cloudflare_dns – Manage Cloudflare DNS records¶

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
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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 string / 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 string / 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 integer		Service port. Required for `type=SRV` and `type=TLSA`.
priority -	Default: 1	Record priority. Required for `type=MX` and `type=SRV`
proto string		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 string	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 boolean	Choices: no yes	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 string	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the record(s) should exist or not.
timeout integer	Default: 30	Timeout for Cloudflare API calls.
ttl integer	Default: 1	The TTL to give the new record. Must be between 120 and 2,147,483,647 seconds, or 1 for automatic.
type string	Choices: A AAAA CNAME DS MX NS SPF SRV SSHFP TLSA TXT	The type of DNS record to create. Required if `state=present`. `type=DS`, `type=SSHFP` and `type=TLSA` added in Ansible 2.7.
value string		The record value. Required for `state=present`. aliases: content
weight integer	Default: 1	Service weight. Required for `type=SRV`.
zone string / required		The name of the Zone to work with (e.g. "example.com"). The Zone must already exist. aliases: domain

Examples ¶

- name: 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

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

- name: Change its TTL
  cloudflare_dns:
    zone: my.com
    type: CNAME
    value: example.com
    ttl: 600
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken
    state: present

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

- name: 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
    proxied: yes
    account_email: [email protected]
    account_api_token: dummyapitoken
    state: present

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

- name: Create an 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

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

- name: 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

- name: 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	A 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: 2016-03-25T19:09:42.516553Z
	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: 2016-03-25T19:09:42.516553Z
	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¶