# ansible check DNS against FQDN **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [June 6, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-check-dns-against-fqdn/21669 "2016-06-06T04:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John.1209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@John.1209](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John.1209)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-check-dns-against-fqdn/21669/1 "2016-06-06T04:08:22Z")
I’m trying to come up with an ansible process to compare a DNS against an FQDN: This is what I have: ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Totterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Paul\_Totterman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Totterman)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-check-dns-against-fqdn/21669/2 "2016-06-06T08:05:49Z")
> This is not working? Is there a better way to do this? Or please suggest a fix. Consider using the dig-lookup: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_lookups.html#the-dns-lookup-dig](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_lookups.html#the-dns-lookup-dig) Cheers, Paul ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-check-dns-against-fqdn/21669/3 "2016-06-06T14:02:03Z")
Your tasks: is misplaced and indentation is wrong, but this should work - name: Set DNS variable    command: dig {{ ansible\_fqdn }} +short    register: DNSOUT - name: Verify DNS    command: echo not in DNS!    when: DNSOUT.stdout == "" The Verify DNS task won't show you anything on in the console, if that's what you are after you can do it like this - debug: msg="{{ ansible\_fqdn }} not in DNS!"    when: DNSOUT.stdout == ""