gcdns_record – Creates or removes resource records in Google Cloud DNS¶

New in version 2.2.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED ¶

Removed in Ansible: version: 2.12
Why: Updated modules released with increased functionality
Alternative: Use gcp_dns_resource_record_set instead.

Synopsis ¶

Creates or removes resource records in Google Cloud DNS.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
apache-libcloud >= 0.19.0

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
credentials_file -		The path to the JSON file associated with the service account email.
overwrite boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether an attempt to overwrite an existing record should succeed or fail. The behavior of this option depends on state. If state is `present` and overwrite is `True`, this module will replace an existing resource record of the same name with the provided record_data. If state is `present` and overwrite is `False`, this module will fail if there is an existing resource record with the same name and type, but different resource data. If state is `absent` and overwrite is `True`, this module will remove the given resource record unconditionally. If state is `absent` and overwrite is `False`, this module will fail if the provided record_data do not match exactly with the existing resource record's record_data.
pem_file -		The path to the PEM file associated with the service account email. This option is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. Use credentials_file instead.
project_id -		The Google Cloud Platform project ID to use.
record - / required		The fully-qualified domain name of the resource record. aliases: name
record_data -		The record_data to use for the resource record. record_data must be specified if state is `present` or overwrite is `True`, or the module will fail. Valid record_data vary based on the record's type. In addition, resource records that contain a DNS domain name in the value field (e.g., CNAME, PTR, SRV, .etc) MUST include a trailing dot in the value. Individual string record_data for TXT records must be enclosed in double quotes. For resource records that have the same name but different record_data (e.g., multiple A records), they must be defined as multiple list entries in a single record. aliases: value
service_account_email -		The e-mail address for a service account with access to Google Cloud DNS.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Whether the given resource record should or should not be present.
ttl -	Default: 300	The amount of time in seconds that a resource record will remain cached by a caching resolver.
type - / required	Choices: A AAAA CNAME SRV TXT SOA NS MX SPF PTR	The type of resource record to add.
zone -		The DNS domain name of the zone (e.g., example.com). One of either zone or zone_id must be specified as an option, or the module will fail. If both zone and zone_id are specified, zone_id will be used.
zone_id -		The Google Cloud ID of the zone (e.g., example-com). One of either zone or zone_id must be specified as an option, or the module will fail. These usually take the form of domain names with the dots replaced with dashes. A zone ID will never have any dots in it. zone_id can be faster than zone in projects with a large number of zones. If both zone and zone_id are specified, zone_id will be used.

Notes ¶

Note

See also gcdns_zone.
This modules’s underlying library does not support in-place updates for DNS resource records. Instead, resource records are quickly deleted and recreated.
SOA records are technically supported, but their functionality is limited to verifying that a zone’s existing SOA record matches a pre-determined value. The SOA record cannot be updated.
Root NS records cannot be updated.
NAPTR records are not supported.

Examples ¶

# Create an A record.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'www1.example.com'
    zone: 'example.com'
    type: A
    value: '1.2.3.4'

# Update an existing record.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'www1.example.com'
    zone: 'example.com'
    type: A
    overwrite: true
    value: '5.6.7.8'

# Remove an A record.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'www1.example.com'
    zone_id: 'example-com'
    state: absent
    type: A
    value: '5.6.7.8'

# Create a CNAME record.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'www.example.com'
    zone_id: 'example-com'
    type: CNAME
    value: 'www.example.com.'    # Note the trailing dot

# Create an MX record with a custom TTL.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'example.com'
    zone: 'example.com'
    type: MX
    ttl: 3600
    value: '10 mail.example.com.'    # Note the trailing dot

# Create multiple A records with the same name.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'api.example.com'
    zone_id: 'example-com'
    type: A
    record_data:
      - '192.0.2.23'
      - '10.4.5.6'
      - '198.51.100.5'
      - '203.0.113.10'

# Change the value of an existing record with multiple record_data.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'api.example.com'
    zone: 'example.com'
    type: A
    overwrite: true
    record_data:           # WARNING: All values in a record will be replaced
      - '192.0.2.23'
      - '192.0.2.42'    # The changed record
      - '198.51.100.5'
      - '203.0.113.10'

# Safely remove a multi-line record.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'api.example.com'
    zone_id: 'example-com'
    state: absent
    type: A
    record_data:           # NOTE: All of the values must match exactly
      - '192.0.2.23'
      - '192.0.2.42'
      - '198.51.100.5'
      - '203.0.113.10'

# Unconditionally remove a record.
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'api.example.com'
    zone_id: 'example-com'
    state: absent
    overwrite: true   # overwrite is true, so no values are needed
    type: A

# Create an AAAA record
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'www1.example.com'
    zone: 'example.com'
    type: AAAA
    value: 'fd00:db8::1'

# Create a PTR record
- gcdns_record:
    record: '10.5.168.192.in-addr.arpa'
    zone: '5.168.192.in-addr.arpa'
    type: PTR
    value: 'api.example.com.'    # Note the trailing dot.

# Create an NS record
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'subdomain.example.com'
    zone: 'example.com'
    type: NS
    ttl: 21600
    record_data:
      - 'ns-cloud-d1.googledomains.com.'    # Note the trailing dots on values
      - 'ns-cloud-d2.googledomains.com.'
      - 'ns-cloud-d3.googledomains.com.'
      - 'ns-cloud-d4.googledomains.com.'

# Create a TXT record
- gcdns_record:
    record: 'example.com'
    zone_id: 'example-com'
    type: TXT
    record_data:
      - '"v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com -all"'   # A single-string TXT value
      - '"hello " "world"'    # A multi-string TXT value

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
overwrite boolean	success	Whether to the module was allowed to overwrite the record Sample: True
record string	success	Fully-qualified domain name of the resource record Sample: mail.example.com.
record_data list	success	The resource record values Sample: ['5.6.7.8', '9.10.11.12']
state string	success	Whether the record is present or absent Sample: present
ttl integer	success	The time-to-live of the resource record Sample: 300
type string	success	The type of the resource record Sample: A
zone string	success	The dns name of the zone Sample: example.com.
zone_id string	success	The Google Cloud DNS ID of the zone Sample: example-com

Status ¶

This module will be removed in version 2.12. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors¶

William Albert (@walbert947)

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