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# fortios_firewall_address – Configure IPv4 addresses in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify firewall feature and address 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
--- | --- | ---
firewall_address dictionary | Default: null | Configure IPv4 addresses.
| allow_routing string | Choices: enable disable | Enable/disable use of this address in the static route configuration.
| associated_interface string |  | Network interface associated with address. Source system.interface.name system.zone.name.
| cache_ttl integer |  | Defines the minimal TTL of individual IP addresses in FQDN cache measured in seconds.
| color integer |  | Color of icon on the GUI.
| comment string |  | Comment.
| country string |  | IP addresses associated to a specific country.
| end_ip string |  | Final IP address (inclusive) in the range for the address.
| epg_name string |  | Endpoint group name.
| filter string |  | Match criteria filter.
| fqdn string |  | Fully Qualified Domain Name address.
| list list |  | IP address list.
|  | ip string / required |  | IP.
| name string / required |  | Address name.
| obj_id string |  | Object ID for NSX.
| organization string |  | Organization domain name (Syntax: organization/domain).
| policy_group string |  | Policy group name.
| sdn string | Choices: aci aws azure gcp nsx nuage oci openstack | SDN.
| sdn_tag string |  | SDN Tag.
| start_ip string |  | First IP address (inclusive) in the range for the address.
| state string | Choices: present absent | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.9 we recommend using the top-level 'state' parameter. Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
| subnet string |  | IP address and subnet mask of address.
| subnet_name string |  | Subnet name.
| tagging list |  | Config object tagging.
|  | category string |  | Tag category. Source system.object-tagging.category.
|  | name string / required |  | Tagging entry name.
|  | tags list |  | Tags.
|  |  | name string / required |  | Tag name. Source system.object-tagging.tags.name.
| tenant string |  | Tenant.
| type string | Choices: ipmask iprange fqdn geography wildcard wildcard-fqdn dynamic | Type of address.
| uuid string |  | Universally Unique Identifier (UUID; automatically assigned but can be manually reset).
| visibility string | Choices: enable disable | Enable/disable address visibility in the GUI.
| wildcard string |  | IP address and wildcard netmask.
| wildcard_fqdn string |  | Fully Qualified Domain Name with wildcard characters.
host string |  | FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
https boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
password string | Default: "" | FortiOS or FortiGate password.
ssl_verify boolean added in 2.9 | Choices: no yes ← | Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
state string added in 2.9 | Choices: present absent | 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 IPv4 addresses.
        fortios_firewall_address:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          state: "present"
          firewall_address:
            allow_routing: "enable"
            associated_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name system.zone.name)"
            cache_ttl: "5"
            color: "6"
            comment: "Comment."
            country: "<your_own_value>"
            end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            epg_name: "<your_own_value>"
            filter: "<your_own_value>"
            fqdn: "<your_own_value>"
            list:
             -
                ip: "<your_own_value>"
            name: "default_name_15"
            obj_id: "<your_own_value>"
            organization: "<your_own_value>"
            policy_group: "<your_own_value>"
            sdn: "aci"
            sdn_tag: "<your_own_value>"
            start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            subnet: "<your_own_value>"
            subnet_name: "<your_own_value>"
            tagging:
             -
                category: "<your_own_value> (source system.object-tagging.category)"
                name: "default_name_26"
                tags:
                 -
                    name: "default_name_28 (source system.object-tagging.tags.name)"
            tenant: "<your_own_value>"
            type: "ipmask"
            uuid: "<your_own_value>"
            visibility: "enable"
            wildcard: "<your_own_value>"
            wildcard_fqdn: "<your_own_value>"

## 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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