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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Ansible module to manage PaloAltoNetworks Firewall
+# (c) 2016, techbizdev <techbizdev@paloaltonetworks.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: panos_service
+short_description: create a service object
+description:
+    - Create a service object. Service objects are fundamental representation of the applications given src/dst ports and protocol
+author: "Luigi Mori (@jtschichold), Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer)"
+version_added: "2.3"
+requirements:
+    - pan-python
+options:
+    ip_address:
+        description:
+            - IP address (or hostname) of PAN-OS device
+        required: true
+    password:
+        description:
+            - password for authentication
+        required: true
+    username:
+        description:
+            - username for authentication
+        required: false
+        default: "admin"
+    service_name:
+        description:
+            - name of the service
+        required: true
+    protocol:
+        description:
+            - protocol for the service, should be tcp or udp
+        required: true
+    port:
+        description:
+            - destination port
+        required: true
+    source_port:
+        description:
+            - source port
+        required: false
+        default: None
+    commit:
+        description:
+            - commit if changed
+        required: false
+        default: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Creates service for port 22
+  - name: create SSH service
+    panos_service:
+      ip_address: "192.168.1.1"
+      password: "admin"
+      service_name: "service-tcp-22"
+      protocol: "tcp"
+      port: "22"
+'''
+
+RETURN='''
+# Default return values
+'''
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community',
+                    'version': '1.0'}
+
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_exception
+
+try:
+    import pan.xapi
+    from pan.xapi import PanXapiError
+    HAS_LIB = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_LIB = False
+
+_SERVICE_XPATH = "/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']" +\
+                 "/vsys/entry[@name='vsys1']" +\
+                 "/service/entry[@name='%s']"
+
+
+def service_exists(xapi, service_name):
+    xapi.get(_SERVICE_XPATH % service_name)
+    e = xapi.element_root.find('.//entry')
+    if e is None:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def add_service(xapi, module, service_name, protocol, port, source_port):
+    if service_exists(xapi, service_name):
+        return False
+
+    exml = ['<protocol>']
+    exml.append('<%s>' % protocol)
+    exml.append('<port>%s</port>' % port)
+    if source_port:
+        exml.append('<source-port>%s</source-port>' % source_port)
+    exml.append('</%s>' % protocol)
+    exml.append('</protocol>')
+
+    exml = ''.join(exml)
+
+    xapi.set(xpath=_SERVICE_XPATH % service_name, element=exml)
+
+    return True
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+        ip_address=dict(required=True),
+        password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
+        username=dict(default='admin'),
+        service_name=dict(required=True),
+        protocol=dict(required=True, choices=['tcp', 'udp']),
+        port=dict(required=True),
+        source_port=dict(),
+        commit=dict(type='bool', default=True)
+    )
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec, supports_check_mode=False)
+    if not HAS_LIB:
+        module.fail_json(msg='pan-python is required for this module')
+
+    ip_address = module.params["ip_address"]
+    password = module.params["password"]
+    username = module.params['username']
+    service_name = module.params['service_name']
+    protocol = module.params['protocol']
+    port = module.params['port']
+    source_port = module.params['source_port']
+    commit = module.params['commit']
+
+    xapi = pan.xapi.PanXapi(
+        hostname=ip_address,
+        api_username=username,
+        api_password=password
+    )
+
+    try:
+        changed = add_service(xapi, module,
+                              service_name,
+                              protocol,
+                              port,
+                              source_port)
+        if changed and commit:
+            xapi.commit(cmd="<commit></commit>", sync=True, interval=1)
+    except PanXapiError:
+        exc = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg=exc.message)
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, msg="okey dokey")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()