fortios_application_name – Configure application signatures in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis
- This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify application feature and name category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.5
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- fortiosapi>=0.9.8
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   application_name    dictionary    |   Default: null   |    Configure application signatures.   |  ||
|   behavior    string    |    Application behavior.   |  |||
|   category    integer    |    Application category ID.   |  |||
|   id    integer    |    Application ID.   |  |||
|   metadata    list    |    Meta data.   |  |||
|   id    integer / required    |    ID.   |  |||
|   metaid    integer    |    Meta ID.   |  |||
|   valueid    integer    |    Value ID.   |  |||
|   name    string / required    |    Application name.   |  |||
|   parameter    string    |    Application parameter name.   |  |||
|   popularity    integer    |    Application popularity.   |  |||
|   protocol    string    |    Application protocol.   |  |||
|   risk    integer    |    Application risk.   |  |||
|   state    string    |   
  |    Deprecated  Starting with Ansible 2.9 we recommend using the top-level 'state' parameter.   Indicates whether to create or remove the object.   |  ||
|   sub_category    integer    |    Application sub-category ID.   |  |||
|   technology    string    |    Application technology.   |  |||
|   vendor    string    |    Application vendor.   |  |||
|   weight    integer    |    Application weight.   |  |||
|   host    string    |    FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.   |  |||
|   https    boolean    |   
  |    Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.   |  ||
|   password    string    |   Default: ""   |    FortiOS or FortiGate password.   |  ||
|   ssl_verify    boolean   added in 2.9   |   
  |    Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.   |  ||
|   state    string   added in 2.9   |   
  |    Indicates whether to create or remove the object. This attribute was present already in previous version in a deeper level. It has been moved out to this outer level.   |  ||
|   username    string    |    FortiOS or FortiGate username.   |  |||
|   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
- Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
 - Run as a local_action in your playbook
 
Examples
- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
   ssl_verify: "False"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure application signatures.
    fortios_application_name:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      application_name:
        behavior: "<your_own_value>"
        category: "4"
        id:  "5"
        metadata:
         -
            id:  "7"
            metaid: "8"
            valueid: "9"
        name: "default_name_10"
        parameter: "<your_own_value>"
        popularity: "12"
        protocol: "<your_own_value>"
        risk: "14"
        sub_category: "15"
        technology: "<your_own_value>"
        vendor: "<your_own_value>"
        weight: "18"
   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   |  
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 - This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
 
Authors
- Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
 - Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)
 
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