SmartProxyDhcpInfoblox

This plugin adds a new DHCP provider for managing records with infoblox servers

See How_to_Install_a_Smart-Proxy_Plugin for how to install Smart Proxy plugins

This plugin is compatible with Smart Proxy 1.11 or higher.

Example installation command via foreman-installer:

# foreman-installer --enable-foreman-proxy-plugin-dhcp-infoblox \
--foreman-proxy-dhcp-provider infoblox \
--foreman-proxy-plugin-dhcp-infoblox-record-type host \
--foreman-proxy-dhcp-server 192.168.201.2 \
--foreman-proxy-plugin-dhcp-infoblox-username admin \
--foreman-proxy-plugin-dhcp-infoblox-password infoblox \
--foreman-proxy-plugin-dhcp-infoblox-network-view default \
--foreman-proxy-plugin-dhcp-infoblox-dns-view default

When installing using "gem", make sure to install the bundle file:

echo "gem 'smart_proxy_dhcp_infoblox'" > /usr/share/foreman-proxy/bundler.d/dhcp_infoblox.rb

To enable this DHCP provider, edit /etc/foreman-proxy/settings.d/dhcp.yml and set:

:use_provider: dhcp_infoblox
:server: IP of infoblox server
:subnets: subnets you want to use (optional unless you set infoblox_subnets to false)

Configuration options for this plugin are in /etc/foreman-proxy/settings.d/dhcp_infoblox.yml and include:

• username: API Username
• password: API Password
• record_type: host / fixedaddress (see different record types chapter)
• used_ips_search_type: record_type / used

The main difference between host and fixedaddress is that a host record already includes the dns records. It's an infoblox object that includes dhcp/a record/ptr records. If you use the host objects there is no need to use a dns smart proxy. Everything gets handled inside the dhcp smart proxy. This does however limit functionality. You can't delete conflicting records or you can't change dns names using foreman gui. Beware when editing host objects manually in infoblox, once you delete a host in foreman all associated host objects get deleted.

If you chose to use fixedaddress you'll need to use the infoblox dns smart proxy (https://github.com/theforeman/smart_proxy_dns_infoblox) if you want to manage dns records.

When using "record_type" here, used IPs will be looked up among the record type you select on the record_type setting (host or fixedaddress). So everything which is not a host or a fixedaddress (depending on the setting), will be defined as free and can be selected as an IP to provision a host. If the IP is used by just a DNS A entry for example, this can lead to conflicts. If "used" is set here, any usage of an IP will mark it as used and the IP will not be selected as free ip to provision a host. Usages without a mac address will get a dummy mac address ("00:00:00:00:00:00"), when Foreman looks for "all_hosts".

The plugin enforces HTTPS server certificate verification. Follow a standard CA cert installation procedure for your operating system. It's possible to either download the server certificate from Infoblox web UI or use openssl command to extract it from server response. Here are example steps for Red Hat compatible systems:

# update-ca-trust enable
# openssl s_client -showcerts -connect 192.168.201.2:443 </dev/null | openssl x509 -text >/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/infoblox.crt
# update-ca-trust extract

For Debian-compatible systems:

# openssl s_client -showcerts -connect 192.168.201.2:443 </dev/null | openssl x509 -text >/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/infoblox.crt
# update-ca-certificates

To test the CA certificate, a simple curl query can be used. This is a positive test:

# curl -u admin:infoblox https://192.168.201.2/wapi/v2.0/network
[
    {
        "_ref": "network/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmskMTkyLjE2OC4yMDIuMC8yNC8w:192.168.202.0/24/default",
        "network": "192.168.202.0/24",
        "network_view": "default"
    }
]

And a negative one:

# curl -u admin:infoblox https://192.168.201.2/wapi/v2.0/network
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate

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Copyright (c) 2016 Klaas Demter

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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