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Stub Member Name Server Group

Owned by Jyothi KP
Oct 04, 2024
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Use the nios_nsgroup_stubmember module to create, update, or remove a name server group object of type ‘Stub Member’ from NIOS. A stub member name server group is a collection of one or more Grid members for stub zones. For more information about stub member name server groups, see the Using Name Server Groups topic in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.

The following table describes the parameters you can define in the nios_nsgroup_stubmember module:

Parameter

Required/Optional

Description

Parameter

Required/Optional

Description

name

Required

Specifies the name of the NIOS name server group consisting of stub members that needs to be managed.

stub_members

Required

Specifies the list of stub members to be used.
Configure the following subparameter for each member in the list:

name (required): Specifies the name of the stub member.

extattrs

Optional

Specifies extensible attributes for the DNS name server member object.

state

Optional

Specifies the state of the DNS name server member instance on the NIOS server.
Set one of the following values:

  • present (default): Creates or updates the group.

  • absent: Removes the group.

comment

Optional

Describes the DNS name server member object.

provider

Required

Defines the details of the connection:

  • host: The DNS host name or IP address to connect to the remote instance of NIOS.

  • username: The user name to use for authenticating the connection to the remote instance.

  • password: The password to use for authenticating the connection to the remote instance.

For information on additional fields you can define, see the list of subparameters in the NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections topic.

connection

Required

The nios_nsgroup_stubmember module must be run locally.

Examples

name: create infoblox nameserver stub member group
infoblox.nios_modules.nios_nsgroup_stubmember:
name: my-stubmember-group
comment: "this is a stub member nameserver group"
stub_members:
- name: member.localdomain
state: present
provider:
host: <nios_hostname_or_hostip>
    username: <nios_username>
    password: <nios_password>
connection: local

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