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nsupdate - Manage DNS records.
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- Create, update and remove DNS records using DDNS updates
- DDNS works well with both bind and Microsoft DNS (see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961412.aspx)
Requirements (on host that executes module)
- dnspython
Options
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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key_algorithm |
no | hmac-md5 |
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Specify key algorithm used by key_secret .
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key_name |
no |
Use TSIG key name to authenticate against DNS server
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key_secret |
no |
Use TSIG key secret, associated with key_name , to authenticate against server
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record |
yes |
Sets the DNS record to modify.
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server |
yes |
Apply DNS modification on this server.
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state |
no | present |
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Manage DNS record.
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ttl |
no | 3600 |
Sets the record TTL.
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type |
no | A |
Sets the record type.
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value |
no | None |
Sets the record value.
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zone |
yes |
DNS record will be modified on this zone .
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Examples
- name: Add or modify ansible.example.org A to 192.168.1.1"
nsupdate:
key_name: "nsupdate"
key_secret: "+bFQtBCta7j2vWkjPkAFtgA=="
server: "10.1.1.1"
zone: "example.org"
record: "ansible"
value: "192.168.1.1"
- name: Remove puppet.example.org CNAME
nsupdate:
key_name: "nsupdate"
key_secret: "+bFQtBCta7j2vWkjPkAFtgA=="
server: "10.1.1.1"
zone: "example.org"
record: "puppet"
type: "CNAME"
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:
name | description | returned | type | sample |
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changed |
If module has modified record
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success | string | |
dns_rc |
dnspython return code
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always | int | 4 |
dns_rc_str |
dnspython return code (string representation)
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always | string | REFUSED |
record |
DNS record
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success | string | ansible |
ttl |
DNS record TTL
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success | int | 86400 |
type |
DNS record type
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success | string | CNAME |
value |
DNS record value
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success | string | 192.168.1.1 |
zone |
DNS record zone
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success | string | example.org. |
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/nsupdate_module.html