# fortios_wanopt_webcache – Configure global Web cache settings in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify wanopt feature and webcache category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.5

## Requirements

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

- fortiosapi>=0.9.8

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
host string |  | FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.

https
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.

password string | Default: "" | FortiOS or FortiGate password.

ssl_verify
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.

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.
wanopt_webcache dictionary | Default: null | Configure global Web cache settings.

always_revalidate
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable revalidation of requested cached objects, which have content on the server, before serving it to the client.

cache_by_default
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable caching content that lacks explicit caching policies from the server.

cache_cookie
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable caching cookies. Since cookies contain information for or about individual users, they not usually cached.

cache_expired
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable caching type-1 objects that are already expired on arrival.

| default_ttl integer |  | Default object expiry time . This only applies to those objects that do not have an expiry time set by the web server.

external
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable external Web caching.

| fresh_factor integer |  | Frequency that the server is checked to see if any objects have expired (1 - 100). The higher the fresh factor, the less often the checks occur.

host_validate
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable validating Host: with original server IP.

ignore_conditional
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable controlling the behavior of cache-control HTTP 1.1 header values.

ignore_ie_reload
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable ignoring the PNC-interpretation of Internet Explorer's Accept: / header.

ignore_ims
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable ignoring the if-modified-since (IMS) header.

ignore_pnc
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable ignoring the pragma no-cache (PNC) header.

| max_object_size integer |  | Maximum cacheable object size in kB (1 - 2147483 kb (2GB). All objects that exceed this are delivered to the client but not stored in the web cache.
| max_ttl integer |  | Maximum time an object can stay in the web cache without checking to see if it has expired on the server .
| min_ttl integer |  | Minimum time an object can stay in the web cache without checking to see if it has expired on the server .
| neg_resp_time integer |  | Time in minutes to cache negative responses or errors (0 - 4294967295).

reval_pnc
string

Choices:
- enable
- disable

Enable/disable revalidation of pragma-no-cache (PNC) to address bandwidth concerns.

## Notes

Note

- Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet

- Run as a local_action in your playbook

## Examples

    - hosts: localhost
      vars:
       host: "192.168.122.40"
       username: "admin"
       password: ""
       vdom: "root"
       ssl_verify: "False"
      tasks:
      - name: Configure global Web cache settings.
        fortios_wanopt_webcache:
          host:  "{{ host }}"
          username: "{{ username }}"
          password: "{{ password }}"
          vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
          https: "False"
          wanopt_webcache:
            always_revalidate: "enable"
            cache_by_default: "enable"
            cache_cookie: "enable"
            cache_expired: "enable"
            default_ttl: "7"
            external: "enable"
            fresh_factor: "9"
            host_validate: "enable"
            ignore_conditional: "enable"
            ignore_ie_reload: "enable"
            ignore_ims: "enable"
            ignore_pnc: "enable"
            max_object_size: "15"
            max_ttl: "16"
            min_ttl: "17"
            neg_resp_time: "18"
            reval_pnc: "enable"

## Return Values

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

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

- Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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