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fortinet.fortios.fortios_user_group – Configure user groups 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_user_group.
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 user feature and group 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.
         | 
     ||
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
         | 
     ||
| user_group
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configure user groups.
         | 
     |||
| auth_concurrent_override
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable overriding the global number of concurrent authentication sessions for this user group.
         | 
     ||
| auth_concurrent_value
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of concurrent authenticated connections per user (0 - 100).
         | 
     |||
| authtimeout
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Authentication timeout in minutes for this user group. 0 to use the global user setting auth-timeout.
         | 
     |||
| company
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Set the action for the company guest user field.
         | 
     ||
| email
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the guest user email address field.
         | 
     ||
| expire
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Time in seconds before guest user accounts expire. (1 - 31536000 sec)
         | 
     |||
| expire_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Determine when the expiration countdown begins.
         | 
     ||
| group_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Set the group to be for firewall authentication, FSSO, RSSO, or guest users.
         | 
     ||
| guest
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Guest User.
         | 
     |||
| comment
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Comment.
         | 
     |||
| company
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Set the action for the company guest user field.
         | 
     |||
| email
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Email.
         | 
     |||
| expiration
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Expire time.
         | 
     |||
| id
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Guest ID.
         | 
     |||
| mobile_phone
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Mobile phone.
         | 
     |||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Guest name.
         | 
     |||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Guest password.
         | 
     |||
| sponsor
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Set the action for the sponsor guest user field.
         | 
     |||
| user_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Guest ID.
         | 
     |||
| http_digest_realm
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Realm attribute for MD5-digest authentication.
         | 
     |||
| id
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Group ID.
         | 
     |||
| match
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Group matches.
         | 
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| group_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of matching group on remote authentication server.
         | 
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| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        ID.
         | 
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| server_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of remote auth server. Source user.radius.name user.ldap.name user.tacacs+.name.
         | 
     |||
| max_accounts
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of guest accounts that can be created for this group (0 means unlimited).
         | 
     |||
| member
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Names of users, peers, LDAP severs, or RADIUS servers to add to the user group.
         | 
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| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Group member name. Source user.peer.name user.local.name user.radius.name user.tacacs+.name user.ldap.name user.adgrp.name user .pop3.name.
         | 
     |||
| mobile_phone
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the guest user mobile phone number field.
         | 
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| multiple_guest_add
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable addition of multiple guests.
         | 
     ||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Group name.
         | 
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| password
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Guest user password type.
         | 
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| sms_custom_server
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        SMS server. Source system.sms-server.name.
         | 
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| sms_server
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Send SMS through FortiGuard or other external server.
         | 
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| sponsor
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Set the action for the sponsor guest user field.
         | 
     ||
| sso_attribute_value
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the RADIUS user group that this local user group represents.
         | 
     |||
| user_id
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Guest user ID type.
         | 
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| user_name
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the guest user name entry.
         | 
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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.
         | 
     ||
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 user groups.
    fortios_user_group:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      user_group:
        auth_concurrent_override: "enable"
        auth_concurrent_value: "4"
        authtimeout: "5"
        company: "optional"
        email: "disable"
        expire: "8"
        expire_type: "immediately"
        group_type: "firewall"
        guest:
         -
            comment: "Comment."
            company: "<your_own_value>"
            email: "<your_own_value>"
            expiration: "<your_own_value>"
            id:  "16"
            mobile_phone: "<your_own_value>"
            name: "default_name_18"
            password: "<your_own_value>"
            sponsor: "<your_own_value>"
            user_id: "<your_own_value>"
        http_digest_realm: "<your_own_value>"
        id:  "23"
        match:
         -
            group_name: "<your_own_value>"
            id:  "26"
            server_name: "<your_own_value> (source user.radius.name user.ldap.name user.tacacs+.name)"
        max_accounts: "28"
        member:
         -
            name: "default_name_30 (source user.peer.name user.local.name user.radius.name user.tacacs+.name user.ldap.name user.adgrp.name user.pop3.name)"
        mobile_phone: "disable"
        multiple_guest_add: "disable"
        name: "default_name_33"
        password: "auto-generate"
        sms_custom_server: "<your_own_value> (source system.sms-server.name)"
        sms_server: "fortiguard"
        sponsor: "optional"
        sso_attribute_value: "<your_own_value>"
        user_id: "email"
        user_name: "disable"
  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_user_group_module.html