Register host record using next available IP and extensible attributes for network [ Edited ]

[#1]

Hi 

I am trying to register a new host record using next available IP and on specific networks that matches extensible attributes with the parameters I specify for "Bucket" and "Site".

Today this is done using a Python-script see below snippet:

        create_next_ip_payload = {'name': self.args.hostname + self.domainname,
                                      'ipv4addrs': [{'ipv4addr': {
                                          '_object_function':'next_available_ip',
                                          '_object_field':'value',
                                          '_object':'network',
                                          '_object_parameters':{
                                              '*Bucket':self.bucket, '*Site':'my_site'},
                                          '_result_field':'ips',
                                          '_parameters':{'num':1}}}]}
        if self.args.verbose:
            print 'CREATING HOST RECORD {0}{1} IN BUCKET:{2}'.format(self.args.hostname, self.domainname, self.bucket)
        req_rec = requests.post(infoblox.URL + 'record:host', auth=(infoblox.USER, infoblox.PASS),
                                verify=False, json=create_next_ip_payload)

I wonder if it is possible to achive the above using Ansible module nios_host_record:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/infoblox/nios_modules/nios_host_record_module.ht...

I have tried to do this but I am not sure how to lookup the network using extensible attributes Bucket and Site in my case. If I do a search in the GUI using the parameters for Bucket and Site I get a list with about 20 matching networks. So I guees that the function next_available_ip handles this automatically if it receives multiple possible networks?

If it can´t be solved using the Ansible module, any suggestion how to do it using Curl?

[#2]

Some progress. I have manged to lookup all networks with extensible attributes:

Bucket: my_bucket

Site: my_site

Country: my_country

  - name: Search for Networks in bucket az-cross-general
    set_fact:
      az_networks: "{{ lookup('nios', 'network', filter={'*Bucket':'my_bucket','*Site':'my_site','*Country':'my_country'}, provider=nios_provider ) }}"

      # To return the list of networks including their extensible attributes
      az_networks: "{{ lookup('nios', 'network', filter={'*Bucket':'my_bucket','*Site':'my_site','*Country':'my_country'}, return_fields=['extattrs'], provider=nios_provider ) }}"

Now I will see if I can use this variable as input for to nios_next_ip and replace 192.168.10.0/24 with variable az_networks or if I need to trim the input in some way.

- name: Dynamically add host record to next available ip
  infoblox.nios_modules.nios_host_record:
    name: host.ansible.com
    ipv4:
      - address: {nios_next_ip: 192.168.10.0/24}

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Hi

Using json code in the  body seems to solve my issue

  - name: "Create Host record in Infoblox Test using URI module for {{ host_fqdn }}"
    uri:
      url: "{{ infoblox_url }}"
      user: "{{ infoblox_username }}"
      password: "{{ infoblox_password }}"
      method: POST
      body: '[{
  "method": "POST",
  "object": "record:host",
  "data": {
    "configure_for_dns": true,
    "ipv4addrs": [{
      "configure_for_dhcp": false,
      "ipv4addr": {
        "_object_function": "next_available_ip",
        "_result_field": "ips",
        "_object": "network",
        "_object_parameters": {
          "*Bucket": "{{ bucket }}",
          "*Site": "{{ site }}",
          "*Country": "{{ country }}"
        }
      }
    }],
    "name": "{{ host_fqdn }}",
    "comment": "{{ create_comment }}"
  },
  "args": {
    "_return_fields": "name,ipv4addrs,network_view,extattrs"
  }
}]'
      body_format: json
      status_code: 201,400
      validate_certs: no
    register: create_host
    changed_when: create_host.status == 201