fortinet.fortios.fortios_configuration_fact – Retrieve Facts of FortiOS Configurable Objects.
Note
This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.1.2).
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.fortios
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_configuration_fact
.
New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortios
Synopsis
- Collects facts from network devices running the fortios operating system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the respective resource name. This facts module will only collect those facts which user specified in playbook.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- install galaxy collection fortinet.fortios >= 2.0.0.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
access_token string | Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate. | |
enable_log boolean |
| Enable/Disable logging for task. |
filters list / elements=string | A list of expressions to filter the returned results. The items of the list are combined as LOGICAL AND with operator ampersand. One item itself could be concatenated with a comma as LOGICAL OR. | |
formatters list / elements=string | A list of fields to display for returned results. | |
params dictionary | the parameter for each selector, see definition in above list. | |
selector string / required |
| selector of the retrieved fortigate facts |
selectors list / elements=string | A list of selectors. if parameter selector not specified, the module will use selectors. | |
sorters list / elements=string | A list of expressions to sort the returned results. The items of the list are in ascending order with operator ampersand. One item itself could be in decending order with a comma inside. | |
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
- Different selector may have different parameters, users are expected to look up them for a specific selector.
- For some selectors, the objects are global, no params are allowed to appear.
- If params is empty a non-unique object, the whole object list is returned.
- This module has support for all configuration API, excluding any monitor API.
- The result of API request is stored in results as a list.
Examples
- hosts: fortigateslab connection: httpapi collections: - fortinet.fortios vars: ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no ansible_httpapi_port: 443 vdom: "root" tasks: - name: Get multiple selectors info concurrently fortios_configuration_fact: selectors: - selector: firewall_address params: name: "gmail.com" - selector: system_interface - selector: log_eventfilter params: {} - name: fact gathering fortios_configuration_fact: vdom: "" filters: - name==port1 - vlanid==0 sorters: - name,vlanid - management-ip formatters: - name - management-ip - vlanid selector: 'system_interface' - name: get all fortios_configuration_fact: vdom: "" access_token: "" selector: log_custom-field - name: get single fortios_configuration_fact: vdom: "" access_token: "" selector: log_custom-field #optionally list or single get params: id: "3" - name: fetch one firewall address fortios_configuration_fact: selector: firewall_address params: name: "login.microsoft.com" - name: fetch all firewall addresses fortios_configuration_fact: selector: firewall_address
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: GET |
name string | always | Name of the table used to fulfill the request Sample: firmware |
path string | always | Path of the table used to fulfill the request Sample: system |
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 |
Authors
- Jie Xue (@JieX19)
- Link Zheng (@chillancezen)
- Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)
- Frank Shen (@fshen01)
© 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/fortios/fortios_configuration_fact_module.html