fortios_system_email_server – Configure the email server used by the FortiGate various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user authentication features in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify system feature and email_server category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.5

Requirements

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

fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
host string			FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
https boolean		no yes ←	Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
password string		Default: ""	FortiOS or FortiGate password.
ssl_verify boolean		no yes ←	Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
system_email_server dictionary		Default: null	Configure the email server used by the FortiGate various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user authentication features.
	authenticate string	enable disable	Enable/disable authentication.
	password string		SMTP server user password for authentication.
	port integer		SMTP server port.
	reply_to string		Reply-To email address.
	security string	none starttls smtps	Connection security used by the email server.
	server string		SMTP server IP address or hostname.
	source_ip string		SMTP server IPv4 source IP.
	source_ip6 string		SMTP server IPv6 source IP.
	ssl_min_proto_version string	default SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1-1 TLSv1-2	Minimum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections .
	type string	custom	Use FortiGuard Message service or custom email server.
	username string		SMTP server user name for authentication.
	validate_server string	enable disable	Enable/disable validation of server certificate.
username string			FortiOS or FortiGate username.
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.

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"
   ssl_verify: "False"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure the email server used by the FortiGate various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user authentication
     features.
    fortios_system_email_server:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      system_email_server:
        authenticate: "enable"
        password: "<your_own_value>"
        port: "5"
        reply_to: "<your_own_value>"
        security: "none"
        server: "192.168.100.40"
        source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
        source_ip6: "<your_own_value>"
        ssl_min_proto_version: "default"
        type: "custom"
        username: "<your_own_value>"
        validate_server: "enable"

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

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

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

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