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+#!/usr/bin/python
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+# Copyright 2019 Fortinet, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# the lib use python logging can get it if the following is set in your
+# Ansible config.
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community',
+                    'metadata_version': '1.1'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: fortios_firewall_sniffer
+short_description: Configure sniffer in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
+description:
+    - This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by
+      allowing the user to configure firewall feature and sniffer category.
+      Examples includes all options and need to be adjusted to datasources before usage.
+      Tested with FOS v6.0.2
+version_added: "2.8"
+author:
+    - Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
+    - Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)
+notes:
+    - Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet
+    - Run as a local_action in your playbook
+requirements:
+    - fortiosapi>=0.9.8
+options:
+    host:
+       description:
+            - FortiOS or FortiGate ip adress.
+       required: true
+    username:
+        description:
+            - FortiOS or FortiGate username.
+        required: true
+    password:
+        description:
+            - FortiOS or FortiGate password.
+        default: ""
+    vdom:
+        description:
+            - 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.
+        default: root
+    https:
+        description:
+            - Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS
+              protocol
+        type: bool
+        default: true
+    firewall_sniffer:
+        description:
+            - Configure sniffer.
+        default: null
+        suboptions:
+            state:
+                description:
+                    - Indicates whether to create or remove the object
+                choices:
+                    - present
+                    - absent
+            anomaly:
+                description:
+                    - Configuration method to edit Denial of Service (DoS) anomaly settings.
+                suboptions:
+                    action:
+                        description:
+                            - Action taken when the threshold is reached.
+                        choices:
+                            - pass
+                            - block
+                    log:
+                        description:
+                            - Enable/disable anomaly logging.
+                        choices:
+                            - enable
+                            - disable
+                    name:
+                        description:
+                            - Anomaly name.
+                        required: true
+                    quarantine:
+                        description:
+                            - Quarantine method.
+                        choices:
+                            - none
+                            - attacker
+                    quarantine-expiry:
+                        description:
+                            - Duration of quarantine. (Format ###d##h##m, minimum 1m, maximum 364d23h59m, default = 5m). Requires quarantine set to attacker.
+                    quarantine-log:
+                        description:
+                            - Enable/disable quarantine logging.
+                        choices:
+                            - disable
+                            - enable
+                    status:
+                        description:
+                            - Enable/disable this anomaly.
+                        choices:
+                            - disable
+                            - enable
+                    threshold:
+                        description:
+                            - Anomaly threshold. Number of detected instances per minute that triggers the anomaly action.
+                    threshold(default):
+                        description:
+                            - Number of detected instances per minute which triggers action (1 - 2147483647, default = 1000). Note that each anomaly has a
+                               different threshold value assigned to it.
+            application-list:
+                description:
+                    - Name of an existing application list. Source application.list.name.
+            application-list-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable application control profile.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            av-profile:
+                description:
+                    - Name of an existing antivirus profile. Source antivirus.profile.name.
+            av-profile-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable antivirus profile.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            dlp-sensor:
+                description:
+                    - Name of an existing DLP sensor. Source dlp.sensor.name.
+            dlp-sensor-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable DLP sensor.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            dsri:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable DSRI.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            host:
+                description:
+                    - "Hosts to filter for in sniffer traffic (Format examples: 1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.0/24, 3.3.3.3/255.255.255.0, 4.4.4.0-4.4.4.240)."
+            id:
+                description:
+                    - Sniffer ID.
+                required: true
+            interface:
+                description:
+                    - Interface name that traffic sniffing will take place on. Source system.interface.name.
+            ips-dos-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable IPS DoS anomaly detection.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            ips-sensor:
+                description:
+                    - Name of an existing IPS sensor. Source ips.sensor.name.
+            ips-sensor-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable IPS sensor.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            ipv6:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable sniffing IPv6 packets.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            logtraffic:
+                description:
+                    - Either log all sessions, only sessions that have a security profile applied, or disable all logging for this policy.
+                choices:
+                    - all
+                    - utm
+                    - disable
+            max-packet-count:
+                description:
+                    - Maximum packet count (1 - 1000000, default = 10000).
+            non-ip:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable sniffing non-IP packets.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            port:
+                description:
+                    - "Ports to sniff (Format examples: 10, :20, 30:40, 50-, 100-200)."
+            protocol:
+                description:
+                    - Integer value for the protocol type as defined by IANA (0 - 255).
+            scan-botnet-connections:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable scanning of connections to Botnet servers.
+                choices:
+                    - disable
+                    - block
+                    - monitor
+            spamfilter-profile:
+                description:
+                    - Name of an existing spam filter profile. Source spamfilter.profile.name.
+            spamfilter-profile-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable spam filter.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable the active status of the sniffer.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+            vlan:
+                description:
+                    - List of VLANs to sniff.
+            webfilter-profile:
+                description:
+                    - Name of an existing web filter profile. Source webfilter.profile.name.
+            webfilter-profile-status:
+                description:
+                    - Enable/disable web filter profile.
+                choices:
+                    - enable
+                    - disable
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+   host: "192.168.122.40"
+   username: "admin"
+   password: ""
+   vdom: "root"
+  tasks:
+  - name: Configure sniffer.
+    fortios_firewall_sniffer:
+      host:  "{{ host }}"
+      username: "{{ username }}"
+      password: "{{ password }}"
+      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
+      https: "False"
+      firewall_sniffer:
+        state: "present"
+        anomaly:
+         -
+            action: "pass"
+            log: "enable"
+            name: "default_name_6"
+            quarantine: "none"
+            quarantine-expiry: "<your_own_value>"
+            quarantine-log: "disable"
+            status: "disable"
+            threshold: "11"
+            threshold(default): "12"
+        application-list: "<your_own_value> (source application.list.name)"
+        application-list-status: "enable"
+        av-profile: "<your_own_value> (source antivirus.profile.name)"
+        av-profile-status: "enable"
+        dlp-sensor: "<your_own_value> (source dlp.sensor.name)"
+        dlp-sensor-status: "enable"
+        dsri: "enable"
+        host: "myhostname"
+        id:  "21"
+        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
+        ips-dos-status: "enable"
+        ips-sensor: "<your_own_value> (source ips.sensor.name)"
+        ips-sensor-status: "enable"
+        ipv6: "enable"
+        logtraffic: "all"
+        max-packet-count: "28"
+        non-ip: "enable"
+        port: "<your_own_value>"
+        protocol: "<your_own_value>"
+        scan-botnet-connections: "disable"
+        spamfilter-profile: "<your_own_value> (source spamfilter.profile.name)"
+        spamfilter-profile-status: "enable"
+        status: "enable"
+        vlan: "<your_own_value>"
+        webfilter-profile: "<your_own_value> (source webfilter.profile.name)"
+        webfilter-profile-status: "enable"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+build:
+  description: Build number of the fortigate image
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: '1547'
+http_method:
+  description: Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: 'PUT'
+http_status:
+  description: Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "200"
+mkey:
+  description: Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate
+  returned: success
+  type: str
+  sample: "id"
+name:
+  description: Name of the table used to fulfill the request
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "urlfilter"
+path:
+  description: Path of the table used to fulfill the request
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "webfilter"
+revision:
+  description: Internal revision number
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "17.0.2.10658"
+serial:
+  description: Serial number of the unit
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352"
+status:
+  description: Indication of the operation's result
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "success"
+vdom:
+  description: Virtual domain used
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "root"
+version:
+  description: Version of the FortiGate
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample: "v5.6.3"
+
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+fos = None
+
+
+def login(data):
+    host = data['host']
+    username = data['username']
+    password = data['password']
+
+    fos.debug('on')
+    if 'https' in data and not data['https']:
+        fos.https('off')
+    else:
+        fos.https('on')
+
+    fos.login(host, username, password)
+
+
+def filter_firewall_sniffer_data(json):
+    option_list = ['anomaly', 'application-list', 'application-list-status',
+                   'av-profile', 'av-profile-status', 'dlp-sensor',
+                   'dlp-sensor-status', 'dsri', 'host',
+                   'id', 'interface', 'ips-dos-status',
+                   'ips-sensor', 'ips-sensor-status', 'ipv6',
+                   'logtraffic', 'max-packet-count', 'non-ip',
+                   'port', 'protocol', 'scan-botnet-connections',
+                   'spamfilter-profile', 'spamfilter-profile-status', 'status',
+                   'vlan', 'webfilter-profile', 'webfilter-profile-status']
+    dictionary = {}
+
+    for attribute in option_list:
+        if attribute in json and json[attribute] is not None:
+            dictionary[attribute] = json[attribute]
+
+    return dictionary
+
+
+def firewall_sniffer(data, fos):
+    vdom = data['vdom']
+    firewall_sniffer_data = data['firewall_sniffer']
+    filtered_data = filter_firewall_sniffer_data(firewall_sniffer_data)
+    if firewall_sniffer_data['state'] == "present":
+        return fos.set('firewall',
+                       'sniffer',
+                       data=filtered_data,
+                       vdom=vdom)
+
+    elif firewall_sniffer_data['state'] == "absent":
+        return fos.delete('firewall',
+                          'sniffer',
+                          mkey=filtered_data['id'],
+                          vdom=vdom)
+
+
+def fortios_firewall(data, fos):
+    login(data)
+
+    methodlist = ['firewall_sniffer']
+    for method in methodlist:
+        if data[method]:
+            resp = eval(method)(data, fos)
+            break
+
+    fos.logout()
+    return not resp['status'] == "success", resp['status'] == "success", resp
+
+
+def main():
+    fields = {
+        "host": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+        "username": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+        "password": {"required": False, "type": "str", "no_log": True},
+        "vdom": {"required": False, "type": "str", "default": "root"},
+        "https": {"required": False, "type": "bool", "default": True},
+        "firewall_sniffer": {
+            "required": False, "type": "dict",
+            "options": {
+                "state": {"required": True, "type": "str",
+                          "choices": ["present", "absent"]},
+                "anomaly": {"required": False, "type": "list",
+                            "options": {
+                                "action": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                           "choices": ["pass", "block"]},
+                                "log": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                        "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                                "name": {"required": True, "type": "str"},
+                                "quarantine": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                               "choices": ["none", "attacker"]},
+                                "quarantine-expiry": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                                "quarantine-log": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                                   "choices": ["disable", "enable"]},
+                                "status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                           "choices": ["disable", "enable"]},
+                                "threshold": {"required": False, "type": "int"},
+                                "threshold(default)": {"required": False, "type": "int"}
+                            }},
+                "application-list": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "application-list-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                            "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "av-profile": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "av-profile-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                      "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "dlp-sensor": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "dlp-sensor-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                      "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "dsri": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                         "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "host": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "id": {"required": True, "type": "int"},
+                "interface": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "ips-dos-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                   "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "ips-sensor": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "ips-sensor-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                      "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "ipv6": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                         "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "logtraffic": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                               "choices": ["all", "utm", "disable"]},
+                "max-packet-count": {"required": False, "type": "int"},
+                "non-ip": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                           "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "port": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "protocol": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "scan-botnet-connections": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                            "choices": ["disable", "block", "monitor"]},
+                "spamfilter-profile": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "spamfilter-profile-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                              "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                           "choices": ["enable", "disable"]},
+                "vlan": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "webfilter-profile": {"required": False, "type": "str"},
+                "webfilter-profile-status": {"required": False, "type": "str",
+                                             "choices": ["enable", "disable"]}
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=fields,
+                           supports_check_mode=False)
+    try:
+        from fortiosapi import FortiOSAPI
+    except ImportError:
+        module.fail_json(msg="fortiosapi module is required")
+
+    global fos
+    fos = FortiOSAPI()
+
+    is_error, has_changed, result = fortios_firewall(module.params, fos)
+
+    if not is_error:
+        module.exit_json(changed=has_changed, meta=result)
+    else:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Error in repo", meta=result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()