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dnsimple - Interface with dnsimple.com (a DNS hosting service).
New in version 1.6.
Synopsis
- Manages domains and records via the DNSimple API, see the docs: http://developer.dnsimple.com/
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- dnsimple
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
account_api_token | Default:
None
|
Account API token. See account_email for info.
|
account_email | Default:
None
|
Account email. If omitted, the env variables DNSIMPLE_EMAIL and DNSIMPLE_API_TOKEN will be looked for. If those aren't found, a .dnsimple file will be looked for, see: https://github.com/mikemaccana/dnsimple-python#getting-started
|
domain | Default:
None
|
Domain to work with. Can be the domain name (e.g. "mydomain.com") or the numeric ID of the domain in DNSimple. If omitted, a list of domains will be returned.
If domain is present but the domain doesn't exist, it will be created.
|
priority | Default:
None
|
Record priority
|
record | Default:
None
|
Record to add, if blank a record for the domain will be created, supports the wildcard (*)
|
record_ids | Default:
None
|
List of records to ensure they either exist or don't exist
|
solo | Default:
None
|
Whether the record should be the only one for that record type and record name. Only use with state=present on a record
|
state |
None
|
whether the record should exist or not
|
ttl | Default:
3600 (one hour)
|
The TTL to give the new record
|
type |
None
|
The type of DNS record to create
|
value | Default:
None
|
Record value
Must be specified when trying to ensure a record exists
|
Examples
# authenticate using email and API token and fetch all domains
- dnsimple:
account_email: test@example.com
account_api_token: dummyapitoken
delegate_to: localhost
# fetch my.com domain records
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
register: records
# delete a domain
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
state: absent
delegate_to: localhost
# create a test.my.com A record to point to 127.0.0.01
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
record: test
type: A
value: 127.0.0.1
delegate_to: localhost
register: record
# and then delete it
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
record_ids: '{{ record["id"] }}'
delegate_to: localhost
# create a my.com CNAME record to example.com
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
record: ''
type: CNAME
value: example.com
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
# change it's ttl
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
record: ''
type: CNAME
value: example.com
ttl: 600
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
# and delete the record
- dnsimple:
domain: my.com
record: ''
type: CNAME
value: example.com
state: absent
delegate_to: localhost
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Author
- Alex Coomans (@drcapulet)
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