- name: >
Dynamically add host record to next available ip in
a network and excluding a list of IPs
see https://ipam.illinois.edu/wapidoc/objects/record.host_ipv4addr.html
infoblox.nios_modules.nios_host_record:
name: host.ansible.com
ipv4:
- address:
_object_function: next_available_ip
_parameters:
exclude: ['192.168.10.1', '192.168.10.2', '192.168.10.3'],
_result_fields: ips
_object: network
_object_parameters:
network: 192.168.10.0/24
comment: this is a test comment
state: present
provider:
host: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
username: admin
password: admin
connection: local
I realize this is done fairly quickly without test units and other missing pieces before it can be merged.
I appreciate your guidance: let me know if this is interesting for the community and if this is the right syntax to expose.
Thanks!
The usage of
nios_next_ip
when creating a host record has a few limitations:These changes support passing the function call as documented in https://ipam.illinois.edu/wapidoc/objects/record.host_ipv4addr.html:
For example
I realize this is done fairly quickly without test units and other missing pieces before it can be merged. I appreciate your guidance: let me know if this is interesting for the community and if this is the right syntax to expose. Thanks!