fortinet.fortios.fortios_web_proxy_forward_server – Configure forward-server addresses in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 1.1.8).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install fortinet.fortios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_web_proxy_forward_server.

New in version 2.9: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify web_proxy feature and forward_server 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.
state string / required		present absent	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.
web_proxy_forward_server dictionary			Configure forward-server addresses.
	addr_type string	ip fqdn	Address type of the forwarding proxy server: IP or FQDN.
	comment string		Comment.
	fqdn string		Forward server Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).
	healthcheck string	disable enable	Enable/disable forward server health checking. Attempts to connect through the remote forwarding server to a destination to verify that the forwarding server is operating normally.
	ip string		Forward proxy server IP address.
	monitor string		URL for forward server health check monitoring .
	name string / required		Server name.
	port integer		Port number that the forwarding server expects to receive HTTP sessions on (1 - 65535).
	server_down_option string	block pass	Action to take when the forward server is found to be down: block sessions until the server is back up or pass sessions to their destination.

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 forward-server addresses.
    fortios_web_proxy_forward_server:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      web_proxy_forward_server:
        addr_type: "ip"
        comment: "Comment."
        fqdn: "<your_own_value>"
        healthcheck: "disable"
        ip: "<your_own_value>"
        monitor: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_9"
        port: "10"
        server_down_option: "block"

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
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/fortinet/fortios/fortios_web_proxy_forward_server_module.html