fadcos_backup_config – Download FortiADC config file in Fortinet’s FortiADC

New in version 1.0.0.

Synopsis

  • Download FortiADC config file by RESTful API

Requirements

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

  • ansible>=2.8

FortiADC Version Compatibility


v7.0.0 v7.0.1 v7.0.2 v7.1.0 v7.1.4 v7.2.2 v7.4.0
fortiadc_backup_config yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Parameters

  • action - Type of action to perform on the object. type: str required: true
  • path - The config file save pathtype: str required: false
  • name - The config file save nametype: str required: false
  • configtype - The backup typetype: str required: false default: local
  • password - The config file unzip passwordtype: str required: false
  • action=download and type=local (default) - will download current config to local PC.
  • action=save and name= xxx - will backup current config and save it to ADC backup config list as name of xxx.
  • action=download and type=adc and name=xxx - will be download config with specified config name:xxx from the adc backup config list.

Examples

- name:
  hosts: all
  connection: httpapi
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
        - name: Backup config
          fadcos_backup_config:
                action: save
                path: /temp/fortiadc/.
                password: pwd

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:

  • 200 - OK: Request returns successful.
  • 400 - Bad Request: Request cannot be processed by the API.
  • 401 - Not Authorized: Request without successful login session.
  • 403 - Forbidden: Request is missing CSRF token or administrator is missing access profile permissions.
  • 404 - Resource Not Found: Unable to find the specified resource.
  • 405 - Method Not Allowed: Specified HTTP method is not allowed for this resource.
  • 413 - Request Entity Too Large: Request cannot be processed due to large entity.
  • 424 - Failed Dependency: Fail dependency can be duplicate resource, missing required parameter, missing required attribute, or invalid attribute value.
  • 429 - Access temporarily blocked: Maximum failed authentications reached. The offended source is temporarily blocked for certain amount of time.
  • 500 - Internal Server Error: Internal error when processing the request.

For errorcode please check FortiADC API errorcode at : https://fndn.fortinet.net/index.php?/fortiapi/981-fortiadc/

Status

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

Authors

  • Jie Li
  • Aravindh Sri

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