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infoblox_dtc_server Resource
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infoblox_dtc_server Resource

Owned by Jyothi KP
Feb 03, 2025
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The infoblox_dtc_server resource enables you to perform create, update, and delete operations on a DTC server in a NIOS appliance. The resource represents the ‘dtc:server’ WAPI object in NIOS. For more information related to the DTC server object, see Managing DNS Traffic Control Servers in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.

The following table describes the parameters you can define in the infoblox_dtc_server resource block:

Parameter

Required/Optional

Description

Parameter

Required/Optional

Description

name

Required

Specifies the desired name of the DTC server as shown in the NIOS appliance. The name has the same requirements as the corresponding parameter in WAPI.

host

Required

Specifies the address or the FQDN of the DTC server.

disable

Optional

Determines whether the DTC server object is enabled or disabled.
The default value is false.

monitors

Optional

Specifies the list of IP addresses or FQDN and monitor pairs to be used for additional monitoring.
To use this parameter, configure the following fields:

  • host: IP address or FQDN of the server to be used for monitoring.

  • monitor_name: The monitor name related to the server.

  • monitor_type: The monitor type related to the server.

auto_create_host_record

Optional

Determines whether a single read-only A, AAAA, or a CNAME record corresponding to the configured host name must be automatically created or updated when the resource block is run. According to the host name specified, a record is created as follows:

  • A record if an IPv4 address is specified

  • AAAA record if an IPv6 address is specified

  • CNAME record if an FQDN is specified

The default value is true.

use_sni_hostname

Optional

Determines whether a host name for Server Name Indication (SNI) must be used.
The default value is false.

sni_hostname

Optional

Specifies the host name for Server Name Indication (SNI) in FQDN format. You must set use_sni_hostname to true to configure this parameter.

comment

Optional

Describes the DTC server.

ext_attrs

Optional

Specifies the set of NIOS extensible attributes that will be attached to the DTC server.

Example of DTC Server Resource

//creating DTC server with SNI host and monitors defined
resource "infoblox_dtc_server" "server"{
name = "terraform_server.com"
host = "10.1.4.5"
comment = "testing server terraform"
sni_hostname = "sni.host.com"
use_sni_hostname = true
monitors {
       host = "10.1.4.5"
       monitor_name = "sip"
       monitor_type = "sip"
     }
ext_attrs = jsonencode({
   "Site" = "Blr"
})
auto_create_host_record = true
}