fortinet.fortimanager.fmgr_firewall_vip_realservers – Select the real servers that this server load balancing VIP will distribute traffic to.

Note

This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortimanager collection (version 2.1.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install fortinet.fortimanager.

To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortimanager.fmgr_firewall_vip_realservers.

New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortimanager

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiManager device.
  • Examples include all parameters and values which need to be adjusted to data sources before usage.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
adom
string / required
the parameter (adom) in requested url
bypass_validation
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
only set to True when module schema diffs with FortiManager API structure, module continues to execute without validating parameters
enable_log
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable/Disable logging for task
firewall_vip_realservers
dictionary
the top level parameters set
address
string
Dynamic address of the real server.
client-ip
string
no description
healthcheck
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
  • vip
Enable to check the responsiveness of the real server before forwarding traffic.
holddown-interval
integer
Time in seconds that the health check monitor continues to monitor and unresponsive server that should be active.
http-host
string
HTTP server domain name in HTTP header.
id
integer
Real server ID.
ip
string
IP address of the real server.
max-connections
integer
Max number of active connections that can be directed to the real server. When reached, sessions are sent to other real servers.
monitor
string
Name of the health check monitor to use when polling to determine a virtual servers connectivity status.
port
integer
Port for communicating with the real server. Required if port forwarding is enabled.
seq
integer
no description
status
string
    Choices:
  • active
  • standby
  • disable
Set the status of the real server to active so that it can accept traffic, or on standby or disabled so no traffic is sent.
type
string
    Choices:
  • ip
  • address
Type of address.
weight
integer
Weight of the real server. If weighted load balancing is enabled, the server with the highest weight gets more connections.
proposed_method
string
    Choices:
  • update
  • set
  • add
The overridden method for the underlying Json RPC request
rc_failed
list / elements=string
the rc codes list with which the conditions to fail will be overriden
rc_succeeded
list / elements=string
the rc codes list with which the conditions to succeed will be overriden
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
the directive to create, update or delete an object
vip
string / required
the parameter (vip) in requested url
workspace_locking_adom
string
the adom to lock for FortiManager running in workspace mode, the value can be global and others including root
workspace_locking_timeout
integer
Default:
300
the maximum time in seconds to wait for other user to release the workspace lock

Notes

Note

  • Running in workspace locking mode is supported in this FortiManager module, the top level parameters workspace_locking_adom and workspace_locking_timeout help do the work.
  • To create or update an object, use state present directive.
  • To delete an object, use state absent directive.
  • Normally, running one module can fail when a non-zero rc is returned. you can also override the conditions to fail or succeed with parameters rc_failed and rc_succeeded

Examples

- hosts: fortimanager-inventory
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortimanager
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
     ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: True
     ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: False
     ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
   - name: Select the real servers that this server load balancing VIP will distribute traffic to.
     fmgr_firewall_vip_realservers:
        bypass_validation: False
        workspace_locking_adom: <value in [global, custom adom including root]>
        workspace_locking_timeout: 300
        rc_succeeded: [0, -2, -3, ...]
        rc_failed: [-2, -3, ...]
        adom: <your own value>
        vip: <your own value>
        state: <value in [present, absent]>
        firewall_vip_realservers:
           client-ip: <value of string>
           healthcheck: <value in [disable, enable, vip]>
           holddown-interval: <value of integer>
           http-host: <value of string>
           ip: <value of string>
           max-connections: <value of integer>
           monitor: <value of string>
           port: <value of integer>
           seq: <value of integer>
           status: <value in [active, standby, disable]>
           weight: <value of integer>
           address: <value of string>
           id: <value of integer>
           type: <value in [ip, address]>

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
request_url
string
always
The full url requested

Sample:
/sys/login/user
response_code
integer
always
The status of api request
response_message
string
always
The descriptive message of the api response

Sample:
OK.


Authors

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)
  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)
  • Frank Shen (@fshen01)
  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/fortinet/fortimanager/fmgr_firewall_vip_realservers_module.html