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fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_dns_database – Configure DNS databases in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.
Note
This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.1.2).
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 fortinet.fortios.
To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_dns_database.
New in version 2.10: of fortinet.fortios
Synopsis
- This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify system feature and dns_database category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.0
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ansible>=2.9.0
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| access_token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
         | 
     |||
| enable_log
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/Disable logging for task.
         | 
     ||
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
         | 
     ||
| system_dns_database
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configure DNS databases.
         | 
     |||
| allow_transfer
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        DNS zone transfer IP address list.
         | 
     |||
| authoritative
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable authoritative zone.
         | 
     ||
| contact
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Email address of the administrator for this zone. You can specify only the username (e.g. admin) or full email address (e.g. admin@test .com) When using a simple username, the domain of the email will be this zone.
         | 
     |||
| dns_entry
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        DNS entry.
         | 
     |||
| canonical_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Canonical name of the host.
         | 
     |||
| hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the host.
         | 
     |||
| id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        DNS entry ID.
         | 
     |||
| ip
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IPv4 address of the host.
         | 
     |||
| ipv6
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IPv6 address of the host.
         | 
     |||
| preference
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        DNS entry preference, 0 is the highest preference (0 - 65535)
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable resource record status.
         | 
     ||
| ttl
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Time-to-live for this entry (0 to 2147483647 sec).
         | 
     |||
| type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Resource record type.
         | 
     ||
| domain
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Domain name.
         | 
     |||
| forwarder
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        DNS zone forwarder IP address list.
         | 
     |||
| ip_master
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IP address of master DNS server. Entries in this master DNS server and imported into the DNS zone.
         | 
     |||
| ip_primary
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IP address of primary DNS server. Entries in this primary DNS server and imported into the DNS zone.
         | 
     |||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Zone name.
         | 
     |||
| primary_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Domain name of the default DNS server for this zone.
         | 
     |||
| rr_max
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of resource records (10 - 65536, 0 means infinite).
         | 
     |||
| source_ip
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Source IP for forwarding to DNS server.
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable/disable this DNS zone.
         | 
     ||
| ttl
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Default time-to-live value for the entries of this DNS zone (0 - 2147483647 sec).
         | 
     |||
| type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Zone type (master to manage entries directly, slave to import entries from other zones).
         | 
     ||
| view
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Zone view (public to serve public clients, shadow to serve internal clients).
         | 
     ||
| vdom
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "root"
         | 
      
        
        Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.
         | 
     ||
Notes
Note
- Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks
 
Examples
- hosts: fortigates
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   vdom: "root"
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: Configure DNS databases.
    fortios_system_dns_database:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      system_dns_database:
        allow_transfer: "<your_own_value>"
        authoritative: "enable"
        contact: "<your_own_value>"
        dns_entry:
         -
            canonical_name: "<your_own_value>"
            hostname: "myhostname"
            id:  "9"
            ip: "<your_own_value>"
            ipv6: "<your_own_value>"
            preference: "12"
            status: "enable"
            ttl: "14"
            type: "A"
        domain: "<your_own_value>"
        forwarder: "<your_own_value>"
        ip_master: "<your_own_value>"
        ip_primary: "<your_own_value>"
        name: "default_name_20"
        primary_name: "<your_own_value>"
        rr_max: "22"
        source_ip: "84.230.14.43"
        status: "enable"
        ttl: "25"
        type: "master"
        view: "shadow"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| build
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Build number of the fortigate image
         Sample:
        
       
        1547
         | 
     
| http_method
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate
         Sample:
        
       
        PUT
         | 
     
| http_status
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied
         Sample:
        
       
        200
         | 
     
| mkey
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate
         Sample:
        
       
        id
         | 
     
| name
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Name of the table used to fulfill the request
         Sample:
        
       
        urlfilter
         | 
     
| path
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Path of the table used to fulfill the request
         Sample:
        
       
        webfilter
         | 
     
| revision
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Internal revision number
         Sample:
        
       
        17.0.2.10658
         | 
     
| serial
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Serial number of the unit
         Sample:
        
       
        FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
         | 
     
| status
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Indication of the operation's result
         Sample:
        
       
        success
         | 
     
| vdom
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Virtual domain used
         Sample:
        
       
        root
         | 
     
| version
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Version of the FortiGate
         Sample:
        
       
        v5.6.3
         | 
     
Authors
- Link Zheng (@chillancezen)
 - Jie Xue (@JieX19)
 - Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)
 - Frank Shen (@frankshen01)
 - Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)
 - Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/fortinet/fortios/fortios_system_dns_database_module.html