nios - Query Infoblox NIOS objects¶

- 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'}) }}"