rax_dns - Manage domains on Rackspace Cloud DNS

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis

Manage domains on Rackspace Cloud DNS

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

pyrax
python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_key		Rackspace API key, overrides credentials. aliases: password
auth_endpoint (added in 1.5)	Default: "https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/"	The URI of the authentication service.
comment		Brief description of the domain. Maximum length of 160 characters
credentials		File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided. aliases: creds_file
email		Email address of the domain administrator
env (added in 1.5)		Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
identity_type (added in 1.5)	Default: "rackspace"	Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
name		Domain name to create
region	Default: "DFW"	Region to create an instance in.
state	Choices: present ← absent	Indicate desired state of the resource
tenant_id (added in 1.5)		The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name (added in 1.5)		The tenant name used for authentication.
ttl	Default: 3600	Time to live of domain in seconds
username		Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl (added in 1.5)		Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.

Notes

Note

It is recommended that plays utilizing this module be run with serial: 1 to avoid exceeding the API request limit imposed by the Rackspace CloudDNS API
The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
The following environment variables can be used, RAX_USERNAME, RAX_API_KEY, RAX_CREDS_FILE, RAX_CREDENTIALS, RAX_REGION.
RAX_CREDENTIALS and RAX_CREDS_FILE points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating
RAX_USERNAME and RAX_API_KEY obviate the use of a credentials file
RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)

Examples

- name: Create domain
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Domain create request
      local_action:
        module: rax_dns
        credentials: ~/.raxpub
        name: example.org
        email: admin@example.org
      register: rax_dns

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

Matt Martz (@sivel)

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