Activities

• Add Host
• Connect To Infoblox
• Delete IP Reservation
• Disconnect From Infoblox
• Get Dhcp Info
• Get DNS Address
• Get Free IP Address
• Get Gateway Address
• Get Network Area Configuration
• List DNS Addresses
• List Gateway Addresses
• Reserve IP

Add Host

This activity adds a new host for the IP address.

Activity Parameters

The Add Host activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Attributes (text box editor type) (type: string): Insert the extensible attributes needed for the new host
• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox Connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• FQDN (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the name of the DNS zone. E.g. 'fmrp.intern'
• Host Name (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the new host name
• IPv4Address (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IPv4Address for the new host. If this parameter is specified the IPv6Address will be ignored. This parameter takes precedence over the IPv6Address parameter
• IPv6Address (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IPv6Address for the new host. If this parameter is specified the IPv4Address will be ignored.

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

• Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs True if the host has been added, otherwise False.

Connect To Infoblox

This activity connects to the specified Infoblox account and outputs an Infoblox client connection.

Activity Parameters

The Connect To Infoblox activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Infoblox IP (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IP for the Infoblox website
• Infoblox Version (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the version for the Infoblox account, e.g. "1.6"
• Password(text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the password
• Password Binding (text box editor type) (type: string): Bind to a variable containing the encrypted password for connection. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encrypted password from outside the workflow, example Flowster Studio Portal)
• Username (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the ssername, e.g. 'Username'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs the Infoblox connection. The output of this activity should be used as input for all Connection parameters used for all activities placed under Infoblox category.

Delete IP Reservation

This activity deletes the specified IP address reservation.

Activity Parameters

The Delete IP Reservation activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• IPv4Address (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IPv4Address for the reservation to be deleted

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

• Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs True if the operation succeeded, otherwise False.

Disconnect From Infoblox

This activity disconnects the specified Infoblox account.

Activity Parameters

The Disconnect From Infoblox activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter

Get Dhcp Info

This activity gets information about DHCP enabled or not for the specified network.

Activity Parameters

The Get Dhcp Info activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the Network Area, e.g. '10.201.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs True if DHCP is enabled, otherwise False.

Get DNS Address

This activity gets the specified DNS Address from a given network area.

Activity Parameters

The Get DNS Address activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• IP Address (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IP Address
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the Network Area where the IP Address can be found, e.g. '10.10.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs a list of KeyValuePairs containing the property names and values for the specified DNS Address. Available keys are: '_ref', 'ip_address', 'is_conflict', 'mac_address', 'names', 'network', 'network_view', 'objects', 'status', 'types', 'usage'

Get Free IP Address

This activity gets the next free IP Address in the given network area.

Activity Parameters

The Get Free IP Address activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the Network Area where to search the free IP Address, e.g. '10.10.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs the free IP address.

Get Gateway Address

This activity gets all the gateway addresses for the specified network.

Activity Parameters

The Get Gateway Address activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• IP Address (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IP Address
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the Network Area where the IP Address can be found, e.g. '10.10.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs a list of KeyValuePairs containing the property names and values for the specified Gateway Address. Available keys are: '_ref', 'ip_address', 'is_conflict', 'mac_address', 'names', 'network', 'network_view', 'objects', 'status', 'types', 'usage'

Get Network Area Configuration

This activity gets the specified network's configuration.

Activity Parameters

The Get Network Area Configuration activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the network area, e.g. '10.10.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs a list of network area configuration names and their values. Available keys are: '_ref', 'comment', 'network', 'network_view'

List DNS Addresses

This activity lists all the DNS Addresses from the specified network area.

Activity Parameters

The List DNS Addresses activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the network area, e.g. '10.10.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs a list of all the DNS addresses for the given network area.

List Gateway Addresses

This activity lists all the gateway addresses from the specified network area.

Activity Parameters

The List Gateway Addresses activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• Network (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the network area, e.g. '10.10.0.0'

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs a list of all the gateway addresses for the given network area.

Reserve IP

This activity reserves the specified IP address.

Activity Parameters

The Reserve IP activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

• Attributes (text box editor type) (type: string): Insert the extensible attributes needed for the IP reservation . Valid values for IP reservation are : 'Site' , 'Requestor' and 'Usage'.  
• Comment (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the comment for the fixed address. Note: maximum 256 characters and no special character are allowed (e.g. ',-&$*.+)
• Connection (text box editor type) (type: string): Infoblox Connection. The Output from Connect To Infoblox activity should be used as Input for this parameter
• IPv4Address (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the IPv4Address to be reserved
• MAC (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the MAC address, e.g. '00:00:00:00:00:00'
• Name (text box editor type) (type: string): Enter the name for the fixed address

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

• Output (text box editor type) (type: string): Outputs True if the operation succeeded, otherwise False.