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- Install and set up a physical or virtual Infoblox NIOS appliance that is running on NIOS and has necessary licenses installed.
To try out the plug-in, you can download and install the evaluation version of vNIOS from the Infoblox Download Center. For more information, see sections Downloading NIOS and Setting Up NIOSSupport Portal.
After the installation, set up NIOS as described in the Setting Up NIOS for IPAM Plug-In for Terraform section. - Download and install Terraform. See the table below for compatible versions.
- Configure the access permissions for Terraform to interact with NIOS Grid objects.
- If you plan to develop a plug-in that includes features that are not in the published version, then install the Go client and Go programming language.
See the table below for compatible versions. - To use the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for Terraform, you must either define the following extensible attributes or install the Cloud Network Automation license in the NIOS Grid, which adds the extensible attributes by default:
Tenant ID: String TypeCMP Type: String TypeCloud API Owned: List Type (Values True, False)You may add other extensible attributes that you want to use. - Create an extensible attribute by name Terraform Internal ID of type string in Infoblox NIOS. For more information, see the Creating the Terraform Internal ID Extensible Attribute section.
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| Plug-In Version | NIOS Version | WAPI Version | Golang | Terraform |
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| 2.7.0 | NIOS 8.6.x and NIOS 9.0.x | 2.9.0 or later | 1.21 or later | 1.8.1 or later |
Downloading NIOS
If you are an existing customer, download the NIOS product from the Infoblox Support site. For installation instructions, refer to the specific product guide in the Infoblox Documentation portal. If you already have a licensed version of NIOS up and running, skip to section Setting Up vNIOS for IPAM Plug-In for Terraform.
To download the evaluation version of the Infoblox vNIOS appliance, complete the following steps:
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When the registration is complete, you will receive an email with the link that opens the Product Evaluation Portal. In the portal, under the Required Downloads section, download Infoblox DDI for VMware.
In the Product Evaluation Portal, you can find download links as well as instructional videos to set up vNIOS. Because the videos are based on VMware, we strongly recommend that you download the VMware version of the product.
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Setting Up NIOS for IPAM Plug-In for Terraform
After installing NIOS as described in the Downloading NIOS section, based on your requirement, complete the following steps to set up NIOS for the plug-in:
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