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community.general.dnsmadeeasy – Interface with dnsmadeeasy.com (a DNS hosting service).
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.dnsmadeeasy.
Synopsis
- Manages DNS records via the v2 REST API of the DNS Made Easy service. It handles records only; there is no manipulation of domains or monitor/account support yet. See: https://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/integration/restapi/
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- hashlib
 - hmac
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| account_key
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Account API Key.
         | 
     |
| account_secret
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Account Secret Key.
         | 
     |
| autoFailover
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If true, fallback to the primary IP address is manual after a failover.
        
       
        If false, fallback to the primary IP address is automatic after a failover.
         | 
     
| contactList
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Name or id of the contact list that the monitor will notify.
        
       
        The default  '' means the Account Owner.
        | 
     
| domain
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Domain to work with. Can be the domain name (e.g. "mydomain.com") or the numeric ID of the domain in DNS Made Easy (e.g. "839989") for faster resolution
         | 
     |
| failover
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  yes, add or change the failover. This is applicable only for A records.
        | 
     
| httpFile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The file at the Fqdn that the monitor queries for HTTP or HTTPS.
         | 
     |
| httpFqdn
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The fully qualified domain name used by the monitor.
         | 
     |
| httpQueryString
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The string in the httpFile that the monitor queries for HTTP or HTTPS.
         | 
     |
| ip1
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Primary IP address for the failover.
        
       
        Required if adding or changing the monitor or failover.
         | 
     |
| ip2
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Secondary IP address for the failover.
        
       
        Required if adding or changing the failover.
         | 
     |
| ip3
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Tertiary IP address for the failover.
         | 
     |
| ip4
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Quaternary IP address for the failover.
         | 
     |
| ip5
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Quinary IP address for the failover.
         | 
     |
| maxEmails
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        1
         | 
      
        
        Number of emails sent to the contact list by the monitor.
         | 
     
| monitor
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  yes, add or change the monitor. This is applicable only for A records.
        | 
     
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        80
         | 
      
        
        Port used by the monitor.
         | 
     
| protocol
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Protocol used by the monitor.
         | 
     
| record_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Record name to get/create/delete/update. If record_name is not specified; all records for the domain will be returned in "result" regardless of the state argument.
         | 
     |
| record_ttl
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        1800
         | 
      
        
        record's "Time to live". Number of seconds the record remains cached in DNS servers.
         | 
     
| record_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Record type.
         | 
     
| record_value
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Record value. HTTPRED: <redirection URL>, MX: <priority> <target name>, NS: <name server>, PTR: <target name>, SRV: <priority> <weight> <port> <target name>, TXT: <text value>"
        
       
        If record_value is not specified; no changes will be made and the record will be returned in 'result' (in other words, this module can be used to fetch a record's current id, type, and ttl)
         | 
     |
| sandbox
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Decides if the sandbox API should be used. Otherwise (default) the production API of DNS Made Easy is used.
         | 
     
| sensitivity
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Number of checks the monitor performs before a failover occurs where Low = 8, Medium = 5,and High = 3.
         | 
     
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        whether the record should exist or not
         | 
     
| systemDescription
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Description used by the monitor.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- The DNS Made Easy service requires that machines interacting with the API have the proper time and timezone set. Be sure you are within a few seconds of actual time by using NTP.
 - This module returns record(s) and monitor(s) in the “result” element when ‘state’ is set to ‘present’. These values can be be registered and used in your playbooks.
 - Only A records can have a monitor or failover.
 - To add failover, the ‘failover’, ‘autoFailover’, ‘port’, ‘protocol’, ‘ip1’, and ‘ip2’ options are required.
 - To add monitor, the ‘monitor’, ‘port’, ‘protocol’, ‘maxEmails’, ‘systemDescription’, and ‘ip1’ options are required.
 - The monitor and the failover will share ‘port’, ‘protocol’, and ‘ip1’ options.
 
Examples
- name: Fetch my.com domain records
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
  register: response
- name: Create a record
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
- name: Update the previously created record
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_value: 192.0.2.23
- name: Fetch a specific record
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
  register: response
- name: Delete a record
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    record_type: A
    state: absent
    record_name: test
- name: Add a failover
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    failover: True
    ip1: 127.0.0.2
    ip2: 127.0.0.3
- name: Add a failover
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    failover: True
    ip1: 127.0.0.2
    ip2: 127.0.0.3
    ip3: 127.0.0.4
    ip4: 127.0.0.5
    ip5: 127.0.0.6
- name: Add a monitor
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    monitor: yes
    ip1: 127.0.0.2
    protocol: HTTP  # default
    port: 80  # default
    maxEmails: 1
    systemDescription: Monitor Test A record
    contactList: my contact list
- name: Add a monitor with http options
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    monitor: yes
    ip1: 127.0.0.2
    protocol: HTTP  # default
    port: 80  # default
    maxEmails: 1
    systemDescription: Monitor Test A record
    contactList: 1174  # contact list id
    httpFqdn: http://my.com
    httpFile: example
    httpQueryString: some string
- name: Add a monitor and a failover
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    failover: True
    ip1: 127.0.0.2
    ip2: 127.0.0.3
    monitor: yes
    protocol: HTTPS
    port: 443
    maxEmails: 1
    systemDescription: monitoring my.com status
    contactList: emergencycontacts
- name: Remove a failover
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    failover: no
- name: Remove a monitor
  community.general.dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1
    monitor: no
  Authors
- Brice Burgess (@briceburg)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/dnsmadeeasy_module.html