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# fortios_user_ldap – Configure LDAP server entries in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.9.

- 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 user feature and ldap 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 | Choices: no yes ← | Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
state string / required | Choices: present absent | Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
user_ldap dictionary | Default: null | Configure LDAP server entries.
| account_key_filter string |  | Account key filter, using the UPN as the search filter.
| account_key_processing string | Choices: same strip | Account key processing operation, either keep or strip domain string of UPN in the token.
| ca_cert string |  | CA certificate name. Source vpn.certificate.ca.name.
| cnid string |  | Common name identifier for the LDAP server. The common name identifier for most LDAP servers is "cn".
| dn string |  | Distinguished name used to look up entries on the LDAP server.
| group_filter string |  | Filter used for group matching.
| group_member_check string | Choices: user-attr group-object posix-group-object | Group member checking methods.
| group_object_filter string |  | Filter used for group searching.
| group_search_base string |  | Search base used for group searching.
| member_attr string |  | Name of attribute from which to get group membership.
| name string / required |  | LDAP server entry name.
| password string |  | Password for initial binding.
| password_expiry_warning string | Choices: enable disable | Enable/disable password expiry warnings.
| password_renewal string | Choices: enable disable | Enable/disable online password renewal.
| port integer |  | Port to be used for communication with the LDAP server .
| secondary_server string |  | Secondary LDAP server CN domain name or IP.
| secure string | Choices: disable starttls ldaps | Port to be used for authentication.
| server string |  | LDAP server CN domain name or IP.
| server_identity_check string | Choices: enable disable | Enable/disable LDAP server identity check (verify server domain name/IP address against the server certificate).
| source_ip string |  | Source IP for communications to LDAP server.
| ssl_min_proto_version string | Choices: default SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1-1 TLSv1-2 | Minimum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections .
| tertiary_server string |  | Tertiary LDAP server CN domain name or IP.
| type string | Choices: simple anonymous regular | Authentication type for LDAP searches.
| username string |  | Username (full DN) for initial binding.
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 LDAP server entries.
        fortios_user_ldap:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          state: "present"
          user_ldap:
            account_key_filter: "<your_own_value>"
            account_key_processing: "same"
            ca_cert: "<your_own_value> (source vpn.certificate.ca.name)"
            cnid: "<your_own_value>"
            dn: "<your_own_value>"
            group_filter: "<your_own_value>"
            group_member_check: "user-attr"
            group_object_filter: "<your_own_value>"
            group_search_base: "<your_own_value>"
            member_attr: "<your_own_value>"
            name: "default_name_13"
            password: "<your_own_value>"
            password_expiry_warning: "enable"
            password_renewal: "enable"
            port: "17"
            secondary_server: "<your_own_value>"
            secure: "disable"
            server: "192.168.100.40"
            server_identity_check: "enable"
            source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
            ssl_min_proto_version: "default"
            tertiary_server: "<your_own_value>"
            type: "simple"
            username: "<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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