nios_aaaa_record – Configure Infoblox NIOS AAAA records

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nios_aaaa_record – Configure Infoblox NIOS AAAA records

New in version 2.6.


Synopsis

  • Adds and/or removes instances of AAAA record objects from Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS record:aaaa objects using the Infoblox WAPI interface over REST.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • infoblox-client

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

comment

-

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

-

Allows for the configuration of Extensible Attributes on the instance of the object. This argument accepts a set of key / value pairs for configuration.

ipv6addr

- / required

Configures the IPv6 address for this AAAA record.


aliases: ipv6

name

- / required

Specifies the fully qualified hostname to add or remove from the system

provider

-

A dict object containing connection details.

host

- / required

Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote instance of NIOS WAPI over REST

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_HOST environment variable.

http_request_timeout

-

Default:

10

The amount of time before to wait before receiving a response

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT environment variable.

max_results

-

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 INFOBLOX_MAX_RESULTS environment variable.

max_retries

-

Default:

3

Configures the number of attempted retries before the connection is declared usable

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_MAX_RETRIES environment variable.

password

-

Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS.

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_PASSWORD environment variable.

ssl_verify

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_SSL_VERIFY environment variable.

username

-

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS.

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_USERNAME environment variable.

wapi_version

-

Default:

1.4

Specifies the version of WAPI to use

Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_WAP_VERSION environment variable.

state

-

  • present

  • absent

Configures the intended state of the instance of the object on the NIOS server. When this value is set to present, the object is configured on the device and when this value is set to absent the value is removed (if necessary) from the device.

ttl

-

Configures the TTL to be associated with this AAAA record

view

- / required

Default:

"default"

Sets the DNS view to associate this AAAA record with. The DNS view must already be configured on the system


aliases: dns_view



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 an AAAA record
  nios_aaaa_record:
    name: aaaa.ansible.com
    ipv6: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

- name: add a comment to an existing AAAA record
  nios_aaaa_record:
    name: aaaa.ansible.com
    ipv4: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
    comment: this is a test comment
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

- name: remove an AAAA record from the system
  nios_aaaa_record:
    name: aaaa.ansible.com
    ipv4: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
    state: absent
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

Status

Authors

  • Blair Rampling (@brampling)

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