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fortinet.fortios.fortios_waf_profile – Web application firewall configuration 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_waf_profile.
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 waf feature and profile 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.
         | 
     |||
| 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.
         | 
     |||
| waf_profile
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Web application firewall configuration.
         | 
     ||||
| address_list
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Black address list and white address list.
         | 
     ||||
| blocked_address
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Blocked address.
         | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
         | 
     ||||
| blocked_log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging on blocked addresses.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Status.
         | 
     |||
| trusted_address
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Trusted address.
         | 
     ||||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
         | 
     ||||
| comment
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Comment.
         | 
     ||||
| constraint
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        WAF HTTP protocol restrictions.
         | 
     ||||
| content_length
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        HTTP content length in request.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| length
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Length of HTTP content in bytes (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| exception
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        HTTP constraint exception.
         | 
     ||||
| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Host address. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
         | 
     ||||
| content_length
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        HTTP content length in request.
         | 
     |||
| header_length
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        HTTP header length in request.
         | 
     |||
| hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable hostname check.
         | 
     |||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        Exception ID.
         | 
     ||||
| line_length
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        HTTP line length in request.
         | 
     |||
| malformed
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable malformed HTTP request check.
         | 
     |||
| max_cookie
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Maximum number of cookies in HTTP request.
         | 
     |||
| max_header_line
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Maximum number of HTTP header line.
         | 
     |||
| max_range_segment
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Maximum number of range segments in HTTP range line.
         | 
     |||
| max_url_param
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Maximum number of parameters in URL.
         | 
     |||
| method
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP method check.
         | 
     |||
| param_length
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Maximum length of parameter in URL, HTTP POST request or HTTP body.
         | 
     |||
| pattern
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        URL pattern.
         | 
     ||||
| regex
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable regular expression based pattern match.
         | 
     |||
| url_param_length
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Maximum length of parameter in URL.
         | 
     |||
| version
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP version check.
         | 
     |||
| header_length
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        HTTP header length in request.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| length
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Length of HTTP header in bytes (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| hostname
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable hostname check.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| line_length
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        HTTP line length in request.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| length
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Length of HTTP line in bytes (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| malformed
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable malformed HTTP request check.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| max_cookie
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of cookies in HTTP request.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| max_cookie
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of cookies in HTTP request (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| max_header_line
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of HTTP header line.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| max_header_line
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number HTTP header lines (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| max_range_segment
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of range segments in HTTP range line.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| max_range_segment
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of range segments in HTTP range line (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| max_url_param
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of parameters in URL.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| max_url_param
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of parameters in URL (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| method
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP method check.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| param_length
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Maximum length of parameter in URL, HTTP POST request or HTTP body.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| length
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum length of parameter in URL, HTTP POST request or HTTP body in bytes (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| url_param_length
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Maximum length of parameter in URL.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| length
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum length of URL parameter in bytes (0 to 2147483647).
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| version
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP version check.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable the constraint.
         | 
     |||
| extended_log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable extended logging.
         | 
     |||
| external
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Disable/Enable external HTTP Inspection.
         | 
     |||
| method
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Method restriction.
         | 
     ||||
| default_allowed_methods
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Methods.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| method_policy
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        HTTP method policy.
         | 
     ||||
| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Host address. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
         | 
     ||||
| allowed_methods
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Allowed Methods.
         | 
     |||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        HTTP method policy ID.
         | 
     ||||
| pattern
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        URL pattern.
         | 
     ||||
| regex
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable regular expression based pattern match.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Status.
         | 
     |||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        WAF Profile name.
         | 
     ||||
| signature
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        WAF signatures.
         | 
     ||||
| credit_card_detection_threshold
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The minimum number of Credit cards to detect violation.
         | 
     ||||
| custom_signature
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Custom signature.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| case_sensitivity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Case sensitivity in pattern.
         | 
     |||
| direction
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Traffic direction.
         | 
     |||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Signature name.
         | 
     ||||
| pattern
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Match pattern.
         | 
     ||||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Status.
         | 
     |||
| target
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Match HTTP target.
         | 
     |||
| disabled_signature
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Disabled signatures
         | 
     ||||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        Signature ID. Source waf.signature.id.
         | 
     ||||
| disabled_sub_class
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Disabled signature subclasses.
         | 
     ||||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        Signature subclass ID. Source waf.sub-class.id.
         | 
     ||||
| main_class
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        Main signature class.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        Main signature class ID. Source waf.main-class.id.
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Status.
         | 
     |||
| url_access
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        URL access list
         | 
     ||||
| access_pattern
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        URL access pattern.
         | 
     ||||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        URL access pattern ID.
         | 
     ||||
| negate
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable match negation.
         | 
     |||
| pattern
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        URL pattern.
         | 
     ||||
| regex
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable regular expression based pattern match.
         | 
     |||
| srcaddr
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Source address. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
         | 
     ||||
| action
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Action.
         | 
     |||
| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Host address. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
         | 
     ||||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        URL access ID.
         | 
     ||||
| log
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Severity.
         | 
     |||
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: Web application firewall configuration.
    fortios_waf_profile:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      waf_profile:
        address_list:
            blocked_address:
             -
                name: "default_name_5 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
            blocked_log: "enable"
            severity: "high"
            status: "enable"
            trusted_address:
             -
                name: "default_name_10 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        comment: "Comment."
        constraint:
            content_length:
                action: "allow"
                length: "15"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            exception:
             -
                address: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
                content_length: "enable"
                header_length: "enable"
                hostname: "enable"
                id:  "24"
                line_length: "enable"
                malformed: "enable"
                max_cookie: "enable"
                max_header_line: "enable"
                max_range_segment: "enable"
                max_url_param: "enable"
                method: "enable"
                param_length: "enable"
                pattern: "<your_own_value>"
                regex: "enable"
                url_param_length: "enable"
                version: "enable"
            header_length:
                action: "allow"
                length: "39"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            hostname:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            line_length:
                action: "allow"
                length: "50"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            malformed:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            max_cookie:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                max_cookie: "62"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            max_header_line:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                max_header_line: "68"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            max_range_segment:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                max_range_segment: "74"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            max_url_param:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                max_url_param: "80"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            method:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            param_length:
                action: "allow"
                length: "90"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            url_param_length:
                action: "allow"
                length: "96"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
            version:
                action: "allow"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
        extended_log: "enable"
        external: "disable"
        method:
            default_allowed_methods: "get"
            log: "enable"
            method_policy:
             -
                address: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
                allowed_methods: "get"
                id:  "113"
                pattern: "<your_own_value>"
                regex: "enable"
            severity: "high"
            status: "enable"
        name: "default_name_118"
        signature:
            credit_card_detection_threshold: "120"
            custom_signature:
             -
                action: "allow"
                case_sensitivity: "disable"
                direction: "request"
                log: "enable"
                name: "default_name_126"
                pattern: "<your_own_value>"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
                target: "arg"
            disabled_signature:
             -
                id:  "132 (source waf.signature.id)"
            disabled_sub_class:
             -
                id:  "134 (source waf.sub-class.id)"
            main_class:
             -
                action: "allow"
                id:  "137 (source waf.main-class.id)"
                log: "enable"
                severity: "high"
                status: "enable"
        url_access:
         -
            access_pattern:
             -
                id:  "143"
                negate: "enable"
                pattern: "<your_own_value>"
                regex: "enable"
                srcaddr: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
            action: "bypass"
            address: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
            id:  "150"
            log: "enable"
            severity: "high"
  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_waf_profile_module.html