NIOS Next Network
- Jyothi KP
Use the nios_next_network plug-in to fetch the next available network range for a network container. The plug-in uses Infoblox WAPI to return the available network addresses for a specified network CIDR.
The following table describes the parameters you can define in the nios_next_network plug-in:
Parameter | Required/Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Required | Specifies the CIDR network to retrieve the next network from within the specified container. |
| Required | The CIDR of the network to retrieve the next network from the within the specified container. You must specify the requested CIDR and it must be greater than the parent CIDR. The default value is |
| Optional | Specifies the network view from which to retrieve the next available network range. |
| Optional | Specifies the number of network addresses to return from the network container. The default value is |
| Optional | Specifies the network addresses returned from the network container excluding the list of network ranges that you input. |
| Required | Defines the details of the connection:
For information on additional fields you can define, see the list of subparameters in the NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections topic. |
| Required | The |
Examples
name: return next available network for network-container 192.168.10.0/24ansible.builtin.set_fact: networkaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network', '192.168.10.0/24', cidr=25, provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': '<nios_username>', '<nios_password>': 'nios_password'}) }}"
name: return the available ipv6 network addresses for network-container 2001:1:111:1::0/64 set_fact: networkaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network', '2001:1:111:1::0/64', cidr=126, provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': '<nios_username>', '<nios_password>': 'password'}) }}"
name: return the available network addresses for network-container 192.168.10.0/24 excluding network range '192.168.10.0/25'ansible.builtin.set_fact: networkaddr: "{{ lookup('infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network', '192.168.10.0/24', cidr=25, exclude=['192.168.10.0/25'], provider={'host': 'nios01', 'username': '<nios_username>', 'password': '<nios_password>'}) }}"