Ansible Role for backup Fortinet FortiGate config

Fortinet FortiGate config backup via ansible playbook

Requirements

config system admin
    edit "admin"
        set ssh-public-key1 "<your public key>"
    next
end

variable name	default	description
device_user	admin	FortiOS user account
device_port	22	FortiOS ssh port

variable name	default	description
ssh_option	"StrictHostKeyChecking=no"	bypass ssh host key
backup_local_path	"{{ role_path }}/files"	temp backup file path
backup_srv_path	"/Downloads/{{ inventory_hostname }}/"	backup server file path
backup_filename	"{{ inventory_hostname }}_{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d') }}.conf"	backup filename

example of inventory

firewall ansible_host=192.168.1.1

[fortios]
firewall

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: fortios
  gather_facts: no
  connection: no
  tags: fortios

  roles:
    - backup-fortios

Sam Chen