effectivelywild.technitium_dns.technitium_dns_get_permission_details module – Get permission details for a specific section

Note

This module is part of the effectivelywild.technitium_dns collection (version 0.9.1).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install effectivelywild.technitium_dns.

To use it in a playbook, specify: effectivelywild.technitium_dns.technitium_dns_get_permission_details.

New in effectivelywild.technitium_dns 0.5.0

Synopsis

  • Retrieve detailed permission information for a specific section.

  • Returns user permissions, group permissions, and optionally lists of users and groups.

  • The includeUsersAndGroups option controls whether to include user and group lists.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_port

integer

Port for the Technitium DNS API. Defaults to 5380

Default: 5380

api_token

string / required

API token for authenticating with the Technitium DNS API

api_url

string / required

Base URL for the Technitium DNS API

includeUsersAndGroups

boolean

Whether to include lists of users and groups in the response

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

section

string / required

The name of the section to get permission details for

Should match a section name from the list permissions API call

validate_certs

boolean

Whether to validate SSL certificates when making API requests

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

See Also

Examples

- name: Get Dashboard permission details
  technitium_dns_get_permission_details:
    api_url: "http://localhost"
    api_token: "myapitoken"
    section: "Dashboard"
  register: result

- debug:
    var: result.permission_details

- name: Get Zones permission details without user/group lists
  technitium_dns_get_permission_details:
    api_url: "http://localhost"
    api_token: "myapitoken"
    section: "Zones"
    includeUsersAndGroups: false
  register: result

- debug:
    var: result.permission_details

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

Whether the module made changes (always false for get operations)

Returned: always

Sample: false

failed

boolean

Whether the module failed

Returned: always

Sample: false

permission_details

dictionary

Complete permission details for the specified section

Returned: always

groupPermissions

list / elements=dictionary

List of group permissions for this section

Returned: always

canDelete

boolean

Whether the group can delete from this section

Returned: always

Sample: true

canModify

boolean

Whether the group can modify this section

Returned: always

Sample: true

canView

boolean

Whether the group can view this section

Returned: always

Sample: true

name

string

Name of the group

Returned: always

Sample: "Administrators"

groups

list / elements=string

List of all available groups (when includeUsersAndGroups is true)

Returned: when includeUsersAndGroups is true

Sample: ["Administrators", "DHCP Administrators", "DNS Administrators", "Everyone"]

section

string

The name of the permission section

Returned: always

Sample: "Dashboard"

userPermissions

list / elements=dictionary

List of user permissions for this section

Returned: always

canDelete

boolean

Whether the user can delete from this section

Returned: always

Sample: false

canModify

boolean

Whether the user can modify this section

Returned: always

Sample: false

canView

boolean

Whether the user can view this section

Returned: always

Sample: true

username

string

Username of the user

Returned: always

Sample: "shreyas"

users

list / elements=string

List of all available users (when includeUsersAndGroups is true)

Returned: when includeUsersAndGroups is true

Sample: ["admin", "shreyas"]

Authors

  • Frank Muise (@effectivelywild)