gcp_dns_managed_zone - Creates a GCP ManagedZone

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • A zone is a subtree of the DNS namespace under one administrative responsibility. A ManagedZone is a resource that represents a DNS zone hosted by the Cloud DNS service.

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 Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_kind
required
    Choices:
  • machineaccount
  • serviceaccount
  • application
The type of credential used.
description
A mutable string of at most 1024 characters associated with this resource for the user's convenience. Has no effect on the managed zone's function.
dns_name
The DNS name of this managed zone, for instance "example.com.".
name
required
User assigned name for this resource.
Must be unique within the project.
name_server_set
Optionally specifies the NameServerSet for this ManagedZone. A NameServerSet is a set of DNS name servers that all host the same ManagedZones. Most users will leave this field unset.
project
The Google Cloud Platform project to use.
scopes
required
Array of scopes to be used.
service_account_email
An optional service account email address if machineaccount is selected and the user does not wish to use the default email.
service_account_file
The path of a Service Account JSON file if serviceaccount is selected as type.
state
required
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the given object should exist in GCP

Notes

Note

  • For authentication, you can set service_account_file using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE env variable.
  • For authentication, you can set service_account_email using the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL env variable.
  • For authentication, you can set auth_kind using the GCP_AUTH_KIND env variable.
  • For authentication, you can set scopes using the GCP_SCOPES env variable.
  • Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are not set.
  • The service_account_email and service_account_file options are mutually exclusive.

Examples

- name: create a managed zone
  gcp_dns_managed_zone:
      name: testObject
      dns_name: test.somewild2.example.com.
      description: 'test zone'
      project: testProject
      auth_kind: service_account
      service_account_file: /tmp/auth.pem
      scopes:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite
      state: present

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
creation_time
str
 success
The time that this resource was created on the server.
This is in RFC3339 text format.
description
str
 success
A mutable string of at most 1024 characters associated with this resource for the user's convenience. Has no effect on the managed zone's function.
dns_name
str
 success
The DNS name of this managed zone, for instance "example.com.".
id
int
 success
Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
name
str
 success
User assigned name for this resource.
Must be unique within the project.
name_server_set
list
 success
Optionally specifies the NameServerSet for this ManagedZone. A NameServerSet is a set of DNS name servers that all host the same ManagedZones. Most users will leave this field unset.
name_servers
list
 success
Delegate your managed_zone to these virtual name servers; defined by the server.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)

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