panos_tag_object – Create tag objects on PAN-OS devices

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

  • Create tag objects on PAN-OS devices.

Requirements

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

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.
color
-
    Choices:
  • red
  • green
  • blue
  • yellow
  • copper
  • orange
  • purple
  • gray
  • light green
  • cyan
  • light gray
  • blue gray
  • lime
  • black
  • gold
  • brown
Color for the tag.
comments
-
Comments for the tag.
commit
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Commit changes after creating object. If ip_address is a Panorama device, and device_group is also set, perform a commit to Panorama and a commit-all to the device group.
device_group
string
Default:
"shared"
(Panorama only) The device group the operation should target.
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
Name of the tag.
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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
The state.
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:
"vsys1"
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 tag object 'Prod'
  panos_tag_object:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    name: 'Prod'
    color: 'red'
    comments: 'Prod Environment'

- name: Remove tag object 'Prod'
  panos_tag_object:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    name: 'Prod'
    state: 'absent'

Status

Authors

  • Michael Richardson (@mrichardson03)