8.5. Ensuring the presence of multiple DNS records in IdM using Ansible

Procedure

1. Navigate to the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/dnsrecord directory:

   $ cd /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/dnsrecord

2. Make a copy of the ensure-presence-multiple-records.yml Ansible playbook file. For example:

   $ cp ensure-presence-multiple-records.yml ensure-presence-multiple-records-copy.yml

3. Open the ensure-presence-multiple-records-copy.yml file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadnsrecord task section:

   • Indicate that the value of the ipaadmin_password variable is defined in the secret.yml Ansible vault file.
   • In the records section, set the name variable to host1.
   • In the records section, set the zone_name variable to idm.example.com.
   • In the records section, set the a_rec variable to 192.168.122.112 and to 192.168.122.122.

   • Define a second record in the records section:

     • Set the name variable to host1.
     • Set the zone_name variable to idm.example.com.
     • Set the aaaa_rec variable to ::1.

     This is the modified Ansible playbook file for the current example:

   ---
   - name: Test multiple DNS Records are present.
     hosts: ipaserver
     become: true
     gather_facts: false
   
     tasks:
     # Ensure that multiple dns records are present
     - freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadnsrecord:
         ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
         records:
           - name: host1
             zone_name: idm.example.com
             a_rec: 192.168.122.112
             a_rec: 192.168.122.122
           - name: host1
             zone_name: idm.example.com
             aaaa_rec: ::1

5. Save the file.

   For details about variables and example playbooks in the FreeIPA Ansible collection, see the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/README-dnsrecord.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/dnsrecord directory on the control node.

6. Run the playbook:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i inventory.file ensure-presence-multiple-records-copy.yml