nios_host_record error when trying to change ip of host record

[Akasurde]

From @martinberg on Aug 07, 2020 13:36

SUMMARY

It doesn't seem to be possible to change the ip of a host record with nios_host_record. Ansible returns an error that "The record 'test.example.com' already exists"

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

nios_host_record

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.9.11
  config file = /home/user/temp/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /home/user/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.6.8 (default, Jun 11 2019, 15:15:01) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]

CONFIGURATION

DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/user/temp/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/temp/ansible/hosts']
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/user/temp/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

localhost: RHEL 7.7 Infoblox: 8.2.4

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

There is an existing host record in the "EXTERN" DNS view called 'testdomain.x.com' with IP-adress '1.1.1.99'

- name: DNS change host ip
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  vars:
    nios_provider:
      host: infoblox-host
      username: user
      password: passwd

    dns_revert_list:
      - {hostname: "testdomain.x.com", ip: "1.1.1.100", dnsview: "EXTERN"}

  tasks:
  - name: Change host record IP
    nios_host_record:
      name: "{{ item.hostname }}"
      ipv4:
        - address: "{{ item.ip }}"
      view: "{{ item.dnsview }}"
      state: present
      provider: "{{ nios_provider }}"
    with_items: "{{ dns_revert_list }}"
    tags:
    - site2ip

EXPECTED RESULTS

IP of host record to be changed

ACTUAL RESULTS

Error saying the record already exists. No change was made in the Infoblox environment.

failed: [localhost] (item={'hostname': 'testdomain.x.com', 'ip': '1.1.1.100', 'dnsview': 'EXTERN'}) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "code": "Client.Ibap.Data.Conflict", "item": {"dnsview": "EXTERN", "hostname": "testdomain.x.com", "ip": "1.1.1.100"}, "msg": "The record 'testdomain.x.com' already exists.", "operation": "create_object", "type": "AdmConDataError"}

Copied from original issue: ansible/ansible#748