panos_mgtconfig – Module used to configure some of the device management

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Configure management settings of device. Not all configuration options are configurable at this time.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_key
string
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The API key to use instead of generating it using username / password.
commit
-
Default:
yes
Commit configuration if changed.
devicegroup
-
Removed
dns_server_primary
-
IP address of primary DNS server.
dns_server_secondary
-
IP address of secondary DNS server.
domain
-
The domain of the device
hostname
-
The hostname of the device.
ip_address
string
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.
login_banner
-
Login banner text.
ntp_server_primary
-
IP address (or hostname) of primary NTP server.
ntp_server_secondary
-
IP address (or hostname) of secondary NTP server.
panorama_primary
-
IP address (or hostname) of primary Panorama server.
panorama_secondary
-
IP address (or hostname) of secondary Panorama server.
password
string
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The password to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.
port
integer
Default:
443
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.
provider
-
added in 2.8
A dict object containing connection details.
api_key
string
The API key to use instead of generating it using username / password.
ip_address
string
The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.
password
string
The password to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.
port
integer
Default:
443
The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.
serial_number
string
The serial number of a firewall to use for targeted commands. If ip_address is not a Panorama PAN-OS device, then this param is ignored.
username
string
Default:
admin
The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.
timezone
-
Device timezone.
update_server
-
IP or hostname of the update server.
username
string
Default:
admin
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.
verify_update_server
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Verify the identify of the update server.

Notes

Note

  • Checkmode is supported.

  • Panorama is supported

  • PAN-OS connectivity should be specified using provider or the classic PAN-OS connectivity params (ip_address, username, password, api_key, and port). If both are present, then the classic params are ignored.

Examples

- name: set dns and panorama
  panos_mgtconfig:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    dns_server_primary: "1.1.1.1"
    dns_server_secondary: "1.1.1.2"
    panorama_primary: "1.1.1.3"
    panorama_secondary: "1.1.1.4"
    ntp_server_primary: "1.1.1.5"
    ntp_server_secondary: "1.1.1.6"

Status

Authors

  • Luigi Mori (@jtschichold), Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer), Patrik Malinen (@pmalinen), Francesco Vigo (@fvigo)