3.4. Using Ansible to create a primary zone in IdM DNS

Procedure

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

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

2. Open your inventory file and ensure that the IdM server that you want to configure is listed in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter:

   [ipaserver]
   server.idm.example.com

3. Make a copy of the dnszone-present.yml Ansible playbook file. For example:

   $ cp dnszone-present.yml dnszone-present-copy.yml

4. Open the dnszone-present-copy.yml file for editing.

5. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the ipadnszone task section:

   • Set the ipaadmin_password variable to your IdM administrator password.

   • Set the zone_name variable to zone.idm.example.com.

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

   ---
   - name: Ensure dnszone present
     hosts: ipaserver
     become: true
   
     tasks:
     - name: Ensure zone is present.
       ipadnszone:
         ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
         zone_name: zone.idm.example.com
         state: present

6. 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-dnszone.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/dnszone directory on the control node.

7. Run the playbook:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i inventory.file dnszone-present-copy.yml