cisco.ucs.ucs_dns_server – Configure DNS servers on Cisco UCS Manager

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.6.0).

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 cisco.ucs.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_dns_server.

New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

  • Configure DNS servers on Cisco UCS Manager.

Requirements

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

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
delegate_to
string
Default:
"localhost"
Where the module will be run
description
string
A user-defined description of the DNS server.
Enter up to 256 characters.
You can use any characters or spaces except the following:
` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), " (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ' (single quote).

aliases: descr
dns_server
string
DNS server IP address.
Enter a valid IPV4 Address.
UCS Manager supports up to 4 DNS Servers

aliases: name
hostname
string / required
IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
password
string / required
Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
port
integer
Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
proxy
string
If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
If absent, will remove a DNS server.
If present, will add or update a DNS server.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
use_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username
string
Default:
"admin"
Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Examples

- name: Configure DNS server
  cisco.ucs.ucs_dns_server:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    dns_server: 10.10.10.10
    description: DNS Server IP address
    state: present
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove DNS server
  cisco.ucs.ucs_dns_server:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    dns_server: 10.10.10.10
    state: absent
    delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • David Soper (@dsoper2)
  • John McDonough (@movinalot)
  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/ucs/ucs_dns_server_module.html