# fortios_router_ripng – Configure RIPng 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 router feature and ripng 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_ripng dictionary | Default: null | Configure RIPng.
| aggregate_address list |  | Aggregate address.
|  | id integer / required |  | Aggregate address entry ID.
|  | prefix6 string |  | Aggregate address prefix.

default_information_originate
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable generation of default route.

| default_metric integer |  | Metric that the FortiGate unit advertises to adjacent routers.
| distance list |  | Administrative distance
|  | access_list6 string |  | Access list for route destination. Source router.access-list6.name.
|  | distance integer |  | Distance (1 - 255).
|  | id integer / required |  | Distance ID.
|  | prefix6 string |  | Distance prefix6.
| distribute_list list |  | Use this to filter incoming or outgoing updates using an access list or a prefix list.

direction
string

Choices:
- in
- out

Distribute list direction.

|  | id integer / required |  | Distribute list ID.
|  | interface string |  | Distribute list interface name. Source system.interface.name.
|  | listname string |  | Distribute access/prefix list name. Source router.access-list6.name router.prefix-list6.name.

status
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Use this to activate or deactivate

| garbage_timer integer |  | Time in seconds that must elapse after the timeout interval for a route expires,.
| interface list |  | RIPng interface configuration.
|  | flags integer |  | Configuration flags of the interface.
|  | name string / required |  | Interface name. Source system.interface.name.

split_horizon
string

Choices:
- poisoned
- regular

Configure RIP to use either regular or poisoned split horizon on this interface.

split_horizon_status
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable split horizon.

| max_out_metric integer |  | Maximum metric allowed to output(0 means 'not set').
| neighbor list |  | List of neighbors.
|  | id integer / required |  | Neighbor entry ID.
|  | interface string |  | Interface name. Source system.interface.name.
|  | ip6 string |  | IPv6 link-local address.
| network list |  | list of networks connected.
|  | id integer / required |  | Network entry ID.
|  | prefix string |  | Network IPv6 link-local prefix.
| offset_list list |  | Adds the specified offset to the metric (hop count) of a route.
|  | access_list6 string |  | IPv6 access list name. Source router.access-list6.name.

direction
string

Choices:
- in
- out

Offset list direction.

|  | id integer / required |  | Offset-list ID.
|  | interface string |  | Interface name. Source system.interface.name.
|  | offset integer |  | Offset range

status
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Indicates if the offset is active or not

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

status
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Indicates if the redistribute is active or not

| timeout_timer integer |  | Time interval in seconds after which a route is declared unreachable.
| update_timer integer |  | The time interval in seconds between RIP updates.

ssl_verify
boolean

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 RIPng.
        fortios_router_ripng:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          router_ripng:
            aggregate_address:
             -
                id:  "4"
                prefix6: "<your_own_value>"
            default_information_originate: "enable"
            default_metric: "7"
            distance:
             -
                access_list6: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list6.name)"
                distance: "10"
                id:  "11"
                prefix6: "<your_own_value>"
            distribute_list:
             -
                direction: "in"
                id:  "15"
                interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
                listname: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list6.name router.prefix-list6.name)"
                status: "enable"
            garbage_timer: "19"
            interface:
             -
                flags: "21"
                name: "default_name_22 (source system.interface.name)"
                split_horizon: "poisoned"
                split_horizon_status: "enable"
            max_out_metric: "25"
            neighbor:
             -
                id:  "27"
                interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
                ip6: "<your_own_value>"
            network:
             -
                id:  "31"
                prefix: "<your_own_value>"
            offset_list:
             -
                access_list6: "<your_own_value> (source router.access-list6.name)"
                direction: "in"
                id:  "36"
                interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
                offset: "38"
                status: "enable"
            passive_interface:
             -
                name: "default_name_41 (source system.interface.name)"
            redistribute:
             -
                metric: "43"
                name: "default_name_44"
                routemap: "<your_own_value> (source router.route-map.name)"
                status: "enable"
            timeout_timer: "47"
            update_timer: "48"

## 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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