oci_zone_facts - Retrieve facts of zones in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS Service

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module retrieves information of the specified zone or all zones in the specified compartment.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_user
The OCID of the user, on whose behalf, OCI APIs are invoked. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_OCID environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the user is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the user's OCID, please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm.
api_user_fingerprint
Fingerprint for the key pair being used. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_FINGERPRINT environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key fingerprint is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the key pair's fingerprint value please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm.
api_user_key_file
Full path and filename of the private key (in PEM format). If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_FILE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the private key is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). If the key is encrypted with a pass-phrase, the api_user_key_pass_phrase option must also be provided.
api_user_key_pass_phrase
Passphrase used by the key referenced in api_user_key_file, if it is encrypted. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_PASS_PHRASE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key passphrase is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location).
auth_type
    Choices:
  • api_key ←
  • instance_principal
The type of authentication to use for making API requests. By default auth_type="api_key" based authentication is performed and the API key (see api_user_key_file) in your config file will be used. If this 'auth_type' module option is not specified, the value of the OCI_ANSIBLE_AUTH_TYPE, if any, is used. Use auth_type="instance_principal" to use instance principal based authentication when running ansible playbooks within an OCI compute instance.
compartment_id
The OCID of the compartment the resource belongs to. Use zone_id to retrieve a specific zone's information using its OCID.
config_file_location
Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_FILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to ~/.oci/config.
config_profile_name Default:
DEFAULT
The profile to load from the config file referenced by config_file_location. If not set, then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_PROFILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to the "DEFAULT" profile in config_file_location.
name
A case-sensitive filter for zone names. Will match any zone with a name that equals the provided value.

aliases: zone_name
region
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region to use for all OCI API requests. If not set, then the value of the OCI_REGION variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the region is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). Please refer to https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/General/Concepts/regions.htm for more information on OCI regions.
tenancy
OCID of your tenancy. If not set, then the value of the OCI_TENANCY variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the tenancy OCID is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm
zone_id
OCID of the target zone.

aliases: id
zone_type
    Choices:
  • PRIMARY
  • SECONDARY
Search by zone type, PRIMARY or SECONDARY. Will match any zone whose type equals the provided value.

Examples

- name: Get a list of zones in the specified compartment
  oci_zone_facts:
    compartment_id: ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx

- name: Get a zone with the specified name
  oci_zone_facts:
    compartment_id: ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx
    name: test_zone_1.com

- name: Get a list of primary zones in the specified compartment
  oci_zone_facts:
    compartment_id: ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx
    zone_type: "PRIMARY"

- name: Gets details of a specific zone using the OCID of the zone
  oci_zone_facts:
    zone_id: ocid1.dns-zone.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
zones
complex
always
List of Zone details

Sample:
[{'lifecycle_state': 'ACTIVE', 'self_uri': 'https://dns.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/20180115/zones/test_zone_1.com', 'compartment_id': 'ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx', 'time_created': '2018-08-23T11:36:26+00:00', 'external_masters': [], 'version': '1', 'zone_type': 'PRIMARY', 'serial': 1, 'id': 'ocid1.dns-zone.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx', 'name': 'test_zone_1.com'}]
  lifecycle_state
string
always
The current state of the zone resource.

Sample:
ACTIVE
  self_uri
string
always
The canonical absolute URL of the resource.

Sample:
https://dns.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/20180115/zones/test_zone_1.com
  compartment_id
string
always
The OCID of the compartment containing the Zone.

Sample:
ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx
  nameservers
list
optional
The authoritative nameservers for the zone.

Sample:
[{'hostname': 'XXX'}]
  time_created
string
always
The date and time the resource was created in "YYYY-MM-ddThh:mmZ" format with a Z offset, as defined by RFC 3339.

Sample:
2018-08-23T11:36:26+00:00
  id
string
always
The OCID of the zone

Sample:
ocid1.dns-zone.oc1..xxxxxEXAMPLExxxxx
  version
string
always
Version is the never-repeating, totally-orderable, version of the zone, from which the serial field of the zone's SOA record is derived.

Sample:
1
  zone_type
string
always
The type of the zone. Must be either PRIMARY or SECONDARY.

Sample:
PRIMARY
  serial
int
always
The current serial of the zone. As seen in the zone's SOA record.

Sample:
1
  external_masters
list
always
External master servers for the zone.

Sample:
['...']
  name
string
always
The name of the zone.

Sample:
test_zone_1.com


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Sivakumar Thyagarajan (@sivakumart)

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