Merge pull request #435 from rjeffman/fix_ipahost_fails_without_dns

Fix ipahost module when adding hosts to a server without DNS support.

plugins/modules/ipahost.py

@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ def find_host(module, name):
 
 
 def find_dnsrecord(module, name):
+    """
+    Search for a DNS record.
+
+    This function may raise ipalib_errors.NotFound in some cases,
+    and it should be handled by the caller.
+    """
     domain_name = name[name.find(".")+1:]
     host_name = name[:name.find(".")]
 
@@ -447,14 +453,8 @@ def find_dnsrecord(module, name):
         "idnsname": to_text(host_name)
     }
 
-    try:
-        _result = api_command(module, "dnsrecord_show", to_text(domain_name),
-                              _args)
-    except ipalib_errors.NotFound as e:
-        msg = str(e)
-        if "record not found" in msg or "zone not found" in msg:
-            return None
-        module.fail_json(msg="dnsrecord_show failed: %s" % msg)
+    _result = api_command(module, "dnsrecord_show", to_text(domain_name),
+                          _args)
 
     return _result["result"]
 
@@ -876,8 +876,11 @@ def main():
                 msg = str(e)
                 dns_not_configured = "DNS is not configured" in msg
                 dns_zone_not_found = "DNS zone not found" in msg
-                if ip_address is None and (
-                    dns_not_configured or dns_zone_not_found
+                dns_res_not_found = "DNS resource record not found" in msg
+                if (
+                    dns_res_not_found
+                    or ip_address is None
+                    and (dns_not_configured or dns_zone_not_found)
                 ):
                     # IP address(es) not given and no DNS support in IPA
                     # -> Ignore failure

tests/README.md

@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ You will also need to have a remote host with freeipa server installed and confi
 Some other requirements:
 
  * The `controller` must be able to connect to `ipaserver` through ssh using keys.
- * `ipaserver` must be configured with DNS and KRA support.
-   See [ipaserver role](../roles/ipaserver/README.md).
  * IPA admin password must be `SomeADMINpassword`.
  * Directory Server admin password must be `SomeDMpassword`.
 
+To provide broader test coverage, `ipaserver` should be configured with DNS and KRA support, and playbook tests are written based on this configuration. Without such support, some tests are expected to fail. Use a different configuration to evaluate those scenarios. See also [ipaserver role](../roles/ipaserver/README.md).
 
 ## Running the tests