Ansible Role: dnsmasq

Install and configure lightweight DHCP and DNS server, dnsmasq, on Linux.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below along with default values (see defaults\main.yaml)

Host interface and IP where Dnsmasq is listening:

dnsmasq_interface: ''
dnsmasq_listen_address: ''

Default values are null. Role get interface and ip information from gathered facts. In case that the server has more than one interface, specify values for these variables

Local domain name:

dnsmasq_domain_name: example.ricsanfre.com

DNS upstream servers (for relaying DNS queries):

dnsmasq_upstream_dns_servers:
  - 80.58.61.250
  - 80.58.61.254

DHCP lease IP range:

dnsmasq_dhcp_range: '10.0.0.32,10.0.0.128'

By default it is added to the DHCP and DNS configuration records from the hosts within inventory (any host = all group)

Variables: ip, mac and hostname need to be added to the hosts in the inventory:

hosts:
  all:
    children:
      cluster:
        hosts:
          server1:
            hostname: server1
            ip: 10.0.0.11
            mac: dc:a6:32:9c:29:b9
          server2:
            hostname: server2
            ip: 10.0.0.12
            mac: e4:5f:01:2d:fd:19
          server3:
            hostname: server3
            ip: 10.0.0.13
            mac: e4:5f:01:2f:49:05

Additional DHCP and DNS records can be added with the following variables:

dnsmasq_additional_dhcp_hosts: {}

dnsmasq_additional_dhcp_hosts:
  ethernet_switch:
    desc: "Ethernet Switch"
    mac: 94:a6:7e:7c:c7:69
    ip: 10.0.0.2

dnsmasq_additional_dns_hosts: {}

dnsmasq_additional_dns_hosts:
  ntp_server:
    desc: "NTP Server"
    hostname: ntp
    ip: 10.0.0.1
  dns_server:
    desc: "DNS Server"
    hostname: dns
    ip: 10.0.0.1

Enable TFTP service and specify TFTP root directory

dnsmasq_enable_tftp: false
dnsmasq_tftp_root: /srv/tftp

Additional configuration can be specified, added at the end of the dnsmasq config file

dnsmasq_additional_conf: []

dnsmasq_additional_conf: |-
        # Enabling Netboot
        dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
        dhcp-match=set:efi-x86_64,option:client-arch,7
        dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,bootx64.efi

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

---
- name: Dnsmasq
  hosts: host
  vars:
    - additional_dhcp_hosts:
        ethernet_switch:
          desc: "Ethernet Switch"
          mac: 94:a6:7e:7c:c7:69
          ip: 10.0.0.2
    - additional_dns_hosts:
        ntp_server:
          desc: "NTP Server"
          hostname: ntp
          ip: 10.0.0.1
        dns_server:
          desc: "DNS Server"
          hostname: dns
          ip: 10.0.0.1
  roles:
    - role: ricsanfre.dnsmasq

License

MIT/BSD

Author Information

Ricardo Sanchez (ricsanfre)