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community.general.nios_member – Configure Infoblox NIOS members
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.nios_member.
DEPRECATED
- Removed in
 - 
    
version 5.0.0
 - Why
 - 
    
Please install the infoblox.nios_modules collection and use the corresponding module from it.
 - Alternative
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infoblox.nios_modules.nios_member
 
Synopsis
- Adds and/or removes Infoblox NIOS servers. This module manages NIOS 
memberobjects 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
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A descriptive comment of the Grid member.
         | 
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| config_addr_type
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "IPV4"
         | 
      
        
        Address configuration type (IPV4/IPV6/BOTH)
         | 
     |||
| create_token
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Flag for initiating a create token request for pre-provisioned members.
         | 
     |||
| enable_ha
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If set to True, the member has two physical nodes (HA pair).
         | 
     |||
| extattrs
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Extensible attributes associated with the object.
         | 
     ||||
| external_syslog_server_enable
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Determines if external syslog servers should be enabled
         | 
     |||
| host_name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Specifies the host name of the member to either add or remove from the NIOS instance.
        
       aliases: name  | 
     ||||
| ipv6_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configures the IPv6 settings for the grid member.
         | 
     ||||
| cidr_prefix
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The IPv6 CIDR prefix for the Grid Member
         | 
     ||||
| gateway
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The gateway address for the Grid Member
         | 
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| virtual_ip
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The IPv6 Address of the Grid Member
         | 
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| lan2_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When set to "true", the LAN2 port is enabled as an independent port or as a port for failover purposes.
         | 
     |||
| lan2_port_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Settings for the Grid member LAN2 port if 'lan2_enabled' is set to "true".
         | 
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| enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If set to True, then it has its own IP settings.
         | 
     |||
| network_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        If the 'enable' field is set to True, this defines IPv4 network settings for LAN2.
         | 
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| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The IPv4 Address of LAN2
         | 
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| gateway
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The default gateway of LAN2
         | 
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| subnet_mask
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The subnet mask of LAN2
         | 
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| v6_network_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        If the 'enable' field is set to True, this defines IPv6 network settings for LAN2.
         | 
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| cidr_prefix
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The IPv6 CIDR prefix of LAN2
         | 
     ||||
| gateway
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The gateway address of LAN2
         | 
     ||||
| virtual_ip
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The IPv6 Address of LAN2
         | 
     ||||
| mgmt_port_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Settings for the member MGMT port.
         | 
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| enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Determines if MGMT port settings should be enabled.
         | 
     |||
| security_access_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Determines if security access on the MGMT port is enabled or not.
         | 
     |||
| vpn_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Determines if VPN on the MGMT port is enabled or not.
         | 
     |||
| node_info
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configures the node information list with detailed status report on the operations of the Grid Member.
         | 
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| lan2_physical_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Physical port settings for the LAN2 interface.
         | 
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| auto_port_setting_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable or disalbe the auto port setting.
         | 
     |||
| duplex
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The port duplex; if speed is 1000, duplex must be FULL.
         | 
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| speed
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The port speed; if speed is 1000, duplex is FULL.
         | 
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| lan_ha_port_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        LAN/HA port settings for the node.
         | 
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| ha_ip_address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        HA IP address.
         | 
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| ha_port_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Physical port settings for the HA interface.
         | 
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| auto_port_setting_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable or disalbe the auto port setting.
         | 
     |||
| duplex
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The port duplex; if speed is 1000, duplex must be FULL.
         | 
     ||||
| speed
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The port speed; if speed is 1000, duplex is FULL.
         | 
     ||||
| lan_port_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Physical port settings for the LAN interface.
         | 
     ||||
| auto_port_setting_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable or disalbe the auto port setting.
         | 
     |||
| duplex
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The port duplex; if speed is 1000, duplex must be FULL.
         | 
     ||||
| speed
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The port speed; if speed is 1000, duplex is FULL.
         | 
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| mgmt_ipv6addr
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Public IPv6 address for the LAN1 interface.
         | 
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| mgmt_lan
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Public IPv4 address for the LAN1 interface.
         | 
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| mgmt_network_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Network settings for the MGMT port of the node.
         | 
     ||||
| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The IPv4 Address of MGMT
         | 
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| gateway
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The default gateway of MGMT
         | 
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| subnet_mask
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The subnet mask of MGMT
         | 
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| v6_mgmt_network_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        The network settings for the IPv6 MGMT port of the node.
         | 
     ||||
| cidr_prefix
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The IPv6 CIDR prefix of MGMT
         | 
     ||||
| gateway
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The gateway address of MGMT
         | 
     ||||
| virtual_ip
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The IPv6 Address of MGMT
         | 
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| platform
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "INFOBLOX"
         | 
      
        
        Configures the Hardware Platform.
         | 
     |||
| pre_provisioning
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Pre-provisioning information.
         | 
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| hardware_info
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        An array of structures that describe the hardware being pre-provisioned.
         | 
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| hwmodel
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Hardware model
         | 
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| hwtype
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Hardware type.
         | 
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| licenses
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        An array of license types.
         | 
     ||||
| provider
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        A dict object containing connection details.
         | 
     ||||
| host
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
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| http_pool_connections
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        10
         | 
      
        
        Number of pools to be used by the  
       infoblox_client.Connector object.
       
        This is passed as-is to the underlying  requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter class.
        | 
     |||
| http_pool_maxsize
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        10
         | 
      
        
        Maximum number of connections per pool to be used by the  
       infoblox_client.Connector object.
       
        This is passed as-is to the underlying  requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter class.
        | 
     |||
| 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.
        | 
     ||||
| silent_ssl_warnings
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Disable  
       urllib3 SSL warnings in the infoblox_client.Connector object.
       
        This is passed as-is to the underlying  requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter class.
        | 
     |||
| 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
         | 
     |||
| router_id
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Virtual router identifier. Provide this ID if "ha_enabled" is set to "true". This is a unique VRID number (from 1 to 255) for the local subnet.
         | 
     ||||
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
     |||
| syslog_servers
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        The list of external syslog servers.
         | 
     ||||
| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The server address.
         | 
     ||||
| category_list
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        The list of all syslog logging categories.
         | 
     ||||
| connection_type
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "UDP"
         | 
      
        
        The connection type for communicating with this server.(STCP/TCP?UDP)
         | 
     |||
| local_interface
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "ANY"
         | 
      
        
        The local interface through which the appliance sends syslog messages to the syslog server.(ANY/LAN/MGMT)
         | 
     |||
| message_node_id
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "LAN"
         | 
      
        
        Identify the node in the syslog message. (HOSTNAME/IP_HOSTNAME/LAN/MGMT)
         | 
     |||
| message_source
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "ANY"
         | 
      
        
        The source of syslog messages to be sent to the external syslog server.
         | 
     |||
| only_category_list
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The list of selected syslog logging categories. The appliance forwards syslog messages that belong to the selected categories.
         | 
     |||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        514
         | 
      
        
        The port this server listens on.
         | 
     |||
| severity
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "DEBUG"
         | 
      
        
        The severity filter. The appliance sends log messages of the specified severity and above to the external syslog server.
         | 
     |||
| upgrade_group
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "Default"
         | 
      
        
        The name of the upgrade group to which this Grid member belongs.
         | 
     |||
| use_syslog_proxy_setting
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use flag for external_syslog_server_enable , syslog_servers, syslog_proxy_setting, syslog_size
         | 
     |||
| vip_setting
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Configures the network settings for the grid member.
         | 
     ||||
| address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The IPv4 Address of the Grid Member
         | 
     ||||
| gateway
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The default gateway for the Grid Member
         | 
     ||||
| subnet_mask
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The subnet mask for the Grid Member
         | 
     ||||
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: Add a member to the grid with IPv4 address
  community.general.nios_member:
    host_name: member01.localdomain
    vip_setting:
      - address: 192.168.1.100
        subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
        gateway: 192.168.1.1
    config_addr_type: IPV4
    platform: VNIOS
    comment: "Created by Ansible"
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: Add a HA member to the grid
  community.general.nios_member:
    host_name: memberha.localdomain
    vip_setting:
      - address: 192.168.1.100
        subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
        gateway: 192.168.1.1
    config_addr_type: IPV4
    platform: VNIOS
    enable_ha: true
    router_id: 150
    node_info:
      - lan_ha_port_setting:
         - ha_ip_address: 192.168.1.70
           mgmt_lan: 192.168.1.80
      - lan_ha_port_setting:
         - ha_ip_address: 192.168.1.71
           mgmt_lan: 192.168.1.81
    comment: "Created by Ansible"
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: Update the member with pre-provisioning details specified
  community.general.nios_member:
    name: member01.localdomain
    pre_provisioning:
      - hardware_info:
         - hwmodel: IB-VM-820
           hwtype: IB-VNIOS
        licenses:
         - dns
         - dhcp
         - enterprise
         - vnios
    comment: "Updated by Ansible"
    state: present
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
- name: Remove the member
  community.general.nios_member:
    name: member01.localdomain
    state: absent
    provider:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
      username: admin
      password: admin
  connection: local
  Status
- This module will be removed in version 5.0.0. [deprecated]
 - For more information see DEPRECATED.
 
Authors
- Krishna Vasudevan (@krisvasudevan)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/nios_member_module.html