community.general.netcup_dns – manage Netcup DNS records

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.netcup_dns.

Synopsis

• Manages DNS records via the Netcup API, see the docs https://ccp.netcup.net/run/webservice/servers/endpoint.php

Requirements

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

• nc-dnsapi >= 0.1.3

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_key string / required		API key for authentication, must be obtained via the netcup CCP (https://ccp.netcup.net)
api_password string / required		API password for authentication, must be obtained via the netcup CCP (https://ccp.netcup.net)
customer_id integer / required		Netcup customer id
domain string / required		Domainname the records should be added / removed
priority integer		Record priority. Required for type=MX
record string	Default: "@"	Record to add or delete, supports wildcard (*). Default is @ (e.g. the zone name) aliases: name
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: present ← absent	Whether the record should exist or not
type string / required	Choices: A AAAA MX CNAME CAA SRV TXT TLSA NS DS	Record type
value string / required		Record value

Examples

- name: Create a record of type A
  community.general.netcup_dns:
    api_key: "..."
    api_password: "..."
    customer_id: "..."
    domain: "example.com"
    name: "mail"
    type: "A"
    value: "127.0.0.1"

- name: Delete that record
  community.general.netcup_dns:
    api_key: "..."
    api_password: "..."
    customer_id: "..."
    domain: "example.com"
    name: "mail"
    type: "A"
    value: "127.0.0.1"
    state: absent

- name: Create a wildcard record
  community.general.netcup_dns:
    api_key: "..."
    api_password: "..."
    customer_id: "..."
    domain: "example.com"
    name: "*"
    type: "A"
    value: "127.0.1.1"

- name: Set the MX record for example.com
  community.general.netcup_dns:
    api_key: "..."
    api_password: "..."
    customer_id: "..."
    domain: "example.com"
    type: "MX"
    value: "mail.example.com"

- name: Set a record and ensure that this is the only one
  community.general.netcup_dns:
    api_key: "..."
    api_password: "..."
    customer_id: "..."
    name: "demo"
    domain: "example.com"
    type: "AAAA"
    value: "::1"
    solo: true

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
records complex		success	list containing all records
	id integer	success	internal id of the record Sample: 12345
	name string	success	the record name Sample: fancy-hostname
	priority integer	success	the record priority (only relevant if type=MX)
	type string	succcess	the record type Sample: A
	value string	success	the record destination Sample: 127.0.0.1

Authors

• Nicolai Buchwitz (@nbuchwitz)