google.cloud.gcp_dns_resource_record_set module – Creates a GCP ResourceRecordSet

Note

This module is part of the google.cloud collection (version 1.0.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install google.cloud. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: google.cloud.gcp_dns_resource_record_set.

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

Comments

auth_kind

string / required

The type of credential used.

Choices:

  • "application"

  • "machineaccount"

  • "serviceaccount"

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 / elements=string

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

Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

target

list / elements=string

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”

Examples

- name: create a managed zone
  google.cloud.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
  google.cloud.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

Description

managed_zone

dictionary

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.

Returned: success

name

string

For example, www.example.com.

Returned: success

target

list / elements=string

As defined in RFC 1035 (section 5) and RFC 1034 (section 3.6.1) .

Returned: success

ttl

integer

Number of seconds that this ResourceRecordSet can be cached by resolvers.

Returned: success

type

string

One of valid DNS resource types.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)