nios – Query Infoblox NIOS objects

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

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 master node that executes this lookup.

• infoblox-client

Parameters

Notes

Examples

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

- name: fetch the default dns view
  set_fact:
    dns_views: "{{ lookup('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
  set_fact:
    host_records: "{{ lookup('nios', 'record:host', return_fields=['extattrs', 'name', 'view', 'comment']}) }}"


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

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

- name: get the authoritative zone from a non default dns view
  set_fact:
    host: "{{ lookup('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 is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• UNKNOWN