fmgr_firewall_vip6_realservers – Select the real servers that this server load balancing VIP will distribute traffic to.

Added in version 2.0.0.

Warning

Starting in version 3.0.0, all input arguments will be named using the underscore naming convention (snake_case).

  • Argument name before 3.0.0: var-name, var name, var.name

  • New argument name starting in 3.0.0: var_name

FortiManager Ansible v2.4+ supports both previous argument name and new underscore name. You will receive deprecation warnings if you keep using the previous argument name. You can ignore the warning by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiManager device.

  • Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to data sources before usage.

  • Tested with FortiManager v6.x and v7.x.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ansible>=2.15.0

FortiManager Version Compatibility

Supported Version Ranges: v6.0.0 -> latest

Parameters

  • access_token -The token to access FortiManager without using username and password. type: str required: false
  • bypass_validation - Only set to True when module schema diffs with FortiManager API structure, module continues to execute without validating parameters. type: bool required: false default: False
  • enable_log - Enable/Disable logging for task. type: bool required: false default: False
  • forticloud_access_token - Access token of forticloud managed API users, this option is available with FortiManager later than 6.4.0. type: str required: false
  • proposed_method - The overridden method for the underlying Json RPC request. type: str required: false choices: set, update, add
  • rc_succeeded - The rc codes list with which the conditions to succeed will be overriden. type: list required: false
  • rc_failed - The rc codes list with which the conditions to fail will be overriden. type: list required: false
  • state - The directive to create, update or delete an object type: str required: true choices: present, absent
  • workspace_locking_adom - Acquire the workspace lock if FortiManager is running in workspace mode. type: str required: false choices: global, custom adom including root
  • workspace_locking_timeout - The maximum time in seconds to wait for other users to release workspace lock. type: integer required: false default: 300
  • adom - The parameter in requested url type: str required: true
  • vip6 - The parameter in requested url type: str required: true
  • firewall_vip6_realservers - Select the real servers that this server load balancing VIP will distribute traffic to. type: dict
    • client_ip (Alias name: client-ip) Only clients in this ip range can connect to this real server. type: str more...
    • healthcheck Enable to check the responsiveness of the real server before forwarding traffic. type: str choices: [disable, enable, vip] more...
    • holddown_interval (Alias name: holddown-interval) Time in seconds that the health check monitor continues to monitor an unresponsive server that should be active. type: int more...
    • http_host (Alias name: http-host) Http server domain name in http header. type: str more...
    • id Real server id. type: int more...
    • ip Ipv6 address of the real server. type: str more...
    • max_connections (Alias name: max-connections) Max number of active connections that can directed to the real server. type: int more...
    • monitor Name of the health check monitor to use when polling to determine a virtual servers connectivity status. type: list or str more...
    • port Port for communicating with the real server. type: int more...
    • status Set the status of the real server to active so that it can accept traffic, or on standby or disabled so no traffic is sent. type: str choices: [active, standby, disable] more...
    • weight Weight of the real server. type: int more...
    • translate_host (Alias name: translate-host) Enable/disable translation of hostname/ip from virtual server to real server. type: str choices: [disable, enable] more...

Notes

Note

  • Running in workspace locking mode is supported in this FortiManager module, the top level parameters workspace_locking_adom and workspace_locking_timeout help do the work.

  • To create or update an object, use state: present directive.

  • To delete an object, use state: absent directive

  • Normally, running one module can fail when a non-zero rc is returned. you can also override the conditions to fail or succeed with parameters rc_failed and rc_succeeded

Examples

- name: Example playbook
  hosts: fortimanagers
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
    - name: Select the real servers that this server load balancing VIP will distribute traffic to.
      fortinet.fortimanager.fmgr_firewall_vip6_realservers:
        bypass_validation: false
        adom: ansible
        vip6: "ansible-test-vip6" # name
        state: present
        firewall_vip6_realservers:
          healthcheck: disable # <value in [disable, enable, vip]>
          id: 1
          status: active # <value in [active, standby, disable]>

- name: Gathering fortimanager facts
  hosts: fortimanagers
  gather_facts: false
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
    - name: Retrieve all the real servers of virtual IP for IPv6
      fortinet.fortimanager.fmgr_fact:
        facts:
          selector: "firewall_vip6_realservers"
          params:
            adom: "ansible"
            vip6: "ansible-test-vip6" # name
            realservers: "your_value"

Return Values

Common return values are documented: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

  • meta - The result of the request.returned: always type: dict
    • request_url - The full url requested. returned: always type: str sample: /sys/login/user
    • response_code - The status of api request. returned: always type: int sample: 0
    • response_data - The data body of the api response. returned: optional type: list or dict
    • response_message - The descriptive message of the api response. returned: always type: str sample: OK
    • system_information - The information of the target system. returned: always type: dict
  • rc - The status the request. returned: always type: int sample: 0
  • version_check_warning - Warning if the parameters used in the playbook are not supported by the current FortiManager version. returned: if at least one parameter not supported by the current FortiManager version type: list

Status

  • This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Authors

  • Xinwei Du (@dux-fortinet)

  • Xing Li (@lix-fortinet)

  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

  • Frank Shen (@fshen01)

  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)