Configuring Services
- Shirly Tsang
- Sri Raghu
- Alex Mandel
Each protocol service you create will be associated with a service instance, which caters to service-related needs within your Infoblox infrastructure. Service instances enable you to establish connections between your NIOS-X servers and the Infoblox platform based on tagged interfaces designated for a particular service, commonly referred to as an interface label. Furthermore, when configuring a service, service instances are utilized to set up service-specific configurations, including DNS settings and NTP servers.
The Configure > Service Deployment > Protocol Servics page provides a card view and a table view for displaying information. You can toggle between the card and table view by clicking the icon on the upper right corner of the navigation bar.
Card view
Table view
By default, the card view displays the following information for each service instance you have created:
Displayed Field | Description |
|---|---|
Name | The name of the service instance. |
Service Status and State | The service status: Online, Stopped, Error, or Unknown. |
Service Type | The service type. |
Expand/Collapse | Click the down arrow to expand the panel that shows the following:
Click the up arrow to collapse the panel. |
When you toggle to the table view, the Protocol Service page may display some or all of the following fields. By clicking the hamburger menu next to the fields, you have the flexibility to select or deselect the fields (including associated tags) as well as their order to be displayed in the table view.
SERVICE NAME: The name of the service instance.
STATUS: The status of the service instance. Online, Stopped, Error, or Unknown.
STATE: The current state of the service instance. Started, starting, error, or unknown.
TYPE: The service type.
DESCRIPTION: The description of the service instance.
INTERFACE BINDING: The configured interface binding for the service instance.
You can also do the following:
Perform a local search to view service instances based on your filtering criteria; and you can page through the results. The Infoblox platform supports the following field for local search on the Protocol Servics page: Name.
Click the Sort by drop-down menu to sort the list of NIOS-X servers by available fields, such as Service Name, Service State, Service Status, and Service Type.
To perform actions on a specific service instance, click the … menu located to the right of the selected service, and then select one of the following actions from the menu. Some of these actions can also be accessed from the Service Actions menu. Note that depending on your chosen service, not all of these actions may be available.
Edit: Select this option to open the <Edit Service> dialog and make changes to the service information.
General Information: Select this to access detailed information about the service, including its status, description, NIOS-X server association details, interface binding, and any error messages related to the service.
Logs: View audit logs pertaining to the selected service.
Stop: Choose this action to stop the service.
Refresh Status: Use this action to refresh and update the current status of a specific service.
Remove: Choose this option if you wish to delete or remove the selected service instance. Click Delete in the confirmation dialog to remove the service instance.
Restart: Choose this to restart the selected service.
You cannot stop, restart, or disable the Anycast service. If you no longer require the Anycast service, you can simply delete it by clicking Remove from the ... or Service Actions menu.
Depending on your license entitlements, you can do one or more of the following: