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omapi_host - Setup OMAPI hosts.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove OMAPI hosts into compatible DHCPd servers.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
ddns
 no
Enable dynamic DNS updates for this host.
host
 no localhost
Sets OMAPI server host to interact with.
ip
 no None
Sets the lease host IP address.
key
 yes
Sets the TSIG key content for authenticating against OMAPI server.
key_name
 yes
Sets the TSIG key name for authenticating against OMAPI server.
macaddr
 yes
Sets the lease host MAC address.
name
 no None
Sets the host lease hostname (mandatory if state=present).
port
 no 7911
Sets the OMAPI server port to interact with.
state
 yes
  • present
  • absent
Create or remove OMAPI host.
statements
 no
Attach a list of OMAPI DHCP statements with host lease (without ending semicolon).

Examples

- name: Remove a host using OMAPI
  omapi_host:
    key_name: "defomapi"
    key: "+bFQtBCta6j2vWkjPkNFtgA=="
    host: "10.1.1.1"
    macaddr: "00:66:ab:dd:11:44"
    state: absent

- name: Add a host using OMAPI
  omapi_host:
    key_name: "defomapi"
    key: "+bFQtBCta6j2vWkjPkNFtgA=="
    host: "10.98.4.55"
    macaddr: "44:dd:ab:dd:11:44"
    name: "server01"
    ip: "192.168.88.99"
    ddns: yes
    statements:
      - 'filename "pxelinux.0"'
      - 'next-server 1.1.1.1'
    state: present

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
changed
If module has modified a host
 success string
lease
dictionary containing host information
 success complex
contains:
name description returned type sample
hardware-type
hardware type, generally '1'
 success int 1
name
hostname
 success string mydesktop
ip-address
IP address, if there is.
 success string 192.168.1.5
hardware-address
MAC address
 success string 00:11:22:33:44:55


Status

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

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