fortiswitch_system_password_policy – Config password policy 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 system feature and password_policy 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>=2.14

FortiSW Version Compatibility


Supported Version Ranges
fortiswitch_system_password_policy v7.0.0 -> latest

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
  • system_password_policy - Config password policy. type: dict
    • apply_to - Apply password policy to. type: str choices: admin-password
    • change_4_characters - Enable/disable changing at least 4 characters for new password. type: str choices: enable, disable
    • expire_day - Set number of days after which admin users" password will expire. type: int
    • expire_status - Enable/disable the password expiration. type: str choices: enable, disable
    • min_lower_case_letter - Min number of lowercase characters in password. type: int
    • min_non_alphanumeric - Min number of non-alpha characters in password. type: int
    • min_number - Min number of numeric characters in password. type: int
    • min_upper_case_letter - Min number of uppercase characters in password. type: int
    • minimum_length - Set password"s minimum length. type: int
    • status - Password policy status. type: str choices: enable

Examples

- name: Config password policy.
  fortinet.fortiswitch.fortiswitch_system_password_policy:
      system_password_policy:
          apply_to: "admin-password"
          change_4_characters: "enable"
          expire_day: "5"
          expire_status: "enable"
          min_lower_case_letter: "7"
          min_non_alphanumeric: "8"
          min_number: "9"
          min_upper_case_letter: "10"
          minimum_length: "11"
          status: "enable"

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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