NIOS Lookup

Use the nios_lookup plug-in to fetch NIOS specified objects. The plug-in uses Infoblox WAPI to fetch the objects. You can filter the returned data by adding keywords. You can also specify the set of fields that must be returned.

The following table describes the parameters you can define in the nios_lookup plug-in:

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
`terms`	Required	The name of the network object that must be returned from the NIOS appliance.
`return_fields`	Required	The list of field names to return for the specified object.
`filter`	Required	A dictionary object that is used to filter the returned objects.
`extattrs`	Optional	A dictionary object that is used to filter the returned objects according to extensible attributes.
`provider`	Required	Defines the details of the connection: `host`: The DNS host name or IP address to connect to the remote instance of NIOS. `username`: The user name to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance. `password`: The password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote instance. For information on additional fields you can define, see the list of subparameters in the NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections topic.
`connection`	Required	The `nios_lookup` module must be run locally.

Examples

name: fetch all networkview objects
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
networkviews: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_lookup', 'networkview', provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"

name: fetch the default dns view
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
dns_views: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_lookup', 'view', filter={'name': 'default'},
provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'password'}) }}"