nios_host_record – Configure Infoblox NIOS host records
nios_host_record – Configure Infoblox NIOS host records
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- Adds and/or removes instances of host record objects from Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS
record:host
objects using the Infoblox WAPI interface over REST. - Updates instances of host record 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 | |
---|---|---|---|
aliases - added in 2.6 |
Configures an optional list of additional aliases to add to the host record. These are equivalent to CNAMEs but held within a host record. Must be in list format. | ||
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. | ||
configure_for_dns boolean added in 2.7 |
|
Sets the DNS to particular parent. If user needs to bypass DNS user can make the value to false.
| |
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. | ||
ipv4addrs - |
Configures the IPv4 addresses for this host record. This argument accepts a list of values (see suboptions)
| ||
configure_for_dhcp - |
Configure the host_record over DHCP instead of DNS, if user changes it to true, user need to mention MAC address to configure
| ||
ipv4addr - / required |
Configures the IPv4 address for the host record
| ||
mac - |
Configures the hardware MAC address for the host record. If user makes DHCP to true, user need to mention MAC address.
| ||
ipv6addrs - |
Configures the IPv6 addresses for the host record. This argument accepts a list of values (see options)
| ||
configure_for_dhcp - |
Configure the host_record over DHCP instead of DNS, if user changes it to true, user need to mention MAC address to configure
| ||
ipv6addr - / required |
Configures the IPv6 address for the host record
| ||
name - / 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 - |
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 | ||
http_request_timeout - |
Default: 10 |
The amount of time before to wait before receiving a response Value can also be specified using | |
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 | |
max_retries - |
Default: 3 |
Configures the number of attempted retries before the connection is declared usable Value can also be specified using | |
password - |
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS. Value can also be specified using | ||
ssl_verify boolean |
|
Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates Value can also be specified using | |
username - |
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance of NIOS. Value can also be specified using | ||
wapi_version - |
Default: 1.4 |
Specifies the version of WAPI to use Value can also be specified using | |
state - |
|
Configures the intended state of the instance of the object on the NIOS server. When this value is set to | |
ttl - |
Configures the TTL to be associated with this host record | ||
view - / required |
Default: "default" |
Sets the DNS view to associate this host record with. The DNS view must already be configured on the system
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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 ipv4 host record
nios_host_record:
name: host.ansible.com
ipv4:
- address: 192.168.10.1
aliases:
- cname.ansible.com
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: add a comment to an existing host record
nios_host_record:
name: host.ansible.com
ipv4:
- address: 192.168.10.1
comment: this is a test comment
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: remove a host record from the system
nios_host_record:
name: host.ansible.com
state: absent
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: update an ipv4 host record
nios_host_record:
name: {new_name: host-new.ansible.com, old_name: host.ansible.com}
ipv4:
- address: 192.168.10.1
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: create an ipv4 host record bypassing DNS
nios_host_record:
name: new_host
ipv4:
- address: 192.168.10.1
dns: false
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
- name: create an ipv4 host record over DHCP
nios_host_record:
name: host.ansible.com
ipv4:
- address: 192.168.10.1
dhcp: true
mac: 00-80-C8-E3-4C-BD
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]
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/2.7/modules/nios_host_record_module.html