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+#!/usr/bin/python
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+# Copyright 2018 Fortinet, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see .
+#
+# the lib use python logging can get it if the following is set in your
+# Ansible config.
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+ 'supported_by': 'community',
+ 'metadata_version': '1.1'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: fortios_application_custom
+short_description: Configure custom application signatures in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
+description:
+ - This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by
+ allowing the user to configure application feature and custom category.
+ Examples includes all options and need to be adjusted to datasources before usage.
+ Tested with FOS v6.0.2
+version_added: "2.8"
+author:
+ - Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
+ - Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)
+notes:
+ - Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
+ - Run as a local_action in your playbook
+requirements:
+ - fortiosapi>=0.9.8
+options:
+ host:
+ description:
+ - FortiOS or FortiGate ip adress.
+ required: true
+ username:
+ description:
+ - FortiOS or FortiGate username.
+ required: true
+ password:
+ description:
+ - FortiOS or FortiGate password.
+ default: ""
+ vdom:
+ description:
+ - 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.
+ default: root
+ https:
+ description:
+ - Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS
+ protocol
+ type: bool
+ default: false
+ application_custom:
+ description:
+ - Configure custom application signatures.
+ default: null
+ suboptions:
+ state:
+ description:
+ - Indicates whether to create or remove the object
+ choices:
+ - present
+ - absent
+ behavior:
+ description:
+ - Custom application signature behavior.
+ category:
+ description:
+ - Custom application category ID (use ? to view available options).
+ comment:
+ description:
+ - Comment.
+ id:
+ description:
+ - Custom application category ID (use ? to view available options).
+ name:
+ description:
+ - Name of this custom application signature.
+ protocol:
+ description:
+ - Custom application signature protocol.
+ signature:
+ description:
+ - The text that makes up the actual custom application signature.
+ tag:
+ description:
+ - Signature tag.
+ required: true
+ technology:
+ description:
+ - Custom application signature technology.
+ vendor:
+ description:
+ - Custom application signature vendor.
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- hosts: localhost
+ vars:
+ host: "192.168.122.40"
+ username: "admin"
+ password: ""
+ vdom: "root"
+ tasks:
+ - name: Configure custom application signatures.
+ fortios_application_custom:
+ host: "{{ host }}"
+ username: "{{ username }}"
+ password: "{{ password }}"
+ vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
+ application_custom:
+ state: "present"
+ behavior: ""
+ category: "4"
+ comment: "Comment."
+ id: "6"
+ name: "default_name_7"
+ protocol: ""
+ signature: ""
+ tag: ""
+ technology: ""
+ vendor: ""
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+build:
+ description: Build number of the fortigate image
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: '1547'
+http_method:
+ description: Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: 'PUT'
+http_status:
+ description: Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "200"
+mkey:
+ description: Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate
+ returned: success
+ type: str
+ sample: "id"
+name:
+ description: Name of the table used to fulfill the request
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "urlfilter"
+path:
+ description: Path of the table used to fulfill the request
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "webfilter"
+revision:
+ description: Internal revision number
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "17.0.2.10658"
+serial:
+ description: Serial number of the unit
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352"
+status:
+ description: Indication of the operation's result
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "success"
+vdom:
+ description: Virtual domain used
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "root"
+version:
+ description: Version of the FortiGate
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "v5.6.3"
+
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+fos = None
+
+
+def login(data):
+ host = data['host']
+ username = data['username']
+ password = data['password']
+
+ fos.debug('on')
+ if 'https' in data and not data['https']:
+ fos.https('off')
+ else:
+ fos.https('on')
+
+ fos.login(host, username, password)
+
+
+def filter_application_custom_data(json):
+ option_list = ['behavior', 'category', 'comment',
+ 'id', 'name', 'protocol',
+ 'signature', 'tag', 'technology',
+ 'vendor']
+ dictionary = {}
+
+ for attribute in option_list:
+ if attribute in json and json[attribute] is not None:
+ dictionary[attribute] = json[attribute]
+
+ return dictionary
+
+
+def application_custom(data, fos):
+ vdom = data['vdom']
+ application_custom_data = data['application_custom']
+ filtered_data = filter_application_custom_data(application_custom_data)
+ if application_custom_data['state'] == "present":
+ return fos.set('application',
+ 'custom',
+ data=filtered_data,
+ vdom=vdom)
+
+ elif application_custom_data['state'] == "absent":
+ return fos.delete('application',
+ 'custom',
+ mkey=filtered_data['tag'],
+ vdom=vdom)
+
+
+def fortios_application(data, fos):
+ login(data)
+
+ methodlist = ['application_custom']
+ for method in methodlist:
+ if data[method]:
+ resp = eval(method)(data, fos)
+ break
+
+ fos.logout()
+ return not resp['status'] == "success", resp['status'] == "success", resp
+
+
+def main():
+ fields = {
+ "host": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+ "username": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+ "password": {"required": False, "type": "str", "no_log": True},
+ "vdom": {"required": False, "type": "str", "default": "root"},
+ "https": {"required": False, "type": "bool", "default": "False"},
+ "application_custom": {
+ "required": False, "type": "dict",
+ "options": {
+ "state": {"required": True, "type": "str",
+ "choices": ["present", "absent"]},
+ "behavior": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+ "category": {"required": False, "type": "int"},
+ "comment": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+ "id": {"required": False, "type": "int"},
+ "name": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+ "protocol": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+ "signature": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+ "tag": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+ "technology": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+ "vendor": {"required": False, "type": "str"}
+
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=fields,
+ supports_check_mode=False)
+ try:
+ from fortiosapi import FortiOSAPI
+ except ImportError:
+ module.fail_json(msg="fortiosapi module is required")
+
+ global fos
+ fos = FortiOSAPI()
+
+ is_error, has_changed, result = fortios_application(module.params, fos)
+
+ if not is_error:
+ module.exit_json(changed=has_changed, meta=result)
+ else:
+ module.fail_json(msg="Error in repo", meta=result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()