nsupdate – Manage DNS records

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Create, update and remove DNS records using DDNS updates
• DDNS works well with both bind and Microsoft DNS (see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961412.aspx)

Requirements

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

• dnspython

Parameters

Examples

- name: Add or modify ansible.example.org A to 192.168.1.1"
  nsupdate:
    key_name: "nsupdate"
    key_secret: "+bFQtBCta7j2vWkjPkAFtgA=="
    server: "10.1.1.1"
    zone: "example.org"
    record: "ansible"
    value: "192.168.1.1"

- name: Add or modify ansible.example.org A to 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3"
  nsupdate:
    key_name: "nsupdate"
    key_secret: "+bFQtBCta7j2vWkjPkAFtgA=="
    server: "10.1.1.1"
    zone: "example.org"
    record: "ansible"
    value: ["192.168.1.1", "192.168.1.2", "192.168.1.3"]

- name: Remove puppet.example.org CNAME
  nsupdate:
    key_name: "nsupdate"
    key_secret: "+bFQtBCta7j2vWkjPkAFtgA=="
    server: "10.1.1.1"
    zone: "example.org"
    record: "puppet"
    type: "CNAME"
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

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

Authors

• Loic Blot (@nerzhul)