Download and deploy an external IPAM provider package for use in VMware Aria Automation

Before you can define an external IPAM integration point in VMware Aria Automation, you need a configured IPAM provider package.

You can download a provider-specific integration package from your IPAM provider's website or the VMware Marketplace.

Note:

This example uses the VMware-supplied Infoblox package Infoblox.zip, which is available for download from the VMware Marketplace as follows. While all packages are compatible with earlier versions, VMware recommends that you use the latest Infoblox package for the current VMware Aria Automation versions. You can also search on the phrase Aria Automation Infoblox Plugin in VMware Marketplace, for example Aria Automation Infoblox Plugin 1.5.

• Infoblox plugin version 1.5 - (Aria Automation Infoblox Plugin 1.5) Compatible with the current VMware Aria Automation iteration and containing all the functionality of previous versions. In this version, a local Infoblox property overrides a global Infoblox property. This allows the Infoblox.IPAM.Network.dnsSuffix property to be configurable for multiple NICs. For related information, see Using Infoblox-specific properties and extensible attributes for IPAM integrations in VMware Aria Automation cloud templates.
• Infoblox plug-in version 1.4 - (vRA Cloud Infoblox Plugin 1.4) Compatible with the current product version and providing all the functionality of previous versions. With this version, you can use the same host name with a different DNS suffix for two NICs. See plug-in release notes for details.
• Infoblox plug-in version 1.3 - Compatible with the current product version and providing additional network data collection filters. See Control network data collection by using Infoblox filters in VMware Aria Automation.
• Infoblox plugin version 1.2
• Infoblox plugin version 1.1
• Infoblox plugin version 1.0
• Infoblox plugin version 0.4

IPAM integration with Infoblox depends on Infoblox WAPI version v2.7. All Infoblox appliances that support WAPI v2.7 are supported.

For information about how to create an IPAM integration package for other IPAM providers, if one does not already exist in the VMware Marketplace, see How do I use the IPAM SDK to create a provider-specific external IPAM integration package for VMware Aria Automation.

The IPAM provider package contains scripts that are packaged with metadata and other configurations. The scripts contain the source code used for the operations that VMware Aria Automation performs in coordination with the external IPAM provider. Example operations include Allocate an IP address for a virtual machine, Fetch a list of IP ranges from the provider, and Update the MAC address of a host record in the provider.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have cloud administrator credentials. See Credentials required for working with cloud accounts in VMware Aria Automation.
• Verify that you have the cloud administrator user role. See What are the VMware Aria Automation user roles.
• Verify that you have an account with the external IPAM provider, for example Infoblox or Bluecat, and that you have the correct access credentials to your organization's account with the IPAM provider.
• If you are using Infobox as your external IPAM provider, verify that you have added the required extensible attributes to your Infoblox account before continuing. See Add required extensible attributes in the Infoblox application for integration with VMware Aria Automation.

Note: A certificate chain issue exists relative to how the Python element in the Infoblox plug-in handles SSL handshakes. For information about the issue and required actions to resolve the issue, see Knowledge Base Article vRA Cloud Infoblox Plugin throws a certificate chain error during authentication process (88057).

Procedure

1. Navigate to the correct download page for the Infoblox plug. See above for links to a specific Infoblox plug-in version.

   See above for the Infoblox plugin options that are available in the VMware Marketplace.

2. Log in and download the plug-in package.
3. If you have not already done so, add the required extensible attributes in Infoblox. See Add required extensible attributes in the Infoblox application for integration with VMware Aria Automation.

Results

The package is now available for you to deploy by using the Integrations > Add Integration > IPAM > Manage Providers > Import package menu sequence as described in Add an external IPAM integration for Infoblox in VMware Aria Automation.