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.
env_type
string
Specifies which Ansible environment you're running this module within.
This should not be set unless you know what you're doing.
This only alters the User Agent string for any API requests.
managed_zone
dictionary / required
Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request. This must be a dictionary that contains both a 'name' key and a 'dnsName' key. You can pass in the results of the gcp_dns_managed_zone module, which will contain both.
name
string / 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
jsonarg
The contents of a Service Account JSON file, either in a dictionary or as a JSON string that represents it.
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
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP
target
list
As defined in RFC 1035 (section 5) and RFC 1034 (section 3.6.1) .
ttl
integer
Number of seconds that this ResourceRecordSet can be cached by resolvers.
type
string / required
One of valid DNS resource types.
Some valid choices include: "A", "AAAA", "CAA", "CNAME", "MX", "NAPTR", "NS", "PTR", "SOA", "SPF", "SRV", "TLSA", "TXT"

Notes

Note

  • for authentication, you can set service_account_file using the c(gcp_service_account_file) env variable.

  • for authentication, you can set service_account_contents using the c(GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CONTENTS) env variable.

  • For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL 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. This must be a dictionary that contains both a 'name' key and a 'dnsName' key. You can pass in the results of the gcp_dns_managed_zone module, which will contain both.
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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