When you create an Infoblox IPAM endpoint, you specify the master connection that vRealize Automation uses for communicating with NIOS. In addition to master connection, you can specify up to four connections for failover and the API type in the endpoint properties. All connections use the same API type specified in the properties for interaction with NIOS.
For more information, also see the Notes on Cloud Network Automation Connectivity section.

1. In vRealize Automation, click Infrastructure –> Endpoints –> Endpoints.

2. Click New –> IPAM –> Infoblox.

3. Specify the endpoint details. Note that the fields Address, User name, and Password are mandatory despite the fact that they are not marked as such in the vRA interface. You must complete these fields for the endpoint to work correctly,

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   The address specified here is the master connection.

4. In the Properties tab, click New and specify the API type for the endpoint:

   1. Enter the name-value pair for the API type of the connection: Infoblox.IPAM.APIType = WAPI or Cloud API.

   2. Click OK.
      Note that the Infoblox.IPAM.APIType custom property is optional. If it is not defined, the WAPI API type is used by default.

5. If necessary, add a failover connection in the following way:

   1. Click New and enter the name-value pair for the hostname of the NIOS connection for failover:
      Infoblox.IPAM.Endpoint1.Hostname = IP address or FQDN. Then click OK.

   2. Click New and enter the name-value pair for the user name: Infoblox.IPAM.Endpoint1.Username = username. Then click OK.

   3. Click New and enter the name-value pair for the password: Infoblox.IPAM.Endpoint1.Password = password.
      Then click OK.
      

6. If necessary, add more failover connections as described in the previous step. Use numbering in the failover name (1 to 4) to define the failover priority.
   

7. If you want to modify the default number of network ranges to retrieve for the network profile, define the custom property Infoblox.IPAM.GetIPRanges.maxResults:

   1. Click New and enter the name-value pair for the property: Infoblox.IPAM.GetIPRanges.maxResult= custom value.
      Note that by default, Infoblox IPAM Plug-In retrieves up to 1000 networks and ranges from NIOS while searching for network ranges to be added to the network profile. You can modify this max number as described above or by using the “max” option when searching for networks and ranges in the network profile. You can also use additional filters for network ranges to narrow down the number of results and finally be able to select the required network ranges. For more information, see Using Network Range Filters.

   2. Click OK.

8. Click OK.

Notes on Cloud Network Automation Connectivity

Carefully consider the NIOS appliance to which you connect the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. To use the Cloud Network Automation feature, you can connect to the Grid Master (if it is using the Cloud Network Automation license) or to a designated Cloud Platform Appliance (with the correct licensing) as necessary for your deployment. For more information, see the chapter Deploying Cloud Network Automation in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
See the table below for information on which API to use (WAPI or Cloud API) to support Cloud Network Automation and what connection options are supported.

* Only some Cloud EAs can be accessed through WAPI. This requires setting Cloud EAs to read-only mode for cloud members.