community.general.nios – Query Infoblox NIOS objects

• DEPRECATED
• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in

version 5.0.0

Why

Please install the infoblox.nios_modules collection and use the corresponding lookup from it.

Alternative

infoblox.nios_modules.nios_lookup

Synopsis

• Uses the Infoblox WAPI API to fetch NIOS specified objects. This lookup supports adding additional keywords to filter the return data and specify the desired set of returned fields.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.

• infoblox-client

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: fetch all networkview objects
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    networkviews: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'networkview',
                         provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"

- name: fetch the default dns view
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    dns_views: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'view', filter={'name': 'default'},
                      provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"

# all of the examples below use credentials that are  set using env variables
# export INFOBLOX_HOST=nios01
# export INFOBLOX_USERNAME=admin
# export INFOBLOX_PASSWORD=admin

- name: fetch all host records and include extended attributes
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    host_records: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'record:host', return_fields=['extattrs', 'name', 'view', 'comment']}) }}"


- name: use env variables to pass credentials
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    networkviews: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'networkview') }}"

- name: get a host record
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    host: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'record:host', filter={'name': 'hostname.ansible.com'}) }}"

- name: get the authoritative zone from a non default dns view
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    host: "{{ lookup('community.general.nios', 'zone_auth', filter={'fqdn': 'ansible.com', 'view': 'ansible-dns'}) }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Status

• This lookup will be removed in version 5.0.0. [deprecated]
• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Unknown (!UNKNOWN)