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name

Required

Specifies the fully qualified host name to add or remove from
NIOSNIOS.

To update the name of a CNAME record object, define a dictionary object that contains the following parameters:

• old_name: Specifies the existing name that must be changed.

• new_name: Specifies the new name.

canonical

Required

Specifies the canonical name of the CNAME record.

view

Optional

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

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 the extensible attributes for the CNAME record object.

state

Optional

Specifies the state of the CNAME 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 CNAME 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 NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections topic.

connection

Required

The nios_cname_record module must be run locally.