infoblox.nios_modules.nios_txt_record (1.6.1) — module

Configure Infoblox NIOS txt records

| "added in version" 1.0.0 of infoblox.nios_modules"

Authors: Corey Wanless (@coreywan)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install infoblox.nios_modules:==1.6.1


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: infoblox.nios_modules
      version: 1.6.1

Description

Adds and/or removes instances of txt record objects from Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS C(record:txt) objects using the Infoblox WAPI interface over REST.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - name: Ensure a text Record Exists
      infoblox.nios_modules.nios_txt_record:
        name: fqdn.txt.record.com
        text: mytext
        state: present
        view: External
        provider:
          host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
          username: admin
          password: admin
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - name: Update name of TXT record
      infoblox.nios_modules.nios_txt_record:
        name: {old_name: sample.txtrecord.com, new_name: newsample.txtrecord.com}
        text: mytext
        state: present
        view: External
        provider:
          host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
          username: admin
          password: admin
      connection: local
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - name: Ensure a text Record does not exist
      infoblox.nios_modules.nios_txt_record:
        name: fqdn.txt.record.com
        text: mytext
        state: absent
        view: External
        provider:
          host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
          username: admin
          password: admin

Inputs

    
ttl:
    description:
    - Configures the TTL to be associated with this txt record.
    type: int

name:
    description:
    - Specifies the fully qualified hostname to add or remove from the system. Users can
      also update the name as it is possible to pass a dict containing I(new_name), I(old_name).
      See examples.
    required: true
    type: str

text:
    description:
    - Text associated with the record. It can contain up to 255 bytes per substring, up
      to a total of 512 bytes. To enter leading, trailing, or embedded spaces in the text,
      add quotes around the text to preserve the spaces.
    required: true
    type: str

view:
    aliases:
    - dns_view
    default: default
    description:
    - Sets the DNS view to associate this tst record with.  The DNS view must already
      be configured on the system.
    type: str

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Configures the intended state of the instance of the object on the NIOS server.  When
      this value is set to C(present), the object is configured on the device and when
      this value is set to C(absent) the value is removed (if necessary) from the device.
    type: str

comment:
    description:
    - Configures a text string comment to be associated with the instance of this object.  The
      provided text string will be configured on the object instance.
    type: str

extattrs:
    description:
    - Allows for the configuration of Extensible Attributes on the instance of the object.  This
      argument accepts a set of key / value pairs for configuration.
    type: dict

provider:
    description:
    - A dict object containing connection details.
    suboptions:
      cert:
        description:
        - Specifies the client certificate file with digest of x509 config for extra layer
          secure connection the remote instance of NIOS.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_CERT) environment variable.
        type: str
      host:
        description:
        - Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote instance
          of NIOS WAPI over REST
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_HOST) environment variable.
        type: str
      http_pool_connections:
        default: 10
        description:
        - Insert decription here
        type: int
      http_pool_maxsize:
        default: 10
        description:
        - Insert description here
        type: int
      http_request_timeout:
        default: 10
        description:
        - The amount of time before to wait before receiving a response
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) environment
          variable.
        type: int
      key:
        description:
        - Specifies private key file for encryption with the certificate in order to connect
          with remote instance of NIOS.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_KEY) environment variable.
        type: str
      max_results:
        default: 1000
        description:
        - Specifies the maximum number of objects to be returned, if set to a negative
          number the appliance will return an error when the number of returned objects
          would exceed the setting.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_MAX_RESULTS) environment variable.
        type: int
      max_retries:
        default: 3
        description:
        - Configures the number of attempted retries before the connection is declared
          usable
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_MAX_RETRIES) environment variable.
        type: int
      password:
        description:
        - Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance
          of NIOS.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_PASSWORD) environment variable.
        type: str
      silent_ssl_warnings:
        default: true
        description:
        - Insert description here
        type: bool
      username:
        description:
        - Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote
          instance of NIOS.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_USERNAME) environment variable.
        type: str
      validate_certs:
        aliases:
        - ssl_verify
        default: false
        description:
        - Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_SSL_VERIFY) environment variable.
        type: bool
      wapi_version:
        default: '2.9'
        description:
        - Specifies the version of WAPI to use
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_WAPI_VERSION) environment variable.
        - Until ansible 2.8 the default WAPI was 1.4
        type: str
    type: dict