fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_location – Configure FortiSwitch location services in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

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_switch_controller_location.

New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify switch_controller feature and location category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.0

Requirements

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

ansible>=2.9.0

Parameters

Parameter			Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_token string				Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
enable_log boolean			Choices: no ← yes	Enable/Disable logging for task.
state string / required			Choices: present absent	Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
switch_controller_location dictionary				Configure FortiSwitch location services.
	address_civic dictionary			Configure location civic address.
		additional string		Location additional details.
		additional_code string		Location additional code details.
		block string		Location block details.
		branch_road string		Location branch road details.
		building string		Location building details.
		city string		Location city details.
		city_division string		Location city division details.
		country string		The two-letter ISO 3166 country code in capital ASCII letters eg. US, CA, DK, DE.
		country_subdivision string		National subdivisions (state, canton, region, province, or prefecture).
		county string		County, parish, gun (JP), or district (IN).
		direction string		Leading street direction.
		floor string		Floor.
		landmark string		Landmark or vanity address.
		language string		Language.
		name string		Name (residence and office occupant).
		number string		House number.
		number_suffix string		House number suffix.
		parent_key string		Parent key name.
		place_type string		Placetype.
		post_office_box string		Post office box (P.O. box).
		postal_community string		Postal community name.
		primary_road string		Primary road name.
		road_section string		Road section.
		room string		Room number.
		script string		Script used to present the address information.
		seat string		Seat number.
		street string		Street.
		street_name_post_mod string		Street name post modifier.
		street_name_pre_mod string		Street name pre modifier.
		street_suffix string		Street suffix.
		sub_branch_road string		Sub branch road name.
		trailing_str_suffix string		Trailing street suffix.
		unit string		Unit (apartment, suite).
		zip string		Postal/zip code.
	coordinates dictionary			Configure location GPS coordinates.
		altitude string		+/- Floating point no. eg. 117.47.
		altitude_unit string	Choices: m f	m ( meters), f ( floors).
		datum string	Choices: WGS84 NAD83 NAD83/MLLW	WGS84, NAD83, NAD83/MLLW.
		latitude string		Floating point start with ( +/- ) or end with ( N or S ) eg. +/-16.67 or 16.67N.
		longitude string		Floating point start with ( +/- ) or end with ( E or W ) eg. +/-26.789 or 26.789E.
		parent_key string		Parent key name.
	elin_number dictionary			Configure location ELIN number.
		elin_num string		Configure ELIN callback number.
		parent_key string		Parent key name.
	name string / required			Unique location item name.
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

Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks

Examples

- hosts: fortigates
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   vdom: "root"
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: Configure FortiSwitch location services.
    fortios_switch_controller_location:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      switch_controller_location:
        address_civic:
            additional: "<your_own_value>"
            additional_code: "<your_own_value>"
            block: "<your_own_value>"
            branch_road: "<your_own_value>"
            building: "<your_own_value>"
            city: "<your_own_value>"
            city_division: "<your_own_value>"
            country: "<your_own_value>"
            country_subdivision: "<your_own_value>"
            county: "<your_own_value>"
            direction: "<your_own_value>"
            floor: "<your_own_value>"
            landmark: "<your_own_value>"
            language: "<your_own_value>"
            name: "default_name_18"
            number: "<your_own_value>"
            number_suffix: "<your_own_value>"
            parent_key: "<your_own_value>"
            place_type: "<your_own_value>"
            post_office_box: "<your_own_value>"
            postal_community: "<your_own_value>"
            primary_road: "<your_own_value>"
            road_section: "<your_own_value>"
            room: "<your_own_value>"
            script: "<your_own_value>"
            seat: "<your_own_value>"
            street: "<your_own_value>"
            street_name_post_mod: "<your_own_value>"
            street_name_pre_mod: "<your_own_value>"
            street_suffix: "<your_own_value>"
            sub_branch_road: "<your_own_value>"
            trailing_str_suffix: "<your_own_value>"
            unit: "<your_own_value>"
            zip: "<your_own_value>"
        coordinates:
            altitude: "<your_own_value>"
            altitude_unit: "m"
            datum: "WGS84"
            latitude: "<your_own_value>"
            longitude: "<your_own_value>"
            parent_key: "<your_own_value>"
        elin_number:
            elin_num: "<your_own_value>"
            parent_key: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_48"

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

Authors

Link Zheng (@chillancezen)
Jie Xue (@JieX19)
Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)
Frank Shen (@frankshen01)
Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

© 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_switch_controller_location_module.html