win_dns_client – Configures DNS lookup on Windows hosts

Synopsis

  • The win_dns_client module configures the DNS client on Windows network adapters.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
adapter_names
string / required
Adapter name or list of adapter names for which to manage DNS settings ('*' is supported as a wildcard value).
The adapter name used is the connection caption in the Network Control Panel or via Get-NetAdapter, eg Local Area Connection.
ipv4_addresses
string / required
Single or ordered list of DNS server IPv4 addresses to configure for lookup. An empty list will configure the adapter to use the DHCP-assigned values on connections where DHCP is enabled, or disable DNS lookup on statically-configured connections.

Notes

Note

  • When setting an empty list of DNS server addresses on an adapter with DHCP enabled, a change will always be registered, since it is not possible to detect the difference between a DHCP-sourced server value and one that is statically set.

Examples

- name: Set a single address on the adapter named Ethernet
  win_dns_client:
    adapter_names: Ethernet
    ipv4_addresses: 192.168.34.5

- name: Set multiple lookup addresses on all visible adapters (usually physical adapters that are in the Up state), with debug logging to a file
  win_dns_client:
    adapter_names: '*'
    ipv4_addresses:
    - 192.168.34.5
    - 192.168.34.6
    log_path: C:\dns_log.txt

- name: Configure all adapters whose names begin with Ethernet to use DHCP-assigned DNS values
  win_dns_client:
    adapter_names: 'Ethernet*'
    ipv4_addresses: []

Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)

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