The page lists the new features of Infoblox NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections 1.x.x releases.

What’s New in NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections Version 1.8.0

Support for Managing Admin User and VLAN NIOS Objects

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections includes modules that support the management of Admin User and VLAN NIOS objects. For more information, see Admin User and VLAN respectively.

Support for vlan Field in the nios_network Module

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections allows you to configure VLANs for the network object. For more information, see Network.

Support for the Next Available VLAN ID for the NIOS Next Lookup Plug-In

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections supports the NIOS Next VLAN ID lookup plug-in. For more information, see NIOS Next VLAN ID.

What’s New in NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections Version 1.7.0

Support for Extensible Attribute Definition and Inheritance (RFE-13499)

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections supports the extensible attribute definition module. For more information, see Extensible Attribute Definition.
Additionally, for the host record, it supports the inheritance of extensible attributes for the host address and associated zone. For more information, see Host Record.

Support for Additional Types of Infoblox DNS Name Server Groups

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections includes modules to support the following name server groups: Delegation Name Server group, Forwarding Member Name Server group, Forward/Stub Server Name Server group, and Stub Member Name Server group. For more information, see Delegation Name Server Group, Forwarding Member Name Server Group, Forward/Stub Server Name Server Group, and Stub Member Name Server Group respectively.

Support for the Use of Network Logic Filter Rules

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections supports the use of use_logic_filter_rules and logic_filter_rules for IPv4 and IPv6 networks and network containers. For more information, see Network.

Support for the Next Available IP address in Range for the NIOS Next IP Plug-In

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections supports the use_range parameter in the NIOS Next IP plug-in. For more information, see NIOS Next IP Plug-In.

Support for PXE server configuration in the Host Record module

NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections supports PXE server configuration in the host record module. For more information, see Host Record.