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# cp_mgmt_simple_gateway – Manages simple-gateway objects on Check Point over Web Services API

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages simple-gateway objects on Check Point devices including creating, updating and removing objects.
- All operations are performed over Web Services API.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
anti_bot boolean | Choices: no yes | Anti-Bot blade enabled.
anti_virus boolean | Choices: no yes | Anti-Virus blade enabled.
application_control boolean | Choices: no yes | Application Control blade enabled.
auto_publish_session boolean | Choices: no yes | Publish the current session if changes have been performed after task completes.
color string | Choices: aquamarine black blue crete blue burlywood cyan dark green khaki orchid dark orange dark sea green pink turquoise dark blue firebrick brown forest green gold dark gold gray dark gray light green lemon chiffon coral sea green sky blue magenta purple slate blue violet red navy blue olive orange red sienna yellow | Color of the object. Should be one of existing colors.
comments string |  | Comments string.
content_awareness boolean | Choices: no yes | Content Awareness blade enabled.
details_level string | Choices: uid standard full | The level of detail for some of the fields in the response can vary from showing only the UID value of the object to a fully detailed representation of the object.
firewall boolean | Choices: no yes | Firewall blade enabled.
firewall_settings dictionary |  | N/A
| auto_calculate_connections_hash_table_size_and_memory_pool boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| auto_maximum_limit_for_concurrent_connections boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| connections_hash_size integer |  | N/A
| maximum_limit_for_concurrent_connections integer |  | N/A
| maximum_memory_pool_size integer |  | N/A
| memory_pool_size integer |  | N/A
groups list |  | Collection of group identifiers.
ignore_errors boolean | Choices: no yes | Apply changes ignoring errors. You won't be able to publish such a changes. If ignore-warnings flag was omitted - warnings will also be ignored.
ignore_warnings boolean | Choices: no yes | Apply changes ignoring warnings.
interfaces list |  | Network interfaces. When a gateway is updated with a new interfaces, the existing interfaces are removed.
| anti_spoofing boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| anti_spoofing_settings dictionary |  | N/A
|  | action string | Choices: prevent detect | If packets will be rejected (the Prevent option) or whether the packets will be monitored (the Detect option).
| color string | Choices: aquamarine black blue crete blue burlywood cyan dark green khaki orchid dark orange dark sea green pink turquoise dark blue firebrick brown forest green gold dark gold gray dark gray light green lemon chiffon coral sea green sky blue magenta purple slate blue violet red navy blue olive orange red sienna yellow | Color of the object. Should be one of existing colors.
| comments string |  | Comments string.
| details_level string | Choices: uid standard full | The level of detail for some of the fields in the response can vary from showing only the UID value of the object to a fully detailed representation of the object.
| ignore_errors boolean | Choices: no yes | Apply changes ignoring errors. You won't be able to publish such a changes. If ignore-warnings flag was omitted - warnings will also be ignored.
| ignore_warnings boolean | Choices: no yes | Apply changes ignoring warnings.
| ip_address string |  | IPv4 or IPv6 address. If both addresses are required use ipv4-address and ipv6-address fields explicitly.
| ipv4_address string |  | IPv4 address.
| ipv4_mask_length string |  | IPv4 network mask length.
| ipv4_network_mask string |  | IPv4 network address.
| ipv6_address string |  | IPv6 address.
| ipv6_mask_length string |  | IPv6 network mask length.
| ipv6_network_mask string |  | IPv6 network address.
| mask_length string |  | IPv4 or IPv6 network mask length.
| name string |  | Object name.
| network_mask string |  | IPv4 or IPv6 network mask. If both masks are required use ipv4-network-mask and ipv6-network-mask fields explicitly. Instead of providing mask itself it is possible to specify IPv4 or IPv6 mask length in mask-length field. If both masks length are required use ipv4-mask-length and ipv6-mask-length fields explicitly.
| security_zone boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| security_zone_settings dictionary |  | N/A
|  | auto_calculated boolean | Choices: no yes | Security Zone is calculated according to where the interface leads to.
|  | specific_zone string |  | Security Zone specified manually.
| tags list |  | Collection of tag identifiers.
| topology string | Choices: automatic external internal | N/A
| topology_settings dictionary |  | N/A
|  | interface_leads_to_dmz boolean | Choices: no yes | Whether this interface leads to demilitarized zone (perimeter network).
|  | ip_address_behind_this_interface string | Choices: not defined network defined by the interface ip and net mask network defined by routing specific | N/A
|  | specific_network string |  | Network behind this interface.
ip_address string |  | IPv4 or IPv6 address. If both addresses are required use ipv4-address and ipv6-address fields explicitly.
ips boolean | Choices: no yes | Intrusion Prevention System blade enabled.
ipv4_address string |  | IPv4 address.
ipv6_address string |  | IPv6 address.
logs_settings dictionary |  | N/A
| alert_when_free_disk_space_below boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| alert_when_free_disk_space_below_threshold integer |  | N/A
| alert_when_free_disk_space_below_type string | Choices: none log popup alert mail alert snmp trap alert user defined alert no.1 user defined alert no.2 user defined alert no.3 | N/A
| before_delete_keep_logs_from_the_last_days boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| before_delete_keep_logs_from_the_last_days_threshold integer |  | N/A
| before_delete_run_script boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| before_delete_run_script_command string |  | N/A
| delete_index_files_older_than_days boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| delete_index_files_older_than_days_threshold integer |  | N/A
| delete_index_files_when_index_size_above boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| delete_index_files_when_index_size_above_threshold integer |  | N/A
| delete_when_free_disk_space_below boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| delete_when_free_disk_space_below_threshold integer |  | N/A
| detect_new_citrix_ica_application_names boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| forward_logs_to_log_server boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| forward_logs_to_log_server_name string |  | N/A
| forward_logs_to_log_server_schedule_name string |  | N/A
| free_disk_space_metrics string | Choices: mbytes percent | N/A
| perform_log_rotate_before_log_forwarding boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| reject_connections_when_free_disk_space_below_threshold boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| reserve_for_packet_capture_metrics string | Choices: percent mbytes | N/A
| reserve_for_packet_capture_threshold integer |  | N/A
| rotate_log_by_file_size boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| rotate_log_file_size_threshold integer |  | N/A
| rotate_log_on_schedule boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| rotate_log_schedule_name string |  | N/A
| stop_logging_when_free_disk_space_below boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| stop_logging_when_free_disk_space_below_threshold integer |  | N/A
| turn_on_qos_logging boolean | Choices: no yes | N/A
| update_account_log_every integer |  | N/A
name string / required |  | Object name.
one_time_password string |  | N/A
os_name string |  | Gateway platform operating system.
save_logs_locally boolean | Choices: no yes | Save logs locally on the gateway.
send_alerts_to_server list |  | Server(s) to send alerts to.
send_logs_to_backup_server list |  | Backup server(s) to send logs to.
send_logs_to_server list |  | Server(s) to send logs to.
state string | Choices: present ← absent | State of the access rule (present or absent). Defaults to present.
tags list |  | Collection of tag identifiers.
threat_emulation boolean | Choices: no yes | Threat Emulation blade enabled.
threat_extraction boolean | Choices: no yes | Threat Extraction blade enabled.
url_filtering boolean | Choices: no yes | URL Filtering blade enabled.
version string |  | Gateway platform version.
vpn boolean | Choices: no yes | VPN blade enabled.
vpn_settings dictionary |  | Gateway VPN settings.
| maximum_concurrent_ike_negotiations integer |  | N/A
| maximum_concurrent_tunnels integer |  | N/A
wait_for_task boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Wait for the task to end. Such as publish task.

## Examples

    - name: add-simple-gateway
      cp_mgmt_simple_gateway:
        ip_address: 192.0.2.1
        name: gw1
        state: present

    - name: set-simple-gateway
      cp_mgmt_simple_gateway:
        anti_bot: true
        anti_virus: true
        application_control: true
        ips: true
        name: test_gateway
        state: present
        threat_emulation: true
        url_filtering: true

    - name: delete-simple-gateway
      cp_mgmt_simple_gateway:
        name: gw1
        state: absent

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
cp_mgmt_simple_gateway dictionary | always, except when deleting the object. | The checkpoint object created or updated.

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Or Soffer (@chkp-orso)

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