# \#fortinet

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## [\[Vote ended on 2024-10-07\] Should we remove community.network from the Ansible community package?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-10-07-should-we-remove-community-network-from-the-ansible-community-package/8030)

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**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-10-07-should-we-remove-community-network-from-the-ansible-community-package/8030 "2026-01-05T20:40:33Z")

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At today’s community meeting we were talking (again) about tests for all collections included in the Ansible community package, from where the discussion ended up with community.network. Right now community.network is n…

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## [Inquiry on Defining Default Fact Module for Custom Ansible Collections](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inquiry-on-defining-default-fact-module-for-custom-ansible-collections/42265)

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**Author:** [@Xinwei](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinwei)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inquiry-on-defining-default-fact-module-for-custom-ansible-collections/42265 "2025-05-07T05:16:29Z")

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Hi All, I’m an Ansible Collections developer. I have a problem when defining the default fact module for our collections. Our Ansible collections (e.g., FortiOS Ansible Collection, FortiManager Ansible Collection) use …

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## [I need to trigger process via email (Event-Based Automation)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-need-to-trigger-process-via-email-event-based-automation/8830)

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**Author:** [@Judson\_Nascimento](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Judson_Nascimento)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-need-to-trigger-process-via-email-event-based-automation/8830 "2024-09-30T06:05:10Z")

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I am successfully using Ansible AWX to apply and standardize configurations on Cisco switches. Now, I will start doing the same on Fortinet equipment, such as firewalls. However, I have encountered a challenge for which…

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## [Trying run playbook on fortigate firewalls, getting api error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-run-playbook-on-fortigate-firewalls-getting-api-error/8304)

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**Author:** [@moinshaikh.sa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/moinshaikh.sa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-run-playbook-on-fortigate-firewalls-getting-api-error/8304 "2024-09-06T19:46:39Z")

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Hi Experts, i am new to anisble, i am trying to run playbook against fortigate firewall to get the list of policies which are having zero hits. ansible - 2.17.1 python 2.11.9 Below mentioned are my host file and play…

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## [Should we keep the fortinet collections (fortinet.fortimanager, fortinet.fortios) in the community Ansible package?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/should-we-keep-the-fortinet-collections-fortinet-fortimanager-fortinet-fortios-in-the-community-ansible-package/3014)

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**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/should-we-keep-the-fortinet-collections-fortinet-fortimanager-fortinet-fortios-in-the-community-ansible-package/3014 "2024-03-02T02:46:23Z")

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Right now Ansible contains two collections by fortinet: fortinet.fortimanager (docsite); fortinet.fortios (docsite). Both collections together happen to be the largest part of an Ansible installation: the total ansibl…