win_firewall – Enable or disable the Windows Firewall

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win_firewall – Enable or disable the Windows Firewall

New in version 2.4.


Synopsis

  • Enable or Disable Windows Firewall profiles.

Requirements

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

  • This module requires Windows Management Framework 5 or later.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

profiles

list

  • Domain

  • Private

  • Public

Default:

["Domain", "Private", "Public"]

Specify one or more profiles to change.

state

string

  • disabled
  • enabled

Set state of firewall for given profile.



See Also

See also

win_firewall_rule – Windows firewall automation
The official documentation on the win_firewall_rule module.


Examples

- name: Enable firewall for Domain, Public and Private profiles
  win_firewall:
    state: enabled
    profiles:
    - Domain
    - Private
    - Public
  tags: enable_firewall

- name: Disable Domain firewall
  win_firewall:
    state: disabled
    profiles:
    - Domain
  tags: disable_firewall

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description

enabled

boolean

always

Current firewall status for chosen profile (after any potential change).


Sample:

True

profiles

string

always

Chosen profile.


Sample:

Domain

state

list

always

Desired state of the given firewall profile(s).


Sample:

enabled




Status

Authors

  • Michael Eaton (@michaeldeaton)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/win_firewall_module.html