fortios_router_multicast – Configure router multicast in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

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fortios_router_multicast – Configure router multicast 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 set and modify router feature and multicast category. Examples include all parameters and values 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

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.

router_multicast

-

Default:

null

Configure router multicast.

interface

-

PIM interfaces.

bfd

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

cisco-exclude-genid

-

  • enable
  • disable

Exclude GenID from hello packets (compatibility with old Cisco IOS).

dr-priority

-

DR election priority.

hello-holdtime

-

Time before old neighbor information expires (0 - 65535 sec, default = 105).

hello-interval

-

Interval between sending PIM hello messages (0 - 65535 sec, default = 30).

igmp

-

IGMP configuration options.

access-group

-

Groups IGMP hosts are allowed to join. Source router.access-list.name.

immediate-leave-group

-

Groups to drop membership for immediately after receiving IGMPv2 leave. Source router.access-list.name.

last-member-query-count

-

Number of group specific queries before removing group (2 - 7, default = 2).

last-member-query-interval

-

Timeout between IGMPv2 leave and removing group (1 - 65535 msec, default = 1000).

query-interval

-

Interval between queries to IGMP hosts (1 - 65535 sec, default = 125).

query-max-response-time

-

Maximum time to wait for a IGMP query response (1 - 25 sec, default = 10).

query-timeout

-

Timeout between queries before becoming querier for network (60 - 900, default = 255).

router-alert-check

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable require IGMP packets contain router alert option.

version

-

  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

Maximum version of IGMP to support.

join-group

-

Join multicast groups.

address

- / required

Multicast group IP address.

multicast-flow

-

Acceptable source for multicast group. Source router.multicast-flow.name.

name

- / required

Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

neighbour-filter

-

Routers acknowledged as neighbor routers. Source router.access-list.name.

passive

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable listening to IGMP but not participating in PIM.

pim-mode

-

  • sparse-mode
  • dense-mode

PIM operation mode.

propagation-delay

-

Delay flooding packets on this interface (100 - 5000 msec, default = 500).

rp-candidate

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable compete to become RP in elections.

rp-candidate-group

-

Multicast groups managed by this RP. Source router.access-list.name.

rp-candidate-interval

-

RP candidate advertisement interval (1 - 16383 sec, default = 60).

rp-candidate-priority

-

Router's priority as RP.

state-refresh-interval

-

Interval between sending state-refresh packets (1 - 100 sec, default = 60).

static-group

-

Statically set multicast groups to forward out. Source router.multicast-flow.name.

ttl-threshold

-

Minimum TTL of multicast packets that will be forwarded (applied only to new multicast routes) (1 - 255, default = 1).

multicast-routing

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable IP multicast routing.

pim-sm-global

-

PIM sparse-mode global settings.

accept-register-list

-

Sources allowed to register packets with this Rendezvous Point (RP). Source router.access-list.name.

accept-source-list

-

Sources allowed to send multicast traffic. Source router.access-list.name.

bsr-allow-quick-refresh

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable accept BSR quick refresh packets from neighbors.

bsr-candidate

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable allowing this router to become a bootstrap router (BSR).

bsr-hash

-

BSR hash length (0 - 32, default = 10).

bsr-interface

-

Interface to advertise as candidate BSR. Source system.interface.name.

bsr-priority

-

BSR priority (0 - 255, default = 0).

cisco-crp-prefix

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable making candidate RP compatible with old Cisco IOS.

cisco-ignore-rp-set-priority

-

  • enable
  • disable

Use only hash for RP selection (compatibility with old Cisco IOS).

cisco-register-checksum

-

  • enable
  • disable

Checksum entire register packet(for old Cisco IOS compatibility).

cisco-register-checksum-group

-

Cisco register checksum only these groups. Source router.access-list.name.

join-prune-holdtime

-

Join/prune holdtime (1 - 65535, default = 210).

message-interval

-

Period of time between sending periodic PIM join/prune messages in seconds (1 - 65535, default = 60).

null-register-retries

-

Maximum retries of null register (1 - 20, default = 1).

register-rate-limit

-

Limit of packets/sec per source registered through this RP (0 - 65535, default = 0 which means unlimited).

register-rp-reachability

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable check RP is reachable before registering packets.

register-source

-

  • disable
  • interface
  • ip-address

Override source address in register packets.

register-source-interface

-

Override with primary interface address. Source system.interface.name.

register-source-ip

-

Override with local IP address.

register-supression

-

Period of time to honor register-stop message (1 - 65535 sec, default = 60).

rp-address

-

Statically configure RP addresses.

group

-

Groups to use this RP. Source router.access-list.name.

id

- / required

ID.

ip-address

-

RP router address.

rp-register-keepalive

-

Timeout for RP receiving data on (S,G) tree (1 - 65535 sec, default = 185).

spt-threshold

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable switching to source specific trees.

spt-threshold-group

-

Groups allowed to switch to source tree. Source router.access-list.name.

ssm

-

  • enable
  • disable

Enable/disable source specific multicast.

ssm-range

-

Groups allowed to source specific multicast. Source router.access-list.name.

route-limit

-

Maximum number of multicast routes.

route-threshold

-

Generate warnings when the number of multicast routes exceeds this number, must not be greater than route-limit.

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 router multicast.
    fortios_router_multicast:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      router_multicast:
        interface:
         -
            bfd: "enable"
            cisco-exclude-genid: "enable"
            dr-priority: "6"
            hello-holdtime: "7"
            hello-interval: "8"
            igmp:
                access-group: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
                immediate-leave-group: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
                last-member-query-count: "12"
                last-member-query-interval: "13"
                query-interval: "14"
                query-max-response-time: "15"
                query-timeout: "16"
                router-alert-check: "enable"
                version: "3"
            join-group:
             -
                address: "<your_own_value>"
            multicast-flow: "<your_own_value> (source router.multicast-flow.name)"
            name: "default_name_22 (source system.interface.name)"
            neighbour-filter: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
            passive: "enable"
            pim-mode: "sparse-mode"
            propagation-delay: "26"
            rp-candidate: "enable"
            rp-candidate-group: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
            rp-candidate-interval: "29"
            rp-candidate-priority: "30"
            state-refresh-interval: "31"
            static-group: "<your_own_value> (source router.multicast-flow.name)"
            ttl-threshold: "33"
        multicast-routing: "enable"
        pim-sm-global:
            accept-register-list: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
            accept-source-list: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
            bsr-allow-quick-refresh: "enable"
            bsr-candidate: "enable"
            bsr-hash: "40"
            bsr-interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
            bsr-priority: "42"
            cisco-crp-prefix: "enable"
            cisco-ignore-rp-set-priority: "enable"
            cisco-register-checksum: "enable"
            cisco-register-checksum-group: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
            join-prune-holdtime: "47"
            message-interval: "48"
            null-register-retries: "49"
            register-rate-limit: "50"
            register-rp-reachability: "enable"
            register-source: "disable"
            register-source-interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
            register-source-ip: "<your_own_value>"
            register-supression: "55"
            rp-address:
             -
                group: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
                id:  "58"
                ip-address: "<your_own_value>"
            rp-register-keepalive: "60"
            spt-threshold: "enable"
            spt-threshold-group: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
            ssm: "enable"
            ssm-range: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list.name)"
        route-limit: "65"
        route-threshold: "66"

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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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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