DTC Topology

name

Required

Specifies the name of the DTC topology that is displayed.

rules

Optional

Defines the rules for topology.
This is a dictionary object, where you can define the following subparameters:

• dest_type (required): Specifies the type of the destination for this DTC Topology Rule. You can chose the destination to be POOL or SERVER.

• destination_link: Specifies the name of the destination DTC pool or DTC server.

• return_type: Specifies the type of the DNS response for the rule.
  The default value is REGULAR.

• sources: Defines the conditions for matching sources. Should be empty to set the rule as default destination.
  This is a dictionary object, where you can define the following subparameters:

  • source_op: Specifies the operation used to match the value.

  • source_type (required): Specifies the source type.

  • source_value (required): Specifies the source value.

extattrs

Optional

Specifies extensible attributes for the DTC topology object.

state

Optional

Specifies the state of the DTC topology instance in NIOS.
Set one of the following values:

• present (default): Configures the object.

• absent: Removes the object.

comment

Optional

Describes the DTC topology object.

provider

Required

Defines the details of the connection:

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

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

• password: The 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

Specifies the connection type.
The nios_dtc_pool module must be run locally.