route53 – add or delete entries in Amazons Route53 DNS service

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Creates and deletes DNS records in Amazons Route53 service

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6
• boto

Parameters

Notes

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:[email protected]"

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)