fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_storm_control – Configure FortiSwitch storm control in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.
Note
This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 1.1.8).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install fortinet.fortios
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_switch_controller_storm_control
.
New in version 2.9: of fortinet.fortios
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 storm_control 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. | ||
switch_controller_storm_control dictionary | Configure FortiSwitch storm control. | ||
broadcast string |
| Enable/disable storm control to drop broadcast traffic. | |
rate integer | Rate in packets per second at which storm traffic is controlled (1 - 10000000). Storm control drops excess traffic data rates beyond this threshold. | ||
unknown_multicast string |
| Enable/disable storm control to drop unknown multicast traffic. | |
unknown_unicast string |
| Enable/disable storm control to drop unknown unicast traffic. | |
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 storm control. fortios_switch_controller_storm_control: vdom: "{{ vdom }}" switch_controller_storm_control: broadcast: "enable" rate: "4" unknown_multicast: "enable" unknown_unicast: "enable"
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
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/fortinet/fortios/fortios_switch_controller_storm_control_module.html