gcp_dns_resource_record_set – Creates a GCP ResourceRecordSet

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • A single DNS record that exists on a domain name (i.e. in a managed zone).

  • This record defines the information about the domain and where the domain / subdomains direct to.

  • The record will include the domain/subdomain name, a type (i.e. A, AAA, CAA, MX, CNAME, NS, etc) .

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • requests >= 2.18.4

  • google-auth >= 1.3.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_kind
string / required
    Choices:
  • application
  • machineaccount
  • serviceaccount
The type of credential used.
managed_zone
- / required
Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request.
This field represents a link to a ManagedZone resource in GCP. It can be specified in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key 'name' and value of your resource's name Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource` to a gcp_dns_managed_zone task and then set this managed_zone field to "{{ name-of-resource }}"
name
- / required
For example, www.example.com.
project
string
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes
list
Array of scopes to be used.
service_account_contents
string
A string representing the contents of a Service Account JSON file.
This should not be passed in as a dictionary, but a string that has the exact contents of a service account json file (valid JSON)
service_account_email
string
An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
service_account_file
path
The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP
target
-
As defined in RFC 1035 (section 5) and RFC 1034 (section 3.6.1) .
ttl
-
Number of seconds that this ResourceRecordSet can be cached by resolvers.
type
- / required
    Choices:
  • A
  • AAAA
  • CAA
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • NAPTR
  • NS
  • PTR
  • SOA
  • SPF
  • SRV
  • TLSA
  • TXT
One of valid DNS resource types.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication, you can set service_account_file using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CONTENTS env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the GCP_AUTH_KIND env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set scopes using the GCP_SCOPES env variable.

  • Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.

  • The service_account_email and service_account_file options are mutually exclusive.

Examples

- name: create a managed zone
  gcp_dns_managed_zone:
    name: managedzone-rrs
    dns_name: testzone-4.com.
    description: test zone
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
    state: present
  register: managed_zone

- name: create a resource record set
  gcp_dns_resource_record_set:
    name: www.testzone-4.com.
    managed_zone: "{{ managed_zone }}"
    type: A
    ttl: 600
    target:
    - 10.1.2.3
    - 40.5.6.7
    project: test_project
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
managed_zone
dictionary
 success
Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request.
name
string
 success
For example, www.example.com.
target
list
 success
As defined in RFC 1035 (section 5) and RFC 1034 (section 3.6.1) .
ttl
integer
 success
Number of seconds that this ResourceRecordSet can be cached by resolvers.
type
string
 success
One of valid DNS resource types.


Status

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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