ansible.builtin.nios_fixed_address (v2.9.25) — module

Configure Infoblox NIOS DHCP Fixed Address

| "added in version" 2.8 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Sumit Jaiswal (@sjaiswal)

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Install with pip install ansible==2.9.25

Description

A fixed address is a specific IP address that a DHCP server always assigns when a lease request comes from a particular MAC address of the client.

Supports both IPV4 and IPV6 internet protocols


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure ipv4 dhcp fixed address
  nios_fixed_address:
    name: ipv4_fixed
    ipaddr: 192.168.10.1
    mac: 08:6d:41:e8:fd:e8
    network: 192.168.10.0/24
    network_view: default
    comment: this is a test comment
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure a ipv6 dhcp fixed address
  nios_fixed_address:
    name: ipv6_fixed
    ipaddr: fe80::1/10
    mac: 08:6d:41:e8:fd:e8
    network: fe80::/64
    network_view: default
    comment: this is a test comment
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: set dhcp options for a ipv4 fixed address
  nios_fixed_address:
    name: ipv4_fixed
    ipaddr: 192.168.10.1
    mac: 08:6d:41:e8:fd:e8
    network: 192.168.10.0/24
    network_view: default
    comment: this is a test comment
    options:
      - name: domain-name
        value: ansible.com
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: remove a ipv4 dhcp fixed address
  nios_fixed_address:
    name: ipv4_fixed
    ipaddr: 192.168.10.1
    mac: 08:6d:41:e8:fd:e8
    network: 192.168.10.0/24
    network_view: default
    state: absent
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local

Inputs

    
mac:
    description:
    - The MAC address of the interface.
    required: true

name:
    description:
    - Specifies the hostname with which fixed DHCP ip-address is stored for respective
      mac.
    required: false

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Configures the intended state of the instance of the object on the NIOS server.  When
      this value is set to C(present), the object is configured on the device and when
      this value is set to C(absent) the value is removed (if necessary) from the device.

ipaddr:
    description:
    - IPV4/V6 address of the fixed address.
    required: true

comment:
    description:
    - 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.

network:
    aliases:
    - network
    description:
    - Specifies the network range in which ipaddr exists.
    required: true

options:
    description:
    - Configures the set of DHCP options to be included as part of the configured network
      instance.  This argument accepts a list of values (see suboptions).  When configuring
      suboptions at least one of C(name) or C(num) must be specified.
    suboptions:
      name:
        description:
        - The name of the DHCP option to configure
      num:
        description:
        - The number of the DHCP option to configure
      use_option:
        default: 'yes'
        description:
        - Only applies to a subset of options (see NIOS API documentation)
        type: bool
      value:
        description:
        - The value of the DHCP option specified by C(name)
        required: true
      vendor_class:
        default: DHCP
        description:
        - The name of the space this DHCP option is associated to

extattrs:
    description:
    - Allows for the configuration of Extensible Attributes on the instance of the object.  This
      argument accepts a set of key / value pairs for configuration.

provider:
    description:
    - A dict object containing connection details.
    suboptions:
      host:
        description:
        - Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote instance
          of NIOS WAPI over REST
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_HOST) environment variable.
        type: str
      http_request_timeout:
        default: 10
        description:
        - The amount of time before to wait before receiving a response
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) environment
          variable.
        type: int
      max_results:
        default: 1000
        description:
        - 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 C(INFOBLOX_MAX_RESULTS) environment variable.
        type: int
      max_retries:
        default: 3
        description:
        - Configures the number of attempted retries before the connection is declared
          usable
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_MAX_RETRIES) environment variable.
        type: int
      password:
        description:
        - Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance
          of NIOS.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_PASSWORD) environment variable.
        type: str
      username:
        description:
        - Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote
          instance of NIOS.
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_USERNAME) environment variable.
        type: str
      validate_certs:
        aliases:
        - ssl_verify
        default: false
        description:
        - Boolean value to enable or disable verifying SSL certificates
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_SSL_VERIFY) environment variable.
        type: bool
      wapi_version:
        default: '2.1'
        description:
        - Specifies the version of WAPI to use
        - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_WAP_VERSION) environment variable.
        - Until ansible 2.8 the default WAPI was 1.4
        type: str
    type: dict

network_view:
    default: default
    description:
    - Configures the name of the network view to associate with this configured instance.
    required: false