fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_dns – Configure DNS 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_system_dns.

New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify system feature and dns 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.
system_dns
dictionary
Configure DNS.
cache_notfound_responses
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable response from the DNS server when a record is not in cache.
dns_cache_limit
integer
Maximum number of records in the DNS cache.
dns_cache_ttl
integer
Duration in seconds that the DNS cache retains information.
dns_over_tls
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
  • enforce
Enable/disable/enforce DNS over TLS.
domain
list / elements=string
Search suffix list for hostname lookup.
domain
string / required
DNS search domain list separated by space (maximum 8 domains)
interface
string
Specify outgoing interface to reach server. Source system.interface.name.
interface_select_method
string
    Choices:
  • auto
  • sdwan
  • specify
Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.
ip6_primary
string
Primary DNS server IPv6 address.
ip6_secondary
string
Secondary DNS server IPv6 address.
primary
string
Primary DNS server IP address.
protocol
list / elements=string
    Choices:
  • cleartext
  • dot
  • doh
DNS protocols.
retry
integer
Number of times to retry (0 - 5).
secondary
string
Secondary DNS server IP address.
server_hostname
list / elements=string
DNS server host name list.
hostname
string / required
DNS server host name list separated by space (maximum 4 domains).
source_ip
string
IP address used by the DNS server as its source IP.
ssl_certificate
string
Name of local certificate for SSL connections. Source certificate.local.name.
timeout
integer
DNS query timeout interval in seconds (1 - 10).
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 DNS.
    fortios_system_dns:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      system_dns:
        cache_notfound_responses: "disable"
        dns_cache_limit: "4"
        dns_cache_ttl: "5"
        dns_over_tls: "disable"
        domain:
         -
            domain: "<your_own_value>"
        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        interface_select_method: "auto"
        ip6_primary: "<your_own_value>"
        ip6_secondary: "<your_own_value>"
        primary: "<your_own_value>"
        protocol: "cleartext"
        retry: "15"
        secondary: "<your_own_value>"
        server_hostname:
         -
            hostname: "myhostname"
        source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
        ssl_certificate: "<your_own_value> (source certificate.local.name)"
        timeout: "21"

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_system_dns_module.html