# Can I know if someone use network\_cli as connection type for fortigate firewall automation.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-know-if-someone-use-network-cli-as-connection-type-for-fortigate-firewall-automation/32708>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-know-if-someone-use-network-cli-as-connection-type-for-fortigate-firewall-automation/32708 "2020-04-17T06:35:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Venu\_Devannagari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@Venu\_Devannagari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Venu_Devannagari)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-know-if-someone-use-network-cli-as-connection-type-for-fortigate-firewall-automation/32708/1 "2020-04-17T06:35:30Z")

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Hi,

Actually I am trying to do use cli\_command module to fortigate firewall but ansible says ansible\_network\_os type is not supported.I need some help to know is there any possibility to do fortigate through cli commands.

Thanks in Advance.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Smallwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Peter\_Smallwood](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Smallwood)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-know-if-someone-use-network-cli-as-connection-type-for-fortigate-firewall-automation/32708/2 "2020-08-30T18:36:43Z")

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I am having the same problem that Fortigate is not [supported under ansible\_network\_os](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_index.html#platform-options).  
As a workaround I am looking for Fortigate-specific Ansible modules that might support CLI.  
No luck yet…