Dynamically create host records in Infoblox using Ansible!

A collection of roles featuring some of Infoblox's new integration in Core v2.5 to:

1. Create zones and add host records at the next available ip addresses using a Name Server Group
2. Start the DNS service on the Grid Master
3. Predefine a Grid Master Candidate
4. Predefine a Grid Member
5. Join a Grid Master Candidate or Grid Member to a Grid
6. Update a Name Server Group to account for new Infoblox Grid appliances
7. Take a configuration snapshot

Requirements

The infoblox-client installed on the targeted localhost machine. Ansible Core >= v2.5 for the infoblox modules and lookup plugin.

Role Variables

Example nios_provider supplied below. This should be vaulted in group_vars/localhost/main.yml for production use.

nios_provider:
   #Out-of-the-box defaults specified here
   host: 192.168.1.2
   username: admin
   password: infoblox

wapi_version: 'v2.7'

Example Playbooks

Most automation functionality in this repository is better demonstrated by calling of roles (see below), but each role has a corresponding playbook that can be called for the same effect.

Here are some of the common overrides at the playbook level of this repository's core role, dynamicInfoblox:

ansible-playbook create_dynamic_records.yml
ansible-playbook create_dynamic_records.yml -e "host_count=10"
ansible-playbook create_dynamic_records.yml -e "ansible_zone=redhat.com"
ansible-playbook create_dynamic_records.yml -e "ansible_subnet=10.10.10.0/24"

Another example playbook creates a snapshot of the gridmaster configuration at any time:

ansible-playbook take_snapshot.yml

Note: Restoring the snapshot is currently a manual step but I hope to have automation here soon too.

This calls a master playbook to demo the invocation of several roles in succession:

ansible-playbook master-demo-playbook.yml

Role Calls

Overrides at the role level allow single playbooks to call the same roles in succession with new network information.

The default invocation creates a forward/reverse zone, subnet, and gateway address using out-of-the-box configurations, but does not generate additional hosts:

    - hosts: localhost
      connection: local
      roles:
         - { role: dynamicInfoblox }

Specify a host_count to create (several) new host records at a time:

         - { role: dynamicInfoblox, host_count: 10 }

Override the default zone:

         - { role: dynamicInfoblox, ansible_zone: redhat.com }

Override the default subnet. The default gateway_address is automated to reflect changes overriden here:

         - { role: dynamicInfoblox, ansible_subnet: 10.10.10.0/24 }

Start the dns service on an Infoblox appliance:

         - { role: updateService, grid_fqdn: gm.ansible.local, state: started }

Predefine a new Grid Master Candidate:

         - { role: predefineGridmasterCandidate, master_candidate_name: gmc.ansible.local, master_candidate_address: 192.168.2.2, master_candidate_gateway: 192.168.2.254, master_candidate_subnet_mask:255.255.255.0 }

Predefine a new Grid Member:

         - { role: predefineGridmember, member_name: gmc.ansible.local, member_address: 192.168.2.2, member_gateway: 192.168.2.254, member_subnet_mask:255.255.255.0 }

Join a Grid Master Candidate or Grid Member to the Grid:

         - { role: joinGrid, join_grid_host: 192.168.2.3 }

Take a snapshot of Infoblox configuration:

         - { role: snapshotConfiguration }

Author Information

Branden Pleines
Bret Pleines