The dnsforwardzone module allows the addition and removal of dns forwarders from the IPA DNS config.
It is desgined to follow the IPA api as closely as possible while ensuring ease of use.
- DNS zone management
FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipadnsforwardzone module.
Controller
- Ansible version: 2.14+
Node
- Supported FreeIPA version (see above)
Example inventory file
[ipaserver]
ipaserver.test.local
Example playbook to ensure presence of a forwardzone to ipa DNS:
---
- name: Playbook to handle add a forwarder
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
tasks:
- name: ensure presence of forwardzone with a single forwarder DNS server
ipadnsforwardzone:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
state: present
name: example.com
forwarders:
- ip_address: 8.8.8.8
forwardpolicy: first
skip_overlap_check: true
- name: ensure the forward zone is disabled
ipadnsforwardzone:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: example.com
state: disabled
- name: ensure presence of forwardzone with multiple forwarder DNS server
ipadnsforwardzone:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
state: present
name: example.com
forwarders:
- ip_address: 8.8.8.8
- ip_address: 4.4.4.4
- name: ensure presence of another forwarder to any existing ones for example.com
ipadnsforwardzone:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
state: present
name: example.com
forwarders:
- ip_address: 1.1.1.1
action: member
- name: ensure presence of forwardzone with single forwarder DNS server on non-stardard port
ipadnsforwardzone:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
state: present
name: example.com
forwarders:
- ip_address: 4.4.4.4
port: 8053
- name: ensure the forward zone is absent
ipadnsforwardzone:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: example.com
state: absent
Variable | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
ipaadmin_principal |
The admin principal is a string and defaults to admin |
no |
ipaadmin_password |
The admin password is a string and is required if there is no admin ticket available on the node | no |
ipaapi_context |
The context in which the module will execute. Executing in a server context is preferred. If not provided context will be determined by the execution environment. Valid values are server and client . |
no |
ipaapi_ldap_cache |
Use LDAP cache for IPA connection. The bool setting defaults to yes. (bool) | no |
name | cn |
Zone name (FQDN). | yes if state == present |
forwarders | idnsforwarders |
Per-zone forwarders. A custom port can be specified for each forwarder. Options | no |
ip_address : The forwarder IP address. |
yes | |
port : The forwarder IP port. |
no | |
forwardpolicy | idnsforwardpolicy | forward_policy |
Per-zone conditional forwarding policy. Possible values are only , first , none . Set to "none" to disable forwarding to global forwarder for this zone. In that case, conditional zone forwarders are disregarded. |
no |
skip_overlap_check |
Force DNS zone creation even if it will overlap with an existing zone. Defaults to False. | no |
permission |
Allow DNS Forward Zone to be managed. (bool) | no |
action |
Work on group or member level. It can be on of member or dnsforwardzone and defaults to dnsforwardzone . |
no |
state |
The state to ensure. It can be one of present , absent , enabled or disabled , default: present . |
yes |
Chris Procter