nios_zone – Configure Infoblox NIOS DNS zones
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- Adds and/or removes instances of DNS zone objects from Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS 
zone_authobjects 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.   |  ||
|   fqdn    - / required    |    Specifies the qualified domain name to either add or remove from the NIOS instance based on the configured   state value.aliases: name  |  ||
|   grid_primary    -    |    Configures the grid primary servers for this zone.   |  ||
|   name    -    |    The name of the grid primary server   |  ||
|   grid_secondaries    -    |    Configures the grid secondary servers for this zone.   |  ||
|   name    -    |    The name of the grid secondary server   |  ||
|   ns_group    -   added in 2.6   |    Configures the name server group for this zone. Name server group is mutually exclusive with grid primary and grid secondaries.   |  ||
|   provider    dictionary    |    A dict object containing connection details.   |  ||
|   host    string / 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    integer    |   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    integer    |   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    integer    |   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    string    |    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. |  ||
|   username    string    |    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. |  ||
|   validate_certs    boolean    |   
  |    Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates  Value can also be specified using   INFOBLOX_SSL_VERIFY environment variable.aliases: ssl_verify  |  |
|   wapi_version    string    |   Default: "2.1"   |    Specifies the version of WAPI to use  Value can also be specified using   INFOBLOX_WAP_VERSION environment variable.Until ansible 2.8 the default WAPI was 1.4   |  |
|   restart_if_needed    boolean   added in 2.6   |   
  |    If set to true, causes the NIOS DNS service to restart and load the new zone configuration   |  |
|   state    -    |   
  |    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. |  |
|   view    - / required    |   Default: "default"   |    Configures the DNS view name for the configured resource. The specified DNS zone must already exist on the running NIOS instance prior to configuring zones.  aliases: dns_view  |  |
|   zone_format    -   added in 2.7   |   Default: "FORWARD"   |    Create an authorative Reverse-Mapping Zone which is an area of network space for which one or more name servers-primary and secondary-have the responsibility to respond to address-to-name queries. It supports reverse-mapping zones for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.   |  |
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 a zone on the system using grid primary and secondaries
  nios_zone:
    name: ansible.com
    grid_primary:
      - name: gridprimary.grid.com
    grid_secondaries:
      - name: gridsecondary1.grid.com
      - name: gridsecondary2.grid.com
    restart_if_needed: true
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: configure a zone on the system using a name server group
  nios_zone:
    name: ansible.com
    ns_group: examplensg
    restart_if_needed: true
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: configure a reverse mapping zone on the system using IPV4 zone format
  nios_zone:
    name: 10.10.10.0/24
    zone_format: IPV4
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: configure a reverse mapping zone on the system using IPV6 zone format
  nios_zone:
    name: 100::1/128
    zone_format: IPV6
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: update the comment and ext attributes for an existing zone
  nios_zone:
    name: ansible.com
    comment: this is an example comment
    extattrs:
      Site: west-dc
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: remove the dns zone
  nios_zone:
    name: ansible.com
    state: absent
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: remove the reverse mapping dns zone from the system with IPV4 zone format
  nios_zone:
    name: 10.10.10.0/24
    zone_format: IPV4
    state: absent
    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)
 
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