Managing Locations

The location feature utilizes the geocode system to identify the location of a server. You can create a location profile and associate it with a NIOS-X server or multiple servers, so you can later identify the exact server location. This feature is also useful when you want to group multiple servers by a geocoded addres and be able to later identify the servers by their location. For example, if you have deployed eight servers at the same office or branch and would like to identify them by location, you can use the location feature to accomplish the task.

When you set up a location profile and associate it with multiple servers, you can view the server location in the map view of the Configure > Servers page. All servers appear on the world map with their exact latitude and longitude coordinates. On the map, you can also mouse over a specific location to view detail information about the location. For more information, see Configuring Servers.

Note that you can remove a location profile only when you have removed the association on all affected servers. You can then remove the location profile from the system. For information, see Removing Location Profiles.

All tasks you perform for the location feature are recorded in the audit log. For information, see Viewing Audit Logs.

The Configure > Administration > Locations 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

  Open

  

• Table view

  Open

  

By default, the card view displays the following information for each location profile you have created:

• Name of the location profile

• Country of the location

• Location address you have entered

• Contact information of the location, if any

• Latitude and longitude coordinates of the location

When you toggle to the table view, the Locations page can 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.

• LOCATION: The name of the location profile.

• POSTAL CODE: The postal code of the location, if applicable.

• STATE: The state of the location, if applicable.

• COUNTRY: The country in which the location resides, if applicable.

• NAME: The name of the administrator or contact person for the location profile.

• PHONE: The phone number of the administrator or contact person.

• EMAIL: The email address of the the administrator or contact person.

• LATITUDE: The latitude coordinate of the location.

• LONGITUDE: The longitude coordinate of the location.

• DESCRIPTION: The description of the location profile.

You can also do the following:

• Perform a local search to view locations based on your filtering criteria; and you can page through the results. The Infoblox platform supports the following field for local search on the Locations page: Name.

• Click … > General Information to view detail information and a map of the location. For information, see Viewing General Location Information.

For more information, see the following: