nios_next_ip - Return the next available IP address for a network

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Uses the Infoblox WAPI API to return the next available IP addresses for a given network CIDR

Requirements

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

  • infoblox-client

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
_terms
required
The CIDR network to retrieve the next addresses from
num Default:
1
The number of IP addresses to return
provider
A dict object containing connection details.
host
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.
username
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.
password
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.
ssl_verify
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates
Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_SSL_VERIFY environment variable.
http_request_timeout 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_retries 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.
wapi_version Default:
1.4
Specifies the version of WAPI to use
Value can also be specified using INFOBLOX_WAP_VERSION environment variable.
max_results 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.

Notes

Note

  • This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying connection: local.

Examples

- name: return next available IP address for network 192.168.10.0/24
  set_fact:
    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24', provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"

- name: return the next 3 available IP addresses for network 192.168.10.0/24
  set_fact:
    ipaddr: "{{ lookup('nios_next_ip', '192.168.10.0/24', num=3, provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
_list
list
 always
The list of next IP addresses available


Status

Author

  • UNKNOWN

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