Infoblox Ansible Examples

This repo contains various examples using Ansible for Infoblox Network Identity Operating System (NIOS).

Table of Contents

• Ansible Module Examples
  • Configuring a IPv4 Network with nios_network
  • Additional Examples
• Ansible Lookup Plugin Examples
  • Get a host record
  • Get a network view object

Ansible Module Examples

The full list of NIOS modules can be found at the NIOS module list

In addition there are the following lookup plugins:

• nios - Query Infoblox NIOS objects
• nios_next_ip - Return the next available IP address for a network

Configuring an IPv4 Network with nios_network

    - name: set dhcp options for a network
      nios_network:
        network: 192.168.100.0/24
        comment: sean put a comment here
        options:
          - name: domain-name
            value: ansible.com
        state: present
        provider: "{{nios_provider}}"

The full playbook can be found here: module_playbooks/configure_network.yml

Additional Examples

There are 3 other playbooks in the module_playbooks directory that can be used as examples:

• module_playbooks/dns_instance.yml - configure a dns zone on the system
• module_playbooks/dns_view.yml - configure a new dns view instance
• module_playbooks/host_record.yml - configure an ipv4 host record

Ansible Lookup Plugin Examples

The full documentation for the NIOS lookup plugin can be found here: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/plugins/lookup/nios.html

Get a host record

    - name: fetch host leaf01
      set_fact:
        host: "{{ lookup('nios', 'record:host', filter={'name': 'leaf01'}, provider=nios_provider) }}"

    - name: check the leaf01 return variable
      debug:
        var: host

The full playbook can be found here: lookup_playbooks/get_host_record.yml

Get a network view object

    - name: fetch all networkview objects
      set_fact:
        networkviews: "{{ lookup('nios', 'networkview', provider=nios_provider) }}"

    - name: check the networkviews
      debug:
        var: networkviews

The full playbook can be found here: lookup_playbooks/get_networkviews.yml

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