panos_syslog_server – Manage syslog server profile syslog servers

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • NOTE: The modules in this role are deprecated in favour of the modules in the collection https://paloaltonetworks.github.io/pan-os-ansible

  • Manages syslog servers in an syslog server profile.

Requirements

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

  • pan-python

  • pandevice >= 0.11.1

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.
device_group
string
Default:
"shared"
(Panorama only) The device group the operation should target.
facility
-
    Choices:
  • LOG_USER ←
  • LOG_LOCAL0
  • LOG_LOCAL1
  • LOG_LOCAL2
  • LOG_LOCAL3
  • LOG_LOCAL4
  • LOG_LOCAL5
  • LOG_LOCAL6
  • LOG_LOCAL7
Syslog facility.
format
-
    Choices:
  • BSD ←
  • IETF
Format of the syslog message.
ip_address
string
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.
name
- / required
Server name.
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.
server
- / required
IP address or FQDN of the syslog server
syslog_port
integer
Syslog port number
syslog_profile
- / required
Name of the syslog server profile.
transport
-
    Choices:
  • UDP ←
  • TCP
  • SSL
Syslog transport.
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.
vsys
string
Default:
"shared"
The vsys this object belongs to.

Notes

Note

  • Panorama is supported.

  • Check mode 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: Create syslog server
  panos_syslog_server:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    syslog_profile: 'my-profile'
    name: 'my-syslog-server'
    server: '10.1.1.1'
    syslog_port: 514

Status

Authors

  • Garfield Lee Freeman (@shinmog)