[ADD] Support for the EA inheritance support from DNS and Host Addres…

…s into Host record.

plugins/module_utils/api.py

@@ -514,6 +514,19 @@ def run(self, ib_obj_type, ib_spec):
                     self.update_object(ref, proposed_object)
                     result['changed'] = True
 
+                    if ib_obj_type == NIOS_HOST_RECORD and res:
+                        # WAPI always reset the use_for_ea_inheritance for each update operation
+                        # Handle use_for_ea_inheritance flag changes for IPv4addr in a host record
+                        # Fetch the updated reference of host to avoid drift.
+                        host_ref = self.connector.get_object(res)
+
+                        # Create a dictionary for quick lookups
+                        ref_dict = {obj['ipv4addr']: obj['_ref'] for obj in host_ref['ipv4addrs']}
+                        for proposed in proposed_object['ipv4addrs']:
+                            ipv4addr = proposed['ipv4addr']
+                            if ipv4addr in ref_dict and 'use_for_ea_inheritance' in proposed:
+                                self.update_object(ref_dict[ipv4addr], {'use_for_ea_inheritance': proposed['use_for_ea_inheritance']})
+
         elif state == 'absent':
             if ref is not None:
                 if 'ipv4addrs' in proposed_object:
@@ -628,7 +641,7 @@ def issubset(self, item, objects):
         '''
         for obj in objects:
             if isinstance(item, dict):
-                # Normalize MAC address for comparission
+                # Normalize MAC address for comparison
                 if 'mac' in item:
                     item['mac'] = item['mac'].replace('-', ':').lower()
                 if all(entry in obj.items() for entry in item.items()):
@@ -837,7 +850,7 @@ def get_object_ref(self, module, ib_obj_type, obj_filter, ib_spec):
             if ib_obj_type == NIOS_HOST_RECORD:
                 ipv4addrs_return = [
                     'ipv4addrs.ipv4addr', 'ipv4addrs.mac', 'ipv4addrs.configure_for_dhcp', 'ipv4addrs.host',
-                    'ipv4addrs.nextserver', 'ipv4addrs.use_nextserver'
+                    'ipv4addrs.nextserver', 'ipv4addrs.use_nextserver', 'ipv4addrs.use_for_ea_inheritance'
                 ]
                 ipv6addrs_return = [
                     'ipv6addrs.ipv6addr', 'ipv6addrs.duid', 'ipv6addrs.configure_for_dhcp', 'ipv6addrs.host',

plugins/modules/nios_host_record.py

@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
         required: true
         aliases:
           - address
+      use_dns_ea_inheritance:
+        description:
+          - When use_dns_ea_inheritance is True, the EA is inherited from associated zone. The default value is False.
+        type: bool
+        default: false
       configure_for_dhcp:
         description:
           - Configure the host_record over DHCP instead of DNS, if user
@@ -135,6 +140,11 @@
         required: true
         aliases:
           - address
+      use_dns_ea_inheritance:
+        description:
+          - When use_dns_ea_inheritance is True, the EA is inherited from associated zone. The default value is False.
+        type: bool
+        default: false
       configure_for_dhcp:
         description:
           - Configure the host_record over DHCP instead of DNS, if user
@@ -365,6 +375,7 @@ def main():
         add=dict(type='bool', required=False),
         use_nextserver=dict(type='bool', required=False, aliases=['use_pxe']),
         nextserver=dict(required=False, aliases=['pxe']),
+        use_for_ea_inheritance=dict(type='bool', required=False),
         remove=dict(type='bool', required=False)
     )
 
@@ -381,6 +392,7 @@ def main():
         ipv4addrs=dict(type='list', aliases=['ipv4'], elements='dict', options=ipv4addr_spec, transform=ipv4addrs),
         ipv6addrs=dict(type='list', aliases=['ipv6'], elements='dict', options=ipv6addr_spec, transform=ipv6addrs),
         configure_for_dns=dict(type='bool', default=True, required=False, aliases=['dns'], ib_req=True),
+        use_dns_ea_inheritance=dict(type='bool', default=False, required=False),
         aliases=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
 
         ttl=dict(type='int'),