route53 – add or delete entries in Amazons Route53 DNS service¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- boto
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
AWS_URLorEC2_URL,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDorAWS_ACCESS_KEYorEC2_ACCESS_KEY,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYorAWS_SECRET_KEYorEC2_SECRET_KEY,AWS_SECURITY_TOKENorEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN,AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGION - Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
AWS_REGIONorEC2_REGIONcan be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
Examples¶
# Add new.foo.com as an A record with 3 IPs and wait until the changes have been replicated
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: new.foo.com
type: A
ttl: 7200
value: 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2,3.3.3.3
wait: yes
# Update new.foo.com as an A record with a list of 3 IPs and wait until the changes have been replicated
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: new.foo.com
type: A
ttl: 7200
value:
- 1.1.1.1
- 2.2.2.2
- 3.3.3.3
wait: yes
# Retrieve the details for new.foo.com
- route53:
state: get
zone: foo.com
record: new.foo.com
type: A
register: rec
# Delete new.foo.com A record using the results from the get command
- route53:
state: absent
zone: foo.com
record: "{{ rec.set.record }}"
ttl: "{{ rec.set.ttl }}"
type: "{{ rec.set.type }}"
value: "{{ rec.set.value }}"
# Add an AAAA record. Note that because there are colons in the value
# that the IPv6 address must be quoted. Also shows using the old form command=create.
- route53:
command: create
zone: foo.com
record: localhost.foo.com
type: AAAA
ttl: 7200
value: "::1"
# Add a SRV record with multiple fields for a service on port 22222
# For more information on SRV records see:
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: "_example-service._tcp.foo.com"
type: SRV
value: "0 0 22222 host1.foo.com,0 0 22222 host2.foo.com"
# Add a TXT record. Note that TXT and SPF records must be surrounded
# by quotes when sent to Route 53:
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: localhost.foo.com
type: TXT
ttl: 7200
value: '"bar"'
# Add an alias record that points to an Amazon ELB:
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: elb.foo.com
type: A
value: "{{ elb_dns_name }}"
alias: True
alias_hosted_zone_id: "{{ elb_zone_id }}"
# Retrieve the details for elb.foo.com
- route53:
state: get
zone: foo.com
record: elb.foo.com
type: A
register: rec
# Delete an alias record using the results from the get command
- route53:
state: absent
zone: foo.com
record: "{{ rec.set.record }}"
ttl: "{{ rec.set.ttl }}"
type: "{{ rec.set.type }}"
value: "{{ rec.set.value }}"
alias: True
alias_hosted_zone_id: "{{ rec.set.alias_hosted_zone_id }}"
# Add an alias record that points to an Amazon ELB and evaluates it health:
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: elb.foo.com
type: A
value: "{{ elb_dns_name }}"
alias: True
alias_hosted_zone_id: "{{ elb_zone_id }}"
alias_evaluate_target_health: True
# Add an AAAA record with Hosted Zone ID.
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
hosted_zone_id: Z2AABBCCDDEEFF
record: localhost.foo.com
type: AAAA
ttl: 7200
value: "::1"
# Use a routing policy to distribute traffic:
- route53:
state: present
zone: foo.com
record: www.foo.com
type: CNAME
value: host1.foo.com
ttl: 30
# Routing policy
identifier: "host1@www"
weight: 100
health_check: "d994b780-3150-49fd-9205-356abdd42e75"
# Add a CAA record (RFC 6844):
- route53:
state: present
zone: example.com
record: example.com
type: CAA
value:
- 0 issue "ca.example.net"
- 0 issuewild ";"
- 0 iodef "mailto:security@example.com"
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Bruce Pennypacker (@bpennypacker)
- Mike Buzzetti (@jimbydamonk)
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