update_cname_record and 'current'

[johnnynumba5]

Hello, I currently have the following in Ansible, where I'm trying to change the existing CNAME of ansible.xyz to point to the A record of ansibletest002.xyz. It's currently pointing to the A record of ansibletest001.xyz, but again I'm trying to change it so that it points to ansibletest002.xyz.

- name: Update internal CNAME record
  infoblox:
    server=10.1.1.1
    username=joebob
    password=joebob
    action=update_cname_record
    dns_view=Internal
    cname=ansible.xyz
    canonical=ansibletest002.xyz
  register: infoblox_result

However, when I run Ansible I keep getting the following error

    }, 

 "msg": "The 'current' check is not a dict"
}

So when I add the current parameter in it as such,

- name: Update internal CNAME record
  infoblox:
    server=10.1.1.1
    username=joebob
    password=joebob
    action=update_cname_record
    dns_view=Internal
    cname=ansible.xyz
    canonical=ansibletest002.xyz
    current=ansible.xyz
  register: infoblox_result

I then get the following error:

"msg": "argument current is of type <type 'str'> and we were unable to convert to dict: dictionary requested, could not parse JSON or key=value"
}

My question is, what exactly am I suppose to input for the value of current? It appears to be looking for some sort of key value but if that's true where/how do I attain that?

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

[jnc-cnj]

Can you try this?

current:
  cname: ansible.xyz

[johnnynumba5]

Thank you for the reply! Unfortunately it causes a syntax error. I tried:

current:
  cname: ansible.xyz

current:
  - cname: ansible.xyz

current:
   cname=ansible.xyz

The error message is similar to:

The error appears to have been in '/path/to/role/tasks/main.yml': line 22, column 12, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

    canonical=ansibletest002.dpt
    current:
           ^ here

[asainsbury]

The issue is due to the way you have formated the playbook.

The update function requires a dictionary on input, but you have to format the entire play with ':' vs '='

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
    - name: update update_cname_record
      infoblox:
        server: 192.168.1.2
        username: admin
        password: infoblox
        action: update_cname_record
 
        # Change to this
        cname: my_update.local
        canonical: apache05.local
 
        # Obviously the current content
        current:
          cname: my_update.local
          canonical: apache03.local

     
      register: infoblox

    - name: Do awesome stuff with the result
      debug: msg="Go crazy!"

I'm looking at producing a set of known working examples, which can be run as a set of tests for each PR, and will update the README when I'm done.