Before deploying Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware, complete the following tasks on the NIOS or vNIOS Grid Master or an independent appliance. For information about tasks specific to NIOS, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
Set up a NIOS administrator account with appropriate permissions. For details, see the NIOS Permissions Requirements section.
Create a network to use for operations with the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. vRealize Automation supports IPv4 networks. For more information, see the section Adding IPv4 Networks in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
After creating a DHCP network, set the IPv4 DHCP options for the network as described in the About IPv4 DHCP Options section of the Infoblox NIOS Documentation. Note that the IPv4 DHCP options can be used to store the network configuration information (such as the default gateway, netmask, and DNS) in NIOS both for statically allocated IP addresses and DHCP allocated addresses.
(Optional) Define the ranges of DHCP addresses from which you plan to allocate IP addresses through Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. Also, define the DHCP options for the DHCP ranges. For information, see the Configuring IPv4 Address Ranges section in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
If you are using internal DNS servers, create the authoritative DNS zones to be used by the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. To create PTR records, you must set up a reverse DNS zone. Ensure that you associate the zones with networks. For information, see the Configuring DNS Zones section in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
(Optional) Set up the DHCP network templates that are used by Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. For information, see the About IPv4 Network Templates section in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
Create the extensible attribute definitions in NIOS for the IPAM object attributes that are used in the workflows of Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. For more information, see Using Extensible Attributes in Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware.
NIOS Permissions Requirements
In the Infoblox NIOS system, the following requirements must be met for the admin and user accounts that will be used with Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware:
To set up the definitions for extensible attributes, you must have a NIOS administrator account with access to Grid Manager.
To use the plug-in with the cloud API, Infoblox recommends that you must have a cloud-api-only user account. For more information, see the Creating Superuser Admin Groups section in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
To use the plug-in without the cloud API, you must have access to the API.
When using host records, you must have read/write permissions for host objects in the destination forward zone(s) and for host objects in the destination reverse zone(s):
The Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware generates an Infoblox host object that automatically creates A and PTR records in the appropriate forward and reverse zones. This implies that you must have write permissions for the zone(s).
When using individual A or PTR records, you must have read/write permissions for them in the forward and reverse mapping zones associated with those records.
The read/write permissions are required for the appropriate subnetworks:
The read/write permissions for NIOS fixed address/hosts are a minimum requirement. The Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware, by default, adds the host with the MAC address, creating a fixed address in the appropriate subnet.
The read/write permissions to Grid members or an associated appliance:
When NIOS adds a fixed address, the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware performs a service restart, if it is enabled. Without the read/write permissions, the Restart Service call that the plug-in makes to the NIOS appliance will not work.
This release supports disabling of restarts. If you choose to disable restarts, the above permission is not required.
Read permission for accessing the Grid DHCP properties is required for retrieving the DHCP options from NIOS for provisioning VMs.