host module features

host.md

change ip

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

task:

host: hostname=localhost ip=127.0.0.2 aliases=localhost.localdomain,localhost4,localhost4.localdomain4

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.2   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

change hostname

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

task:

host: hostname=vagrant ip=127.0.0.1 aliases=localhost.localdomain,localhost4,localhost4.localdomain4

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1   vagrant localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

remove hostname

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

task:

host: hostname=localhost state=absent

/etc/hosts:

# no entries enymore, removes all localhost hostnames entires

remove ip

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

task:

host: ip=::1 state=absent

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4