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fortinet.fortios.fortios_wanopt_profile – Configure WAN optimization profiles 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_wanopt_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 wanopt 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.
         | 
     ||
| wanopt_profile
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configure WAN optimization profiles.
         | 
     |||
| auth_group
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Optionally add an authentication group to restrict access to the WAN Optimization tunnel to peers in the authentication group. Source wanopt.auth-group.name.
         | 
     |||
| cifs
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable CIFS (Windows sharing) WAN Optimization and configure CIFS WAN Optimization features.
         | 
     |||
| byte_caching
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable byte-caching for HTTP. Byte caching reduces the amount of traffic by caching file data sent across the WAN and in future serving if from the cache.
         | 
     ||
| log_traffic
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Single port number or port number range for CIFS. Only packets with a destination port number that matches this port number or range are accepted by this profile.
         | 
     |||
| prefer_chunking
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select dynamic or fixed-size data chunking for HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| protocol_opt
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select Protocol specific optimitation or generic TCP optimization.
         | 
     ||
| secure_tunnel
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable securing the WAN Opt tunnel using SSL. Secure and non-secure tunnels use the same TCP port (7810).
         | 
     ||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| tunnel_sharing
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Tunnel sharing mode for aggressive/non-aggressive and/or interactive/non-interactive protocols.
         | 
     ||
| comments
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Comment.
         | 
     |||
| ftp
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable FTP WAN Optimization and configure FTP WAN Optimization features.
         | 
     |||
| byte_caching
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable byte-caching for HTTP. Byte caching reduces the amount of traffic by caching file data sent across the WAN and in future serving if from the cache.
         | 
     ||
| log_traffic
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Single port number or port number range for FTP. Only packets with a destination port number that matches this port number or range are accepted by this profile.
         | 
     |||
| prefer_chunking
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select dynamic or fixed-size data chunking for HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| protocol_opt
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select Protocol specific optimitation or generic TCP optimization.
         | 
     ||
| secure_tunnel
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable securing the WAN Opt tunnel using SSL. Secure and non-secure tunnels use the same TCP port (7810).
         | 
     ||
| ssl
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable SSL/TLS offloading (hardware acceleration) for traffic in this tunnel.
         | 
     ||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| tunnel_sharing
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Tunnel sharing mode for aggressive/non-aggressive and/or interactive/non-interactive protocols.
         | 
     ||
| http
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP WAN Optimization and configure HTTP WAN Optimization features.
         | 
     |||
| byte_caching
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable byte-caching for HTTP. Byte caching reduces the amount of traffic by caching file data sent across the WAN and in future serving if from the cache.
         | 
     ||
| log_traffic
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Single port number or port number range for HTTP. Only packets with a destination port number that matches this port number or range are accepted by this profile.
         | 
     |||
| prefer_chunking
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select dynamic or fixed-size data chunking for HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| protocol_opt
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select Protocol specific optimitation or generic TCP optimization.
         | 
     ||
| secure_tunnel
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable securing the WAN Opt tunnel using SSL. Secure and non-secure tunnels use the same TCP port (7810).
         | 
     ||
| ssl
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable SSL/TLS offloading (hardware acceleration) for HTTPS traffic in this tunnel.
         | 
     ||
| ssl_port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Port on which to expect HTTPS traffic for SSL/TLS offloading.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| tunnel_non_http
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Configure how to process non-HTTP traffic when a profile configured for HTTP traffic accepts a non-HTTP session. Can occur if an application sends non-HTTP traffic using an HTTP destination port.
         | 
     ||
| tunnel_sharing
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Tunnel sharing mode for aggressive/non-aggressive and/or interactive/non-interactive protocols.
         | 
     ||
| unknown_http_version
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        How to handle HTTP sessions that do not comply with HTTP 0.9, 1.0, or 1.1.
         | 
     ||
| mapi
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable MAPI email WAN Optimization and configure MAPI WAN Optimization features.
         | 
     |||
| byte_caching
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable byte-caching for HTTP. Byte caching reduces the amount of traffic by caching file data sent across the WAN and in future serving if from the cache.
         | 
     ||
| log_traffic
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Single port number or port number range for MAPI. Only packets with a destination port number that matches this port number or range are accepted by this profile.
         | 
     |||
| secure_tunnel
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable securing the WAN Opt tunnel using SSL. Secure and non-secure tunnels use the same TCP port (7810).
         | 
     ||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| tunnel_sharing
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Tunnel sharing mode for aggressive/non-aggressive and/or interactive/non-interactive protocols.
         | 
     ||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Profile name.
         | 
     |||
| tcp
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Enable/disable TCP WAN Optimization and configure TCP WAN Optimization features.
         | 
     |||
| byte_caching
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable byte-caching for HTTP. Byte caching reduces the amount of traffic by caching file data sent across the WAN and in future serving if from the cache.
         | 
     ||
| byte_caching_opt
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Select whether TCP byte-caching uses system memory only or both memory and disk space.
         | 
     ||
| log_traffic
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable logging.
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Single port number or port number range for TCP. Only packets with a destination port number that matches this port number or range are accepted by this profile.
         | 
     |||
| secure_tunnel
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable securing the WAN Opt tunnel using SSL. Secure and non-secure tunnels use the same TCP port (7810).
         | 
     ||
| ssl
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable SSL/TLS offloading.
         | 
     ||
| ssl_port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Port on which to expect HTTPS traffic for SSL/TLS offloading.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable HTTP WAN Optimization.
         | 
     ||
| tunnel_sharing
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Tunnel sharing mode for aggressive/non-aggressive and/or interactive/non-interactive protocols.
         | 
     ||
| transparent
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable transparent mode.
         | 
     ||
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 WAN optimization profiles.
    fortios_wanopt_profile:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      wanopt_profile:
        auth_group: "<your_own_value> (source wanopt.auth-group.name)"
        cifs:
            byte_caching: "enable"
            log_traffic: "enable"
            port: "7"
            prefer_chunking: "dynamic"
            protocol_opt: "protocol"
            secure_tunnel: "enable"
            status: "enable"
            tunnel_sharing: "private"
        comments: "<your_own_value>"
        ftp:
            byte_caching: "enable"
            log_traffic: "enable"
            port: "17"
            prefer_chunking: "dynamic"
            protocol_opt: "protocol"
            secure_tunnel: "enable"
            ssl: "enable"
            status: "enable"
            tunnel_sharing: "private"
        http:
            byte_caching: "enable"
            log_traffic: "enable"
            port: "27"
            prefer_chunking: "dynamic"
            protocol_opt: "protocol"
            secure_tunnel: "enable"
            ssl: "enable"
            ssl_port: "32"
            status: "enable"
            tunnel_non_http: "enable"
            tunnel_sharing: "private"
            unknown_http_version: "reject"
        mapi:
            byte_caching: "enable"
            log_traffic: "enable"
            port: "40"
            secure_tunnel: "enable"
            status: "enable"
            tunnel_sharing: "private"
        name: "default_name_44"
        tcp:
            byte_caching: "enable"
            byte_caching_opt: "mem-only"
            log_traffic: "enable"
            port: "<your_own_value>"
            secure_tunnel: "enable"
            ssl: "enable"
            ssl_port: "52"
            status: "enable"
            tunnel_sharing: "private"
        transparent: "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_wanopt_profile_module.html