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community.general.utm_dns_host – create, update or destroy dns entry in Sophos UTM
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.utm_dns_host
.
Synopsis
- Create, update or destroy a dns entry in SOPHOS UTM.
- This module needs to have the REST Ability of the UTM to be activated.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
address
string
|
Default:
"0.0.0.0"
|
The IPV4 Address of the entry. Can be left empty for automatic resolving.
|
address6
string
|
Default:
"::"
|
The IPV6 Address of the entry. Can be left empty for automatic resolving.
|
comment
string
|
An optional comment to add to the dns host object
|
|
headers
dictionary
|
A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests.
Is needed for some modules
|
|
hostname
string
|
The hostname for the dns host object
|
|
interface
string
|
The reference name of the interface to use. If not provided the default interface will be used
|
|
name
string / required
|
The name of the object. Will be used to identify the entry
|
|
resolved
boolean
|
|
whether the hostname's ipv4 address is already resolved or not
|
resolved6
boolean
|
|
whether the hostname's ipv6 address is already resolved or not
|
state
string
|
|
The desired state of the object.
present will create or update an object
absent will delete an object if it was present
|
timeout
integer
|
Default:
0
|
the timeout for the utm to resolve the ip address for the hostname again
|
utm_host
string / required
|
The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.
|
|
utm_port
integer
|
Default:
4444
|
The port of the REST interface.
|
utm_protocol
string
|
|
The protocol of the REST Endpoint.
|
utm_token
string / required
|
The token used to identify at the REST-API. See https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/UTMonAWS/Sophos-UTM-RESTful-API.pdf?la=en, Chapter 2.4.2.
|
|
validate_certs
boolean
|
|
Whether the REST interface's ssl certificate should be verified or not.
|
Examples
- name: Create UTM dns host entry
community.general.utm_dns_host:
utm_host: sophos.host.name
utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
name: TestDNSEntry
hostname: testentry.some.tld
state: present
- name: Remove UTM dns host entry
community.general.utm_dns_host:
utm_host: sophos.host.name
utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
name: TestDNSEntry
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
result
complex
|
success |
The utm object that was created
|
|
_locked
boolean
|
success |
Whether or not the object is currently locked
|
|
_ref
string
|
success |
The reference name of the object
|
|
address
string
|
success |
The ipv4 address of the object
|
|
address6
string
|
success |
The ipv6 address of the object
|
|
comment
string
|
success |
The comment string
|
|
hostname
string
|
success |
The hostname of the object
|
|
interface
string
|
success |
The reference name of the interface the object is associated with
|
|
name
string
|
success |
The name of the object
|
|
resolved
boolean
|
success |
Whether the ipv4 address is resolved or not
|
|
resolved6
boolean
|
success |
Whether the ipv6 address is resolved or not
|
|
timeout
integer
|
success |
The timeout until a new resolving will be attempted
|
Authors
- Johannes Brunswicker (@MatrixCrawler)
© 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/community/general/utm_dns_host_module.html