faz_cli_system_alertevent – Alert events.

Added in version 1.0.0.

Warning

Starting in version 2.0.0, all variables will be named in the underscore naming convention.

  • Possible variable names before 2.0.0: variable-name, variable name, variable.name

  • Corresponding variable names since 2.0.0: variable_name

FortiAnalyzer Ansible v1.4+ supports both previous argument name and new underscore name. You will receive deprecation warnings if you keep using the previous argument name. You can ignore the warning by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiAnalyzer device.

  • Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to data sources before usage.

Requirements

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

  • ansible>=2.15.0

FortiAnalyzer Version Compatibility

Supported Version Ranges: v6.2.1 -> latest

Parameters

  • access_token The token to access FortiAnalyzer without using ansible_username and ansible_password. type: str
  • bypass_validation Only set to True when module schema diffs with FortiAnalyzer API structure, module continues to execute without validating parameters type: bool default: False
  • enable_log Enable/Disable logging for task type: bool default: False
  • forticloud_access_token Access token of forticloud analyzer API users. type: str
  • log_path The path to save log. Used if enable_log is true. Please use absolute path instead of relative path. If the log_path setting is incorrect, the log will be saved in /tmp/fortianalyzer.ansible.logtype: str default: "/tmp/fortianalyzer.ansible.log"
  • proposed_method The overridden method for the underlying Json RPC request type: str choices: set, update, add
  • version_check If set to True, it will check whether the parameters used are supported by the corresponding version of FortiAnazlyer locally based on FNDN data. A warning will be returned in version_check_warning if there is a mismatch. This warning is only a suggestion and may not be accurate. type: bool default: False
  • rc_succeeded The rc codes list with which the conditions to succeed will be overriden type: list
  • rc_failed The rc codes list with which the conditions to fail will be overriden type: list
  • state The directive to create, update or delete an object type: str required: true choices: present, absent
  • cli_system_alertevent Alert events. type: dict
    • alert_destination type: list of dict more...
      • from Sender email address to use in alert emails. type: str more...
      • smtp_name SMTP server name. type: str more...
      • snmp_name SNMP trap name. type: str more...
      • syslog_name Syslog server name. type: str more...
      • to Recipient email address to use in alert emails. type: str more...
      • type Destination type. type: str choices: [mail, snmp, syslog] default: mail more...
    • enable_generic_text Enable/disable generic text match. type: list elements: str choices: [enable, disable] more...
    • enable_severity_filter Enable/disable alert severity filter. type: list elements: str choices: [enable, disable] more...
    • event_time_period Time period (hours). type: str choices: [0.5, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 72, 168] default: 0.5 more...
    • generic_text Text that must be contained in a log to trigger alert. type: str more...
    • name Alert name. type: str more...
    • num_events Minimum number of events required within time period. type: str choices: [1, 5, 10, 50, 100] default: 1 more...
    • severity_filter Required log severity to trigger alert. type: str choices: [high, medium-high, medium, medium-low, low] default: high more...
    • severity_level_comp Log severity threshold comparison criterion. type: list elements: str choices: [>=, =, <=] more...
    • severity_level_logs Log severity threshold level. type: list elements: str choices: [no-check, information, notify, warning, error, critical, alert, emergency] more...

Notes

Note

  • To create or update an object, use state: present directive.

  • To delete an object, use state: absent directive

  • Normally, running one module can fail when a non-zero rc is returned. you can also override the conditions to fail or succeed with parameters rc_failed and rc_succeeded

Examples

- name: Example playbook
  connection: httpapi
  hosts: fortianalyzers
  tasks:
    - name: Alert events.
      fortinet.fortianalyzer.faz_cli_system_alertevent:
        cli_system_alertevent:
          event_time_period: 1
          generic_text: "an event aleryed"
          name: fooevent
          num_events: 5
          severity_filter: high
          severity_level_comp:
            - ">="
          severity_level_logs:
            - no-check
        state: present
  vars:
    ansible_network_os: fortinet.fortianalyzer.fortianalyzer
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false

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:

  • meta The result of the request. returned: always type: dict
    • request_url The full url requested. returned: always type: str sample: /sys/login/user
    • response_code The status of api request. returned: always type: int sample: 0
    • response_data The data body of the api response. returned: optional type: list or dict
    • response_message The descriptive message of the api response. returned: always type: str sample: OK
    • system_information The information of the target system. returned: always type: dict
  • rc The status the request. returned: always type: int sample: 0
  • version_check_warning Warning if the parameters used in the playbook are not supported by the current fortianalyzer version. returned: if params are not supported in the current version type: list

Status

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

Authors

  • Xinwei Du (@dux-fortinet)

  • Maxx Liu (@MaxxLiu22)

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)

  • Frank Shen (@fshen01)

  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)