dnsmadeeasy – Interface with dnsmadeeasy.com (a DNS hosting service)

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status

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

Notes

Examples

# fetch my.com domain records
- dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
  register: response

# create / ensure the presence of a record
- dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_type: A
    record_value: 127.0.0.1

# update the previously created record
- dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
    record_value: 192.0.2.23

# fetch a specific record
- dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    state: present
    record_name: test
  register: response

# delete a record / ensure it is absent
- dnsmadeeasy:
    account_key: key
    account_secret: secret
    domain: my.com
    record_type: A
    state: absent
    record_name: test

# Add a failover
- 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

- 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

# Add a monitor
- 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

# Add a monitor with http options
- 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

# Add a monitor and a failover
- 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

# Remove a failover
- 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

# Remove a monitor
- 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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Brice Burgess (@briceburg)