fortios_firewall_ldb_monitor – Configure server load balancing health monitors in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

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fortios_firewall_ldb_monitor – Configure server load balancing health monitors in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.8.


Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by allowing the user to configure firewall feature and ldb_monitor category. Examples includes all options and need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.2

Requirements

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

  • fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

firewall_ldb_monitor

-

Default:

null

Configure server load balancing health monitors.

http-get

-

URL used to send a GET request to check the health of an HTTP server.

http-match

-

String to match the value expected in response to an HTTP-GET request.

http-max-redirects

-

The maximum number of HTTP redirects to be allowed (0 - 5, default = 0).

interval

-

Time between health checks (5 - 65635 sec, default = 10).

name

- / required

Monitor name.

port

-

Service port used to perform the health check. If 0, health check monitor inherits port configured for the server (0 - 65635, default = 0).

retry

-

Number health check attempts before the server is considered down (1 - 255, default = 3).

state

-

  • present
  • absent

Indicates whether to create or remove the object

timeout

-

Time to wait to receive response to a health check from a server. Reaching the timeout means the health check failed (1 - 255 sec, default = 2).

type

-

  • ping
  • tcp
  • http
  • passive-sip

Select the Monitor type used by the health check monitor to check the health of the server (PING | TCP | HTTP).

host

- / required

FortiOS or FortiGate ip address.

https

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol

password

-

Default:

""

FortiOS or FortiGate password.

username

- / required

FortiOS or FortiGate username.

vdom

-

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

  • Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
  • Run as a local_action in your playbook


Examples

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure server load balancing health monitors.
    fortios_firewall_ldb_monitor:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      firewall_ldb_monitor:
        state: "present"
        http-get: "<your_own_value>"
        http-match: "<your_own_value>"
        http-max-redirects: "5"
        interval: "6"
        name: "default_name_7"
        port: "8"
        retry: "9"
        timeout: "10"
        type: "ping"

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




Status

Authors

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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