cloudflare_dns – manage Cloudflare DNS records¶

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values
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Synopsis ¶

Manages dns records via the Cloudflare API, see the docs: https://api.cloudflare.com/

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
account_api_token - / required		Account API token. You can obtain your API key from the bottom of the Cloudflare 'My Account' page, found here: https://dash.cloudflare.com/
account_email - / required		Account email.
algorithm integer added in 2.7		Algorithm number. Required for `type=DS` and `type=SSHFP` when `state=present`.
cert_usage integer added in 2.7	Choices: 0 1 2 3	Certificate usage number. Required for `type=TLSA` when `state=present`.
hash_type integer added in 2.7	Choices: 1 2	Hash type number. Required for `type=DS`, `type=SSHFP` and `type=TLSA` when `state=present`.
key_tag integer added in 2.7		DNSSEC key tag. Needed for `type=DS` when `state=present`.
port -		Service port. Required for `type=SRV` and `type=TLSA`.
priority -	Default: "1"	Record priority. Required for `type=MX` and `type=SRV`
proto -		Service protocol. Required for `type=SRV` and `type=TLSA`. Common values are tcp and udp. Before Ansible 2.6 only tcp and udp were available.
proxied boolean added in 2.3	Choices: no ← yes	Proxy through cloudflare network or just use DNS
record -	Default: "@"	Record to add. Required if `state=present`. Default is `@` (e.g. the zone name) aliases: name
selector integer added in 2.7	Choices: 0 1	Selector number. Required for `type=TLSA` when `state=present`.
service -		Record service. Required for `type=SRV`
solo -		Whether the record should be the only one for that record type and record name. Only use with `state=present` This will delete all other records with the same record name and type.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Whether the record(s) should exist or not
timeout -	Default: 30	Timeout for Cloudflare API calls
ttl -	Default: "1 (automatic)"	The TTL to give the new record. Must be between 120 and 2,147,483,647 seconds, or 1 for automatic.
type -	Choices: A AAAA CNAME TXT SRV MX NS DS SPF SSHFP TLSA	The type of DNS record to create. Required if `state=present` `type=DS`, `type=SSHFP` and `type=TLSA` added in Ansible 2.7.
value -		The record value. Required for `state=present` aliases: content
weight -	Default: "1"	Service weight. Required for `type=SRV`
zone - / required		The name of the Zone to work with (e.g. "example.com"). The Zone must already exist. aliases: domain

Examples ¶

# create a test.my.com A record to point to 127.0.0.1
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: my.com
    record: test
    type: A
    value: 127.0.0.1
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken
  register: record

# create a my.com CNAME record to example.com
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: my.com
    type: CNAME
    value: example.com
    state: present
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken

# change it's ttl
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: my.com
    type: CNAME
    value: example.com
    ttl: 600
    state: present
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken

# and delete the record
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: my.com
    type: CNAME
    value: example.com
    state: absent
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken

# create a my.com CNAME record to example.com and proxy through cloudflare's network
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: my.com
    type: CNAME
    value: example.com
    state: present
    proxied: yes
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken

# create TXT record "test.my.com" with value "unique value"
# delete all other TXT records named "test.my.com"
- cloudflare_dns:
    domain: my.com
    record: test
    type: TXT
    value: unique value
    state: present
    solo: true
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken

# create a SRV record _foo._tcp.my.com
- cloudflare_dns:
    domain: my.com
    service: foo
    proto: tcp
    port: 3500
    priority: 10
    weight: 20
    type: SRV
    value: fooserver.my.com

# create a SSHFP record login.example.com
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: example.com
    record: login
    type: SSHFP
    algorithm: 4
    hash_type: 2
    value: 9dc1d6742696d2f51ca1f1a78b3d16a840f7d111eb9454239e70db31363f33e1

# create a TLSA record _25._tcp.mail.example.com
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: example.com
    record: mail
    port: 25
    proto: tcp
    type: TLSA
    cert_usage: 3
    selector: 1
    hash_type: 1
    value: 6b76d034492b493e15a7376fccd08e63befdad0edab8e442562f532338364bf3

# Create a DS record for subdomain.example.com
- cloudflare_dns:
    zone: example.com
    record: subdomain
    type: DS
    key_tag: 5464
    algorithm: 8
    hash_type: 2
    value: B4EB5AC4467D2DFB3BAF9FB9961DC1B6FED54A58CDFAA3E465081EC86F89BFAB

Return Values ¶

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

Key		Returned	Description
record complex		success, except on record deletion	dictionary containing the record data
	content string	success	the record content (details depend on record type) Sample: 192.0.2.91
	created_on string	success	the record creation date Sample: 2016-03-25 19:09:42.516553+00:00
	data dictionary	success, if type is SRV, DS, SSHFP or TLSA	additional record data Sample: {'name': 'jabber', 'port': 8080, 'priority': 10, 'proto': '_tcp', 'service': '_xmpp', 'target': 'jabberhost.sample.com', 'weight': 5}
	id string	success	the record id Sample: f9efb0549e96abcb750de63b38c9576e
	locked boolean	success	No documentation available
	meta dictionary	success	No documentation available Sample: {'auto_added': False}
	modified_on string	success	record modification date Sample: 2016-03-25 19:09:42.516553+00:00
	name string	success	the record name as FQDN (including _service and _proto for SRV) Sample: www.sample.com
	priority integer	success, if type is MX	priority of the MX record Sample: 10
	proxiable boolean	success	whether this record can be proxied through cloudflare
	proxied boolean	success	whether the record is proxied through cloudflare
	ttl integer	success	the time-to-live for the record Sample: 300
	type string	success	the record type Sample: A
	zone_id string	success	the id of the zone containing the record Sample: abcede0bf9f0066f94029d2e6b73856a
	zone_name string	success	the name of the zone containing the record Sample: sample.com

Status ¶

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

Authors¶

Michael Gruener (@mgruener)

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cloudflare_dns – manage Cloudflare DNS records¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶