Create Infoblox DNS Records – Advanced

This workflow creates records in Infoblox and multiple record types (A, HOST, PTR, CNAME, TXT, MX) using the table. In the case of A, Host, and PTR record creation, IP can be fetched and reserved on the fly.

To run this workflow,

  1. Go to Menu > Request > View/Run.
    The Workflow Catalog page appears.
  2. In the Workflow Catalog page, hover over the Create Infoblox DNS records – Advanced workflow.
    The Run and Schedule buttons are shown.
  3. Click the Run button.
    The Form Input page opens:
  4. Enter or select the field information in the Device Info section of the Form Input.
  5. The following table provides the field description for the Device Info section in the Form Input:
    Field Description
    *Device Name Select the device name from the drop-down list.
  6. The following table provides the field description for the Record Info section in the Form Input:
  7. The following table provides the field description for the Record Info section in the Form Input:
    Field Description
    *Network View Select the network view from the drop-down option.
    *DNS View Select the DNS view from the drop-down option.
    *Record Type

    Select the record types from the drop-down option. The record types are A, HOST, PTR, CNAME, TXT, MX). In the case of A, Host, and PTR record creation, IP can be fetched and reserved on the fly.

    The record type A is shown.
    *TTL Specify TTL (time to live) settings for Infoblox host records and resource records. TTL is the time that a name server is allowed to cache data. After the TTL expires, the name server is required to update the data.
  8. If you cancel this request, remember to free the reserved IP by clicking the Un-reserve IP button.
  9. Click the Submit button.
    The Confirmation popup opens.
    Note:
    • If you want to save this form to edit it later, click the Save Draft button, and then click Ok in the Confirmation popup window. The form will be saved as Open request under Request > My Request.
    • If you want to cancel this form, click the Cancel button.
  10. Click Ok to submit the form.
    The validation starts automatically and reaches the Review stage.
    Note:
    • If there is any failure at this stage, start a new request by providing the correct data.
    • Alternatively, select the failed request and clone it. Update the correct input data in the form input, and submit the workflow again.
  11. Review the input data under the implementation, rollback, and postvalidation tabs:
  12. (Optional) If you need to update any data at this stage, you can do so by clicking the right side of the mouse on the data and selecting the desired option.
  13. After the review, click the Submit button.
    The Confirmation popup opens.
    Note: To stop running the workflow creation, click Cancel.
  14. Click Ok to continue the workflow creation.
    It takes a while to complete the request.
  15. The workflow is created and the email is triggered to the configured email IDs.
    Note: The stages of the request are shown in the left side of the screen. To view a particular stage of the request, click the respective stage.