Function next_available_network is not valid for this object(NetworkContainer)

[#1]

Hi,

I am trying to execute function next_available_network on a NetworkContainer. But I am getting this error 

{ "Error": "AdmConProtoError: Function next_available_network is not valid for this object", 

  "code": "Client.Ibap.Proto", 

  "text": "Function next_available_network is not valid for this object"

}

When I try to execute this on network uri with NetworkContainer reference, it fails with 

{ "Error": "AdmConDataError: .com.infoblox.dns.network_container has no member common_properties", 

  "code": "Client.Ibap.Data", 

  "text": ".com.infoblox.dns.network_container has no member common_properties"

}

Can someone show me the sample curl command to execute next_available_network function for NetworkContainer ?

Thanks

Imtiaz

[#2]

Hi IAhmad, there are two common use cases for this function:

FIRST SCENARIO:

If you want a list of potential available networks with a given CIDR inside a network container, then this is a two-step process, where you first must get the reference of the network container where you want to create the next available network:

curl -k -u admin -X GET https://jfigueira-demo/wapi/v1.4.1/networkcontainer
Enter host password for user 'admin':
[
    {
        "_ref": "networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDEwLjAuMC4wLzgvMA:10.0.0.0/8/default", 
        "network": "10.0.0.0/8", 
        "network_view": "default"
    }, 
    {
        "_ref": "networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDEwLjEwLjAuMC8xNi8w:10.10.0.0/16/default", 
        "network": "10.10.0.0/16", 
        "network_view": "default"
    }, 
    {
        "_ref": "networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDEwLjEwLjEyOC4wLzE3LzA:10.10.128.0/17/default", 
        "network": "10.10.128.0/17", 
        "network_view": "default"
    }, 
    {
        "_ref": "networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDEwLjk2LjAuMC8xMS8w:10.96.0.0/11/default", 
        "network": "10.96.0.0/11", 
        "network_view": "default"
    }, 
    {
        "_ref": "networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDE3Mi4xNi4wLjAvMTYvMA:172.16.0.0/16/default", 
        "network": "172.16.0.0/16", 
        "network_view": "default"
    }, 
    {
        "_ref": "networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDE3Mi4xNy4wLjAvMTYvMA:172.17.0.0/16/default", 
        "network": "172.17.0.0/16", 
        "network_view": "default"
    }
]

Then if, for example, we pick the first container found which is the 10/8 container, we can use a POST call to find the next available network:

curl -k -u admin -X POST https://jfigueira-demo/wapi/v1.4.1/networkcontainer/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDEwLjAuMC4wLzvMA:10.0.0.0/8/default?_function=next_available_network -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d '{"num": 1,"cidr": 24}'
Enter host password for user 'admin':
{
    "networks": [
        "10.0.3.0/24", 
        "10.0.4.0/24", 
        "10.0.5.0/24", 
        "10.0.6.0/24", 
        "10.0.7.0/24"
    ]
}

SECOND SCENARIO:

If you want to actually create the network(s) you will have to do this a little bit differently.

Please note that this requires WAPI version 1.5 at a minimum, and you will receive the reference of the newly-created network (it would only work with one network at a time):

curl -k -u admin -X POST https://jfigueira-demo/wapi/v1.5/network -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d '{"network":"func:nextavailablenetwork:10.0.0.0/8,default,24"}'
Enter host password for user 'admin':
"network/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmskMTAuMC42LjAvMjQvMA:10.0.6.0/24/default"

I hope this helps!

[#3]

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