# fortios_router_ospf6 – Configure IPv6 OSPF in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.8.

- 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 router feature and ospf6 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.
router_ospf6 dictionary | Default: null | Configure IPv6 OSPF.

abr_type
string

Choices:
- cisco
- ibm
- standard

Area border router type.

| area list |  | OSPF6 area configuration.
|  | default_cost integer |  | Summary default cost of stub or NSSA area.
|  | id string / required |  | Area entry IP address.

nssa_default_information_originate
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable originate type 7 default into NSSA area.

|  | nssa_default_information_originate_metric integer |  | OSPFv3 default metric.

nssa_default_information_originate_metric_type
string

Choices:
- 1
- 2

OSPFv3 metric type for default routes.

nssa_redistribution
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable redistribute into NSSA area.

nssa_translator_role
string

Choices:
- candidate
- never
- always

NSSA translator role type.

|  | range list |  | OSPF6 area range configuration.

advertise
string

Choices:
- disable
- enable

Enable/disable advertise status.

|  |  | id integer / required |  | Range entry ID.
|  |  | prefix6 string |  | IPv6 prefix.

stub_type
string

Choices:
- no-summary
- summary

Stub summary setting.

type
string

Choices:
- regular
- nssa
- stub

Area type setting.

|  | virtual_link list |  | OSPF6 virtual link configuration.
|  |  | dead_interval integer |  | Dead interval.
|  |  | hello_interval integer |  | Hello interval.
|  |  | name string / required |  | Virtual link entry name.
|  |  | peer string |  | A.B.C.D, peer router ID.
|  |  | retransmit_interval integer |  | Retransmit interval.
|  |  | transmit_delay integer |  | Transmit delay.
| auto_cost_ref_bandwidth integer |  | Reference bandwidth in terms of megabits per second.

bfd
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

| default_information_metric integer |  | Default information metric.

default_information_metric_type
string

Choices:
- 1
- 2

Default information metric type.

default_information_originate
string

Choices:
- enable
- always
- disable

Enable/disable generation of default route.

| default_information_route_map string |  | Default information route map. Source router.route-map.name.
| default_metric integer |  | Default metric of redistribute routes.

log_neighbour_changes
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable logging of OSPFv3 neighbour's changes

| ospf6_interface list |  | OSPF6 interface configuration.
|  | area_id string |  | A.B.C.D, in IPv4 address format.

bfd
string

Choices:
- global
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

|  | cost integer |  | Cost of the interface, value range from 0 to 65535, 0 means auto-cost.
|  | dead_interval integer |  | Dead interval.
|  | hello_interval integer |  | Hello interval.
|  | interface string |  | Configuration interface name. Source system.interface.name.
|  | mtu integer |  | MTU for OSPFv3 packets.

mtu_ignore
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable ignoring MTU field in DBD packets.

|  | name string / required |  | Interface entry name.
|  | neighbor list |  | OSPFv3 neighbors are used when OSPFv3 runs on non-broadcast media
|  |  | cost integer |  | Cost of the interface, value range from 0 to 65535, 0 means auto-cost.
|  |  | ip6 string / required |  | IPv6 link local address of the neighbor.
|  |  | poll_interval integer |  | Poll interval time in seconds.
|  |  | priority integer |  | priority

network_type
string

Choices:
- broadcast
- point-to-point
- non-broadcast
- point-to-multipoint
- point-to-multipoint-non-broadcast

Network type.

|  | priority integer |  | priority
|  | retransmit_interval integer |  | Retransmit interval.

status
string

Choices:
- disable
- enable

Enable/disable OSPF6 routing on this interface.

|  | transmit_delay integer |  | Transmit delay.
| passive_interface list |  | Passive interface configuration.
|  | name string / required |  | Passive interface name. Source system.interface.name.
| redistribute list |  | Redistribute configuration.
|  | metric integer |  | Redistribute metric setting.

metric_type
string

Choices:
- 1
- 2

Metric type.

|  | name string / required |  | Redistribute name.
|  | routemap string |  | Route map name. Source router.route-map.name.

status
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

status

| router_id string |  | A.B.C.D, in IPv4 address format.
| spf_timers string |  | SPF calculation frequency.
| summary_address list |  | IPv6 address summary configuration.

advertise
string

Choices:
- disable
- enable

Enable/disable advertise status.

|  | id integer / required |  | Summary address entry ID.
|  | prefix6 string |  | IPv6 prefix.
|  | tag integer |  | Tag value.

ssl_verify
boolean
added in 2.9

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.

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 IPv6 OSPF.
        fortios_router_ospf6:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          router_ospf6:
            abr_type: "cisco"
            area:
             -
                default_cost: "5"
                id:  "6"
                nssa_default_information_originate: "enable"
                nssa_default_information_originate_metric: "8"
                nssa_default_information_originate_metric_type: "1"
                nssa_redistribution: "enable"
                nssa_translator_role: "candidate"
                range:
                 -
                    advertise: "disable"
                    id:  "14"
                    prefix6: "<your_own_value>"
                stub_type: "no-summary"
                type: "regular"
                virtual_link:
                 -
                    dead_interval: "19"
                    hello_interval: "20"
                    name: "default_name_21"
                    peer: "<your_own_value>"
                    retransmit_interval: "23"
                    transmit_delay: "24"
            auto_cost_ref_bandwidth: "25"
            bfd: "enable"
            default_information_metric: "27"
            default_information_metric_type: "1"
            default_information_originate: "enable"
            default_information_route_map: "<your_own_value> (source router.route-map.name)"
            default_metric: "31"
            log_neighbour_changes: "enable"
            ospf6_interface:
             -
                area_id: "<your_own_value>"
                bfd: "global"
                cost: "36"
                dead_interval: "37"
                hello_interval: "38"
                interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
                mtu: "40"
                mtu_ignore: "enable"
                name: "default_name_42"
                neighbor:
                 -
                    cost: "44"
                    ip6: "<your_own_value>"
                    poll_interval: "46"
                    priority: "47"
                network_type: "broadcast"
                priority: "49"
                retransmit_interval: "50"
                status: "disable"
                transmit_delay: "52"
            passive_interface:
             -
                name: "default_name_54 (source system.interface.name)"
            redistribute:
             -
                metric: "56"
                metric_type: "1"
                name: "default_name_58"
                routemap: "<your_own_value> (source router.route-map.name)"
                status: "enable"
            router_id: "<your_own_value>"
            spf_timers: "<your_own_value>"
            summary_address:
             -
                advertise: "disable"
                id:  "65"
                prefix6: "<your_own_value>"
                tag: "67"

## 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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