fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_switch_interface – Configure software switch interfaces by grouping physical and WiFi interfaces 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_switch_interface.

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 switch_interface 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.
system_switch_interface
dictionary
Configure software switch interfaces by grouping physical and WiFi interfaces.
intra_switch_policy
string
    Choices:
  • implicit
  • explicit
Allow any traffic between switch interfaces or require firewall policies to allow traffic between switch interfaces.
mac_ttl
integer
Duration for which MAC addresses are held in the ARP table (300 - 8640000 sec).
member
list / elements=string
Names of the interfaces that belong to the virtual switch.
interface_name
string
Physical interface name. Source system.interface.name.
name
string / required
Interface name (name cannot be in use by any other interfaces, VLANs, or inter-VDOM links).
span
string
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable port spanning. Port spanning echoes traffic received by the software switch to the span destination port.
span_dest_port
string
SPAN destination port name. All traffic on the SPAN source ports is echoed to the SPAN destination port. Source system.interface.name.
span_direction
string
    Choices:
  • rx
  • tx
  • both
The direction in which the SPAN port operates, either: rx, tx, or both.
span_source_port
list / elements=string
Physical interface name. Port spanning echoes all traffic on the SPAN source ports to the SPAN destination port.
interface_name
string
Physical interface name. Source system.interface.name.
type
string
    Choices:
  • switch
  • hub
Type of switch based on functionality: switch for normal functionality, or hub to duplicate packets to all port members.
vdom
string
VDOM that the software switch belongs to. Source system.vdom.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 software switch interfaces by grouping physical and WiFi interfaces.
    fortios_system_switch_interface:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_switch_interface:
        intra_switch_policy: "implicit"
        mac_ttl: "4"
        member:
         -
            interface_name: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        name: "default_name_7"
        span: "disable"
        span_dest_port: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        span_direction: "rx"
        span_source_port:
         -
            interface_name: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        type: "switch"
        vdom: "<your_own_value> (source system.vdom.name)"

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_switch_interface_module.html