fortios_system_dhcp_server – Configure DHCP servers in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate — Ansible Documentation

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# fortios_system_dhcp_server – Configure DHCP servers 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 system_dhcp feature and server 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
--- | --- | ---
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.
system_dhcp_server dictionary | Default: null | Configure DHCP servers.
| auto_configuration string | Choices: disable enable | Enable/disable auto configuration.
| conflicted_ip_timeout integer |  | Time in seconds to wait after a conflicted IP address is removed from the DHCP range before it can be reused.
| ddns_auth string | Choices: disable tsig | DDNS authentication mode.
| ddns_key string |  | DDNS update key (base 64 encoding).
| ddns_keyname string |  | DDNS update key name.
| ddns_server_ip string |  | DDNS server IP.
| ddns_ttl integer |  | TTL.
| ddns_update string | Choices: disable enable | Enable/disable DDNS update for DHCP.
| ddns_update_override string | Choices: disable enable | Enable/disable DDNS update override for DHCP.
| ddns_zone string |  | Zone of your domain name (ex. DDNS.com).
| default_gateway string |  | Default gateway IP address assigned by the DHCP server.
| dns_server1 string |  | DNS server 1.
| dns_server2 string |  | DNS server 2.
| dns_server3 string |  | DNS server 3.
| dns_service string | Choices: local default specify | Options for assigning DNS servers to DHCP clients.
| domain string |  | Domain name suffix for the IP addresses that the DHCP server assigns to clients.
| exclude_range list |  | Exclude one or more ranges of IP addresses from being assigned to clients.
|  | end_ip string |  | End of IP range.
|  | id integer / required |  | ID.
|  | start_ip string |  | Start of IP range.
| filename string |  | Name of the boot file on the TFTP server.
| forticlient_on_net_status string | Choices: disable enable | Enable/disable FortiClient-On-Net service for this DHCP server.
| id integer / required |  | ID.
| interface string |  | DHCP server can assign IP configurations to clients connected to this interface. Source system.interface.name.
| ip_mode string | Choices: range usrgrp | Method used to assign client IP.
| ip_range list |  | DHCP IP range configuration.
|  | end_ip string |  | End of IP range.
|  | id integer / required |  | ID.
|  | start_ip string |  | Start of IP range.
| ipsec_lease_hold integer |  | DHCP over IPsec leases expire this many seconds after tunnel down (0 to disable forced-expiry).
| lease_time integer |  | Lease time in seconds, 0 means unlimited.
| mac_acl_default_action string | Choices: assign block | MAC access control default action (allow or block assigning IP settings).
| netmask string |  | Netmask assigned by the DHCP server.
| next_server string |  | IP address of a server (for example, a TFTP sever) that DHCP clients can download a boot file from.
| ntp_server1 string |  | NTP server 1.
| ntp_server2 string |  | NTP server 2.
| ntp_server3 string |  | NTP server 3.
| ntp_service string | Choices: local default specify | Options for assigning Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers to DHCP clients.
| options list |  | DHCP options.
|  | code integer |  | DHCP option code.
|  | id integer / required |  | ID.
|  | ip string |  | DHCP option IPs.
|  | type string | Choices: hex string ip fqdn | DHCP option type.
|  | value string |  | DHCP option value.
| reserved_address list |  | Options for the DHCP server to assign IP settings to specific MAC addresses.
|  | action string | Choices: assign block reserved | Options for the DHCP server to configure the client with the reserved MAC address.
|  | description string |  | Description.
|  | id integer / required |  | ID.
|  | ip string |  | IP address to be reserved for the MAC address.
|  | mac string |  | MAC address of the client that will get the reserved IP address.
| server_type string | Choices: regular ipsec | DHCP server can be a normal DHCP server or an IPsec DHCP server.
| 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.
| status string | Choices: disable enable | Enable/disable this DHCP configuration.
| tftp_server list |  | One or more hostnames or IP addresses of the TFTP servers in quotes separated by spaces.
|  | tftp_server string |  | TFTP server.
| timezone string | Choices: 1 2 3 4 5 81 6 7 08 09 10 11 12 13 74 14 77 15 87 16 17 18 19 20 75 21 22 23 24 80 79 25 26 27 28 78 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 83 84 40 85 41 42 43 39 44 46 47 51 48 45 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 61 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 0 82 73 86 76 | Select the time zone to be assigned to DHCP clients.
| timezone_option string | Choices: disable default specify | Options for the DHCP server to set the client's time zone.
| vci_match string | Choices: disable enable | Enable/disable vendor class identifier (VCI) matching. When enabled only DHCP requests with a matching VCI are served.
| vci_string list |  | One or more VCI strings in quotes separated by spaces.
|  | vci_string string |  | VCI strings.
| wifi_ac1 string |  | WiFi Access Controller 1 IP address (DHCP option 138, RFC 5417).
| wifi_ac2 string |  | WiFi Access Controller 2 IP address (DHCP option 138, RFC 5417).
| wifi_ac3 string |  | WiFi Access Controller 3 IP address (DHCP option 138, RFC 5417).
| wins_server1 string |  | WINS server 1.
| wins_server2 string |  | WINS server 2.
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 DHCP servers.
        fortios_system_dhcp_server:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          state: "present"
          system_dhcp_server:
            auto_configuration: "disable"
            conflicted_ip_timeout: "4"
            ddns_auth: "disable"
            ddns_key: "<your_own_value>"
            ddns_keyname: "<your_own_value>"
            ddns_server_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            ddns_ttl: "9"
            ddns_update: "disable"
            ddns_update_override: "disable"
            ddns_zone: "<your_own_value>"
            default_gateway: "<your_own_value>"
            dns_server1: "<your_own_value>"
            dns_server2: "<your_own_value>"
            dns_server3: "<your_own_value>"
            dns_service: "local"
            domain: "<your_own_value>"
            exclude_range:
             -
                end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
                id:  "21"
                start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            filename: "<your_own_value>"
            forticlient_on_net_status: "disable"
            id:  "25"
            interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
            ip_mode: "range"
            ip_range:
             -
                end_ip: "<your_own_value>"
                id:  "30"
                start_ip: "<your_own_value>"
            ipsec_lease_hold: "32"
            lease_time: "33"
            mac_acl_default_action: "assign"
            netmask: "<your_own_value>"
            next_server: "<your_own_value>"
            ntp_server1: "<your_own_value>"
            ntp_server2: "<your_own_value>"
            ntp_server3: "<your_own_value>"
            ntp_service: "local"
            options:
             -
                code: "42"
                id:  "43"
                ip: "<your_own_value>"
                type: "hex"
                value: "<your_own_value>"
            reserved_address:
             -
                action: "assign"
                description: "<your_own_value>"
                id:  "50"
                ip: "<your_own_value>"
                mac: "<your_own_value>"
            server_type: "regular"
            status: "disable"
            tftp_server:
             -
                tftp_server: "<your_own_value>"
            timezone: "01"
            timezone_option: "disable"
            vci_match: "disable"
            vci_string:
             -
                vci_string: "<your_own_value>"
            wifi_ac1: "<your_own_value>"
            wifi_ac2: "<your_own_value>"
            wifi_ac3: "<your_own_value>"
            wins_server1: "<your_own_value>"
            wins_server2: "<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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