community.general.nios_network_view – Configure Infoblox NIOS network views
community.general.nios_network_view – Configure Infoblox NIOS network views
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.nios_network_view
.
Synopsis
- Adds and/or removes instances of network view objects from Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS
networkview
objects using the Infoblox WAPI interface over REST. - Updates instances of network view object from Infoblox NIOS servers.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- infoblox-client
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
comment string |
Configures a text string comment to be associated with the instance of this object. The provided text string will be configured on the object instance. | ||
extattrs string |
Allows for the configuration of Extensible Attributes on the instance of the object. This argument accepts a set of key / value pairs for configuration. | ||
name string / required |
Specifies the fully qualified hostname to add or remove from the system. User can also update the hostname as it is possible to pass a dict containing new_name, old_name. See examples.
| ||
provider dictionary |
A dict object containing connection details. | ||
host string |
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote instance of NIOS WAPI over REST Value can also be specified using | ||
http_request_timeout integer |
Default: 10 |
The amount of time before to wait before receiving a response Value can also be specified using | |
max_results integer |
Default: 1000 |
Specifies the maximum number of objects to be returned, if set to a negative number the appliance will return an error when the number of returned objects would exceed the setting. Value can also be specified using | |
max_retries integer |
Default: 3 |
Configures the number of attempted retries before the connection is declared usable Value can also be specified using | |
password string |
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS. Value can also be specified using | ||
username string |
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS. Value can also be specified using | ||
validate_certs boolean |
|
Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates Value can also be specified using
| |
wapi_version string |
Default: "2.1" |
Specifies the version of WAPI to use Value can also be specified using Until ansible 2.8 the default WAPI was 1.4 | |
state string |
|
Configures the intended state of the instance of the object on the NIOS server. When this value is set to |
Notes
Note
- This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying
connection: local
. - Please read the Infoblox Guide for more detailed information on how to use Infoblox with Ansible.
Examples
- name: Configure a new network view
community.general.nios_network_view:
name: ansible
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: Update the comment for network view
community.general.nios_network_view:
name: ansible
comment: this is an example comment
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: Remove the network view
community.general.nios_network_view:
name: ansible
state: absent
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: Update a existing network view
community.general.nios_network_view:
name: {new_name: ansible-new, old_name: ansible}
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
Authors
- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/nios_network_view_module.html