# fortios_user_local – Configure local users 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 local 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_local dictionary | Default: null | Configure local users.

auth_concurrent_override
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable overriding the policy-auth-concurrent under config system global.

| auth_concurrent_value integer |  | Maximum number of concurrent logins permitted from the same user.
| authtimeout integer |  | Time in minutes before the authentication timeout for a user is reached.
| email_to string |  | Two-factor recipient's email address.
| fortitoken string |  | Two-factor recipient's FortiToken serial number. Source user.fortitoken.serial-number.
| id integer |  | User ID.
| ldap_server string |  | Name of LDAP server with which the user must authenticate. Source user.ldap.name.
| name string / required |  | User name.
| passwd string |  | User's password.
| passwd_policy string |  | Password policy to apply to this user, as defined in config user password-policy. Source user.password-policy.name.
| passwd_time string |  | Time of the last password update.
| ppk_identity string |  | IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key Identity.
| ppk_secret string |  | IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).
| radius_server string |  | Name of RADIUS server with which the user must authenticate. Source user.radius.name.
| sms_custom_server string |  | Two-factor recipient's SMS server. Source system.sms-server.name.
| sms_phone string |  | Two-factor recipient's mobile phone number.

sms_server
string

Choices:
- fortiguard
- custom

Send SMS through FortiGuard or other external server.

status
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable allowing the local user to authenticate with the FortiGate unit.

two_factor
string

Choices:
- disable
- fortitoken
- email
- sms

Enable/disable two-factor authentication.

type
string

Choices:
- password
- radius
- tacacs+
- ldap

Authentication method.

| workstation string |  | Name of the remote user workstation, if you want to limit the user to authenticate only from a particular workstation.
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 local users.
        fortios_user_local:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          state: "present"
          user_local:
            auth_concurrent_override: "enable"
            auth_concurrent_value: "4"
            authtimeout: "5"
            email_to: "<your_own_value>"
            fortitoken: "<your_own_value> (source user.fortitoken.serial-number)"
            id:  "8"
            ldap_server: "<your_own_value> (source user.ldap.name)"
            name: "default_name_10"
            passwd: "<your_own_value>"
            passwd_policy: "<your_own_value> (source user.password-policy.name)"
            passwd_time: "<your_own_value>"
            ppk_identity: "<your_own_value>"
            ppk_secret: "<your_own_value>"
            radius_server: "<your_own_value> (source user.radius.name)"
            sms_custom_server: "<your_own_value> (source system.sms-server.name)"
            sms_phone: "<your_own_value>"
            sms_server: "fortiguard"
            status: "enable"
            two_factor: "disable"
            type: "password"
            workstation: "<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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