fortiswitch_user_ldap – LDAP server entry configuration in Fortinet’s FortiSwitch

New in version 1.0.0.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiSwitch device by allowing the user to set and modify user feature and ldap category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v7.0.0

Requirements

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

  • ansible>=2.11

FortiSW Version Compatibility


v7.0.0 v7.0.1 v7.0.2 v7.0.3
fortiswitch_user_ldap yes yes yes yes

Parameters

  • enable_log - Enable/Disable logging for task. type: bool required: false default: False
  • member_path - Member attribute path to operate on. type: str
  • member_state - Add or delete a member under specified attribute path. type: str choices: present, absent
  • state - Indicates whether to create or remove the object. type: str required: true choices: present, absent
  • user_ldap - LDAP server entry configuration. type: dict
    • ca_cert - CA certificate name. Source system.certificate.ca.name. type: str
    • cnid - Common Name identifier . type: str
    • dn - Distinguished name. type: str
    • group_member_check - Group member checking options. type: str choices: user-attr, group-object
    • group_object_filter - Group searching filter. type: str
    • member_attr - Name of attribute from which to get group membership. type: str
    • name - LDAP server entry name. type: str required: true
    • password - Password for initial binding. type: str
    • password_expiry_warning - Enable/disable password expiry warnings. type: str choices: enable, disable
    • password_renewal - Enable/disable online password renewal. type: str choices: enable, disable
    • port - LDAP server port number (1 - 65535). type: int
    • secure - SSL connection. type: str choices: disable, starttls, ldaps
    • server - LDAP server domain name or IP address. type: str
    • type - LDAP binding type. type: str choices: simple, anonymous, regular
    • username - Username (full DN) for initial binding. type: str

Examples

- hosts: fortiswitch01
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortiswitch
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: LDAP server entry configuration.
    fortiswitch_user_ldap:
      state: "present"
      user_ldap:
        ca_cert: "<your_own_value> (source system.certificate.ca.name)"
        cnid: "<your_own_value>"
        dn: "<your_own_value>"
        group_member_check: "user-attr"
        group_object_filter: "<your_own_value>"
        member_attr: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_9"
        password: "<your_own_value>"
        password_expiry_warning: "enable"
        password_renewal: "enable"
        port: "13"
        secure: "disable"
        server: "192.168.100.40"
        type: "simple"
        username: "<your_own_value>"

Return Values

Common return values are documented: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

  • build - Build number of the fortiSwitch image returned: always type: str sample: 1547
  • http_method - Last method used to provision the content into FortiSwitch returned: always type: str sample: PUT
  • http_status - Last result given by FortiSwitch on last operation applied returned: always type: str sample: 200
  • mkey - Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiSwitch returned: success type: str sample: id
  • name - Name of the table used to fulfill the request returned: always type: str sample: urlfilter
  • path - Path of the table used to fulfill the request returned: always type: str sample: webfilter
  • serial - Serial number of the unit returned: always type: str sample: FS1D243Z13000122
  • status - Indication of the operation's result returned: always type: str sample: success
  • version - Version of the FortiSwitch returned: always type: str sample: v7.0.0

Status

  • This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Authors

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

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