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# netcup_dns – manage Netcup DNS records

New in version 2.7.0.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages DNS records via the Netcup API, see the docs https://ccp.netcup.net/run/webservice/servers/endpoint.php

## Requirements

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

- nc-dnsapi >= 0.1.3

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
api_key - / required |  | API key for authentification, must be obtained via the netcup CCP (https://ccp.netcup.net)
api_password - / required |  | API password for authentification, must be obtained via the netcup CCP (https://ccp.netcup.net)
customer_id - / required |  | Netcup customer id
domain - / required |  | Domainname the records should be added / removed
priority - |  | Record priority. Required for `type=MX`
record - | Default: "@" | Record to add or delete, supports wildcard (*). Default is `@` (e.g. the zone name) aliases: name
solo boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether the record should be the only one for that record type and record name. Only use with `state=present` This will delete all other records with the same record name and type.
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Whether the record should exist or not
type - / required | Choices: A AAAA MX CNAME CAA SRV TXT TLSA NS DS | Record type
value - / required |  | Record value

## Examples

    - name: Create a record of type A
      netcup_dns:
        api_key: "..."
        api_password: "..."
        customer_id: "..."
        domain: "example.com"
        name: "mail"
        type: "A"
        value: "127.0.0.1"

    - name: Delete that record
      netcup_dns:
        api_key: "..."
        api_password: "..."
        customer_id: "..."
        domain: "example.com"
        name: "mail"
        type: "A"
        value: "127.0.0.1"
        state: absent

    - name: Create a wildcard record
      netcup_dns:
        api_key: "..."
        api_password: "..."
        customer_id: "..."
        domain: "example.com"
        name: "*"
        type: "A"
        value: "127.0.1.1"

    - name: Set the MX record for example.com
      netcup_dns:
        api_key: "..."
        api_password: "..."
        customer_id: "..."
        domain: "example.com"
        type: "MX"
        value: "mail.example.com"

    - name: Set a record and ensure that this is the only one
      netcup_dns:
        api_key: "..."
        api_password: "..."
        customer_id: "..."
        name: "demo"
        domain: "example.com"
        type: "AAAA"
        value: "::1"
        solo: true

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
records complex | success | list containing all records
| id integer | success | internal id of the record Sample: 12345
| name string | success | the record name Sample: fancy-hostname
| priority integer | success | the record priority (only relevant if type=MX)
| type string | succcess | the record type Sample: A
| value string | success | the record destination Sample: 127.0.0.1

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Nicolai Buchwitz (@nbuchwitz)

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