Nefila is an elegant and simple Fortinet Security Fabric library for Python.
Python 3.7.4 (default, Sep 7 2019, 18:27:02)
>>> import nefila
>>> device = nefila.FortiGate('192.0.2.1')
>>> device.open()
>>> device.status
{'version': 'v6.2.2', 'serial': 'FG81EP4Q17002000', 'forticare': 'registered', 'hostname': 'FW01', 'model': 'FortiGate-81E-POE', 'uptime': 22625}
- Environment variables based authentication
- Standard methods across all supported devices
- FortiOS v6.2
- FortiAnalyzer v6.2
- FortiManager v6.2
- FortiTester v4.0
- FortiSwitch v6.0
Nefila requires Python 3.7. You can install nefila
using pip:
pip install nefila
You can pass device credentials during requests or you can load them automatically using the following methods:
- Setup your device credentials at ~/.nefila/credentials in the following format:
[DEFAULT]
username = <your username>
password = <your password>
- You can also have device specific credentials:
[192.0.2.1]
username = <your username>
password = <your password>
- Alternatively you can also use an access token:
[DEFAULT]
token = <your access token>
- Environment Variables
export NEFILA_HOSTNAME=10.10.10.10
export NEFILA_USERNAME=admin
export NEFILA_PASSWORD=password
This library is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.