community.general.nios_mx_record – Configure Infoblox NIOS MX records

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.nios_mx_record.

Synopsis

• Adds and/or removes instances of MX record objects from Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS record:mx objects using the Infoblox WAPI interface over REST.

Requirements

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

• infoblox-client

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
comment string			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.
extattrs string			Allows for the configuration of Extensible Attributes on the instance of the object. This argument accepts a set of key / value pairs for configuration.
mail_exchanger string			Configures the mail exchanger FQDN for this MX record. aliases: mx
name string / required			Specifies the fully qualified hostname to add or remove from the system
preference string			Configures the preference (0-65535) for this MX record.
provider dictionary			A dict object containing connection details.
	host string		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote instance of NIOS WAPI over REST Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_HOST environment variable.
	http_request_timeout integer	Default: 10	The amount of time before to wait before receiving a response Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT environment variable.
	max_results integer	Default: 1000	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 INFOBLOX_MAX_RESULTS environment variable.
	max_retries integer	Default: 3	Configures the number of attempted retries before the connection is declared usable Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_MAX_RETRIES environment variable.
	password string		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS. Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_PASSWORD environment variable.
	username string		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS. Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_USERNAME environment variable.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_SSL_VERIFY environment variable. aliases: ssl_verify
	wapi_version string	Default: "2.1"	Specifies the version of WAPI to use Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_WAP_VERSION environment variable. Until ansible 2.8 the default WAPI was 1.4
state string		Choices: present ← absent	Configures the intended state of the instance of the object on the NIOS server. When this value is set to present, the object is configured on the device and when this value is set to absent the value is removed (if necessary) from the device.
ttl string			Configures the TTL to be associated with this host record
view string		Default: "default"	Sets the DNS view to associate this a record with. The DNS view must already be configured on the system aliases: dns_view

Notes

Note

• This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying connection: local.

• Please read the Infoblox Guide for more detailed information on how to use Infoblox with Ansible.

Examples

- name: Configure an MX record
  community.general.nios_mx_record:
    name: ansible.com
    mx: mailhost.ansible.com
    preference: 0
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

- name: Add a comment to an existing MX record
  community.general.nios_mx_record:
    name: ansible.com
    mx: mailhost.ansible.com
    preference: 0
    comment: this is a test comment
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

- name: Remove an MX record from the system
  community.general.nios_mx_record:
    name: ansible.com
    mx: mailhost.ansible.com
    preference: 0
    state: absent
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

Authors

• Blair Rampling (@brampling)