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Infoblox logs out after only a minute of idle time. To increase the session timeout value . . .

  • Grid → Grid Manager → Grid Properties → Edit → Security → Session Timeout Max Value: from 60 - 31536000

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Configuration via Asset Manager GUI

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For deployment via the Linux shell, see Deployment & Configuration via Asset Manager CLI.

To configure connectivity between the Asset Manager Command Center and the Infoblox server:

  1. On the Asset Manager main menu, browse to Settings > Integrations and Configure Infoblox Integration

  2. Provide connection credentials, described here:

    FieldExampleDescription
    Polling Interval24How often (in hours) that Asset Manager should poll Infoblox for information
    Server Name10.101.33.44The Server name or IP address of the Infoblox server. 
    Server User NameinfouserYour Infoblox username
    Server Password********

    Your Infoblox password


  3. Click Enable
  4. For more on this integration's reports, see the IP Address Management page.

    To see the results within Infoblox, log into Infoblox and browse to Data Management > IPAM.

Using Infoblox GUI

To view  managed and unmanaged CIDRs and IP address, brown in Infoblox to Data Management → IPAM:

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The IPAM Utilization column shows how much of the address space is used by actual hosts.

DNS

IPv6 and DNS Records is supported.

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  1. Browse to DNS → Zones.
  2. Click a record such as "lum-forward"


  3. You can see the record types in the Type column and add a new record here of the types A, AAAA, PTR, Host.

Extensible Attributes

To view extensible attributes from the GUI:

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  • curl -s -k -u admin:infoblox -X GET "https://172.16.42.113/wapi/v2.8/extensibleattributedef?_return_fields=name,type,list_values" | grep "name"
            "name": "Building",
            "name": "Country",
            "name": "Region",
            "name": "Site",
            "name": "State",
            "name": "VLAN",
            "name": "IB Discovery Owned",
            "name": "Parental-Control-Policy",
            "name": "Subscriber-Secure-Policy",
            "name": "Proxy-All",
            "name": "Black-List",
            "name": "White-List",
            "name": "PC-Category-Policy",
            "name": "User-Name",
            "name": "ReportingSite",

To view/create/delete extensible attributes from Infoblox GUI: Administration → Extensible Attributes:

Example creating "Operating System" extensible attribute

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