Infoblox DNS activities

The Infoblox DNS activities manage DNS records in your network using an Infoblox DDI Grid Server.

Use these activities to register, list, or delete DNS records managed on an Infoblox server.

Parent Topic:Infoblox DDI activity pack

List DNS C-records activity

The List DNS C-records activity retrieves all canonical (CNAME) records from a specified Infoblox server.

The DNS activities use the REST web service activity template to manage DNS records using an Infoblox DDI Grid Server. These activities are configured to use a MID Server with REST capabilities.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Infoblox DDI > DNS.

Input variables

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Variable

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

InfobloxServer

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox DDI Grid Server.

</td></tr><tr><td>

restCredentials

</td><td>

The sys_id of the REST credentials from the ServiceNow instance.

</td></tr><tr><td>

api_version

</td><td>

Defines the version of WAPI to use for the integration endpoints. The default value is 2.0. Note: This field is mandatory. If field is empty, the orchestration activity will fail.

</td></tr><tr><td>

view

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox network view. The default value is default. Note: If the field is empty, the operation is treated as happening with no view and returns the values with data from all views.

</td></tr></tbody> </table>### Output variables

Variable Description error Displays the message for any REST error encountered. reference Reference value for a DNS CNAME record, such as: record:cname/ZG5zLmJpbmRfY25hbWUkLl9kZWZhdWx0LmNvbS50ZXN0LmNuYW1l:cname.test.com/default cannonicalName CNAME record. name Name of the network option returned, such as domain-name-server. view The assigned view of the DNS data. A given zone can have multiple views, which are accessed depending on the IP address of the source of the query. The default view of DNS data for this activity is the network view.

Conditions

Variable Description Success Activity successfully listed the DNS C records. Failure Activity failed to list the DNS C records.

Register DNS A-record activity

The Register DNS A-record activity creates a DNS A record on a specified Infoblox server.

The DNS activities use the REST web service activity template to manage DNS records using an Infoblox DDI Grid Server. These activities are configured to use a MID Server with REST capabilities.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Infoblox DDI > DNS.

Input variables

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Variable

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

InfobloxServer

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox DDI Grid Server.

</td></tr><tr><td>

network

</td><td>

Address of the network containing the IP address to register in the record.

</td></tr><tr><td>

hostName

</td><td>

Name of the actual server machine associate with the IP address in this record.

</td></tr><tr><td>

zone

</td><td>

The DNS zone associated with the record being created.

</td></tr><tr><td>

ipAddress

</td><td>

Specific IP address registered in this record.

</td></tr><tr><td>

restCredentials

</td><td>

The sys_id of the REST credentials from the ServiceNow instance.

</td></tr><tr><td>

api_version

</td><td>

Defines the version of WAPI to use for the integration endpoints. The default value is 2.0. Note: This field is mandatory. If the field is empty, the orchestration activity will fail.

</td></tr><tr><td>

view

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox network view. The default value is default. Note: If the field is empty, the operation is treated as happening in the default view.

</td></tr></tbody> </table>### Output variables

Variable Description error Displays the message for any REST error encountered. DNSARecord Name of the record registered, expressed in the format: record:host/<encrypted code>:<network name>/default.

Conditions

Variable Description Success Activity successfully created the DNS A record. Failure Activity failed to create the DNS A record.

Register DNS C-Record activity

The Register DNS C-Record activity creates a DNS canonical (CNAME) record on a specified Infoblox server.

The DNS activities use the REST web service activity template to manage DNS records using an Infoblox DDI Grid Server. These activities are configured to use a MID Server with REST capabilities.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Infoblox DDI > DNS.

Input variables

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Variable

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

InfobloxServer

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox DDI Grid Server.

</td></tr><tr><td>

cname

</td><td>

The DNS cannonical record to create, as expressed by the c_name value.

</td></tr><tr><td>

recordName

</td><td>

Name of the record to create.

</td></tr><tr><td>

zone

</td><td>

The DNS zone containing the cannonical record to create.

</td></tr><tr><td>

restCredentials

</td><td>

The sys_id of the REST credentials from the ServiceNow instance.

</td></tr><tr><td>

api_version

</td><td>

Defines the version of WAPI to use for the integration endpoints. The default value is 2.0. Note: This field is mandatory. If the field is empty, the orchestration activity will fail.

</td></tr><tr><td>

view

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox network view. The default value is default. Note: If the field is empty, the operation is treated as happening in the default view.

</td></tr></tbody> </table>### Output variables

Variable Desctiption error Displays the message for any REST error encountered. DNSCRecord Name of the CNAME record registered, expressed in the format: record:cname/<encrypted code>:<network name>/default.

Conditions

Variable Description Success Activity successfully created the cannonical DNS record. Failure Activity failed to create the cannonical DNS record.

List DNS Record activity

The List DNS Record activity generates a list of all the DNS entries on a specific InfoBlox server.

The DNS activities use the REST web service activity template to manage DNS records using an Infoblox DDI Grid Server. These activities are configured to use a MID Server with REST capabilities.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Infoblox DDI > DNS.

Input variables

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Variable

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

InfobloxServer

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox DDI Grid Server.

</td></tr><tr><td>

restCredentials

</td><td>

The sys_id of the REST credentials from the ServiceNow instance.

</td></tr><tr><td>

api_version

</td><td>

Defines the version of WAPI to use for the integration endpoints. The default value is 2.0. Note: This field is mandatory. If field is empty, the orchestration activity will fail.

</td></tr><tr><td>

view

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox network view. The default value is default. Note: If the field is empty, the operation is treated as happening with no view and returns the values with data from all views.

</td></tr></tbody> </table>### Output variables

Variable Description reference Reference value for a DNS record, such as: record:cname/ZG5zLmJpbmRfY25hbWUkLl9kZWZhdWx0LmNvbS50ZXN0LmNuYW1l:cname.test.com/default configure_for_dhcp Returns the status of a DHCP fixed address object. host Host machine with which the DNS record is associated. ipv4addr The reserved IPv4 address associated with a DNS record. name Name of the network option returned. For example, the name of the DNS record object from the reference example is cname.test.com. view The assigned view of the DNS data. A given zone can have multiple views, which are accessed depending on the IP address of the source of the query. The default view of DNS data for this activity is the network view. error Displays the message for any REST error encountered.

Conditions

Variable Description Success Activity successfully listed all the available DNS record. Failure Activity failed to list the available DNS record.

DNS Delete activity

The DNS Delete activity deletes DNS records of any type from in Infoblox server, such as C and A records.

The DNS activities use the REST web service activity template to manage DNS records using an Infoblox DDI Grid Server. These activities are configured to use a MID Server with REST capabilities.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Infoblox DDI > DNS.

Note: It is faster to create a new record than recover one that has been deleted.

Input variables

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Variable

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

InfobloxServer

</td><td>

Name of the Infoblox DDI Grid Server.

</td></tr><tr><td>

RecordToDelete

</td><td>

Name of the DNS record to delete. The record is expressed in this format:record:cname/ZG5zLmJpbmRfY25hbWUkLl9kZWZhdWx0LmNvbS50ZXN0LmNuYW1l:cname.test.com/default

</td></tr><tr><td>

restCredentials

</td><td>

The sys_id of the REST credentials from the ServiceNow instance.

</td></tr><tr><td>

api_version

</td><td>

Defines the version of WAPI to use for the integration endpoints. The default value is 2.0. Note: This field is mandatory. If the field is empty, the orchestration activity will fail.

</td></tr></tbody> </table>### Output variables

Variable Description DeletedRecord Name of the deleted DNS record. error Displays the message for any REST error encountered.

Conditions

Variable Description Success Activity successfully deleted the specified DNS record. Failure Activity failed to delete the specified DNS record.