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name

Required

Specifies the fully qualified host name of the record to add, update, or remove from NIOS.

view

Optional

Specifies the DNS view to associate the MX record with.
If a value is not specified, the default DNS view configured in NIOS is used.

mail_exchanger

Required

Specifies the mail exchanger FQDN for this MX record.

preference

Required

Specifies the preference value in the range of 0 to 65535 that is formatted as a 32-bit unsigned integer.

ttl

Optional

Specifies the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record.
The duration that the record is valid for in seconds (cached).

extattrs

Optional

Specifies extensible attributes for the MX record object.

state

Optional

Specifies the state of the MX record instance on the NIOS server.
Set one of the following values:

• present (default): Configures the record.

• absent: Removes the record.

comment

Optional

Describes the MX record object.

provider

Required

Defines the details of the connection:

• host: DNS host name or IP address to connect to the remote instance of NIOS.

• username: User name to use for authenticating the connection to the remote instance.

• password: Password to use for authenticating the connection to the remote instance.

For information on additional fields you can define, see the list of subparameters in the the NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections topic.

connection

Required

The nios_mx_record module must be run locally.