Note
This plugin is part of the ansible.windows collection.
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows.
To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_dns_client.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| adapter_names list / elements=string / required | Adapter name or list of adapter names for which to manage DNS settings ('*' is supported as a wildcard value). The adapter name used is the connection caption in the Network Control Panel or the InterfaceAlias of Get-DnsClientServerAddress. | |
| dns_servers list / elements=string / required | Single or ordered list of DNS servers (IPv4 and IPv6 addresses) to configure for lookup. An empty list will configure the adapter to use the DHCP-assigned values on connections where DHCP is enabled, or disable DNS lookup on statically-configured connections. IPv6 DNS servers can only be set on Windows Server 2012 or newer, older hosts can only set IPv4 addresses. aliases: ipv4_addresses, ip_addresses, addresses |
- name: Set a single address on the adapter named Ethernet
ansible.windows.win_dns_client:
adapter_names: Ethernet
dns_servers: 192.168.34.5
- name: Set multiple lookup addresses on all visible adapters (usually physical adapters that are in the Up state), with debug logging to a file
ansible.windows.win_dns_client:
adapter_names: '*'
dns_servers:
- 192.168.34.5
- 192.168.34.6
log_path: C:\dns_log.txt
- name: Set IPv6 DNS servers on the adapter named Ethernet
ansible.windows.win_dns_client:
adapter_names: Ethernet
dns_servers:
- '2001:db8::2'
- '2001:db8::3'
- name: Configure all adapters whose names begin with Ethernet to use DHCP-assigned DNS values
ansible.windows.win_dns_client:
adapter_names: 'Ethernet*'
dns_servers: []
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/ansible/windows/win_dns_client_module.html