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route53_zone - add or delete Route53 zones

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Creates and deletes Route53 private and public zones

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • boto

Options

parameter required default choices comments
aws_access_key
 no
AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.
aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key
 no
AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.
aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
comment
 no
Comment associated with the zone
ec2_url
 no
Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
profile
(added in 1.6)
 no
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
 no
The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region
aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token
(added in 1.6)
 no
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.
aliases: access_token
state
 no True
  • present
  • absent
whether or not the zone should exist or not
validate_certs
(added in 1.5)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
vpc_id
 no
The VPC ID the zone should be a part of (if this is going to be a private zone)
vpc_region
 no
The VPC Region the zone should be a part of (if this is going to be a private zone)
zone
 yes
The DNS zone record (eg: foo.com.)

Examples

# create a public zone
- route53_zone: zone=example.com state=present comment="this is an example"

# delete a public zone
- route53_zone: zone=example.com state=absent

- name: private zone for devel
  route53_zone: zone=devel.example.com state=present vpc_id={{myvpc_id}} comment='developer domain'

# more complex example
- name: register output after creating zone in parameterized region
  route53_zone:
    vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc_id }}"
    vpc_region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
    zone: "{{ vpc_dns_zone }}"
    state: present
    register: zone_out

- debug: var=zone_out

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
comment optional hosted zone comment when hosted zone exists string Private zone
private_zone whether hosted zone is private or public when hosted zone exists bool True
name hosted zone name when hosted zone exists string private.local.
vpc_region region of vpc attached to private hosted zone for private hosted zone string eu-west-1
vpc_id id of vpc attached to private hosted zone for private hosted zone string vpc-1d36c84f
zone_id hosted zone id when hosted zone exists string Z6JQG9820BEFMW

Notes

Note

If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION

Note

Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

Note

AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/route53_zone_module.html