary_vcluster:
monitor: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
override: "enable"
override_wait_time: "65"
pingserver_failover_threshold: "66"
pingserver_monitor_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
pingserver_secondary_force_reset: "enable"
pingserver_slave_force_reset: "enable"
priority: "70"
vcluster_id: "71"
vdom: "<your_own_value>"
session_pickup: "enable"
session_pickup_connectionless: "enable"
session_pickup_delay: "enable"
session_pickup_expectation: "enable"
session_pickup_nat: "enable"
session_sync_dev: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
smtp_proxy_threshold: "<your_own_value>"
ssd_failover: "enable"
standalone_config_sync: "enable"
standalone_mgmt_vdom: "enable"
sync_config: "enable"
sync_packet_balance: "enable"
unicast_gateway: "<your_own_value>"
unicast_hb: "enable"
unicast_hb_netmask: "<your_own_value>"
unicast_hb_peerip: "<your_own_value>"
unicast_peers:
-
id: "90"
peer_ip: "<your_own_value>"
unicast_status: "enable"
uninterruptible_upgrade: "enable"
vcluster_id: "94"
vcluster2: "enable"
vdom: "<your_own_value>"
weight: "<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
|
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_system_ha_module.html