- name: Demo of cloning objects in FortiManager
  hosts: fortimanager01
  connection: httpapi
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortimanager
  vars:
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: True
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: False
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
    initial_vip_object: 'vip_object0'
    cloned_vip_objects:
        - name: 'vip_object1'
          comment: 'vip_object1 is cloned!'
        - name: 'vip_object2'
          comment: 'vip_object2 is cloned!'
  tasks:
    - name: Create An VIP object
      fmgr_firewall_vip:
        adom: 'root'
        state: 'present'
        firewall_vip:
            arp-reply: 'disable'
            comment: 'The VIP is created via Ansible'
            name: '{{ initial_vip_object }}'
            protocol: 'tcp'
            type: 'load-balance' 
    - name: Clone an VIP object using fmgr_clone module.
      fmgr_clone:
        rc_succeeded: [-2]
        clone:
         selector: 'firewall_vip'
         self:
           adom: 'root'
           vip: '{{ initial_vip_object }}'
         target:
           name: '{{ item.name }}'
           comment: '{{ item.comment }}'
      with_items: '{{ cloned_vip_objects }}'