New in version 2.9.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   host    string    |    FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.   |  |||
|   https    boolean    |   
  |    Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.   |  ||
|   password    string    |   Default: ""   |    FortiOS or FortiGate password.   |  ||
|   ssl_verify    boolean    |   
  |    Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.   |  ||
|   state    string / required    |   
  |    Indicates whether to create or remove the object.   |  ||
|   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.   |  ||
|   web_proxy_forward_server_group    dictionary    |   Default: null   |    Configure a forward server group consisting or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing.   |  ||
|   affinity    string    |   
  |    Enable/disable affinity, attaching a source-ip's traffic to the assigned forwarding server until the forward-server-affinity-timeout is reached (under web-proxy global).   |  ||
|   group_down_option    string    |   
  |    Action to take when all of the servers in the forward server group are down: block sessions until at least one server is back up or pass sessions to their destination.   |  ||
|   ldb_method    string    |   
  |    Load balance method: weighted or least-session.   |  ||
|   name    string / required    |    Configure a forward server group consisting one or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing.   |  |||
|   server_list    list    |    Add web forward servers to a list to form a server group. Optionally assign weights to each server.   |  |||
|   name    string / required    |    Forward server name. Source web-proxy.forward-server.name.   |  |||
|   weight    integer    |    Optionally assign a weight of the forwarding server for weighted load balancing (1 - 100)   |  |||
Note
- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
   ssl_verify: "False"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure a forward server group consisting or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing.
    fortios_web_proxy_forward_server_group:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      state: "present"
      web_proxy_forward_server_group:
        affinity: "enable"
        group_down_option: "block"
        ldb_method: "weighted"
        name: "default_name_6"
        server_list:
         -
            name: "default_name_8 (source web-proxy.forward-server.name)"
            weight: "9"
   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   |  
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