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title: "Terraform Resources"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuideTerraformNIOSProvider/807896547/Terraform%20Resources"
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A Terraform resource constitutes a resource block that describes one or more NIOS Grid objects such as a network container and network.
**Table 1 (Terraform resources):**
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| **Resource** | **Files/Templates** | **Description** |
| network_view | [network view Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53055807/infoblox_network_view+Resource) | Creates a new network view |
| ipv4_network_container | [ipv4 network container Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53121492/infoblox_ipv4_network_container+Resource) | Creates IPv4 network containers, supports both statically assigned CIDR and dynamically allocated CIDR using next available network. |
| ipv6_network_container | [ipv6 network container Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53055836/infoblox_ipv6_network_container+Resource) | Creates an IPv6 network containers, supports both statically assigned CIDR and dynamically allocated CIDR using next available network. |
| ipv4_network | [ipv4 network Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53023320/infoblox_ipv4_network+Resource) | Creates IPv4 networks, supports both statically assigned CIDR and dynamically allocated CIDR using next available network. |
| ipv6_network | [ipv6 network Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53154205/infoblox_ipv6_network+Resource) | Creates IPv6 networks, supports both statically assigned CIDR and dynamically allocated CIDR using next available network. |
| dns_view | [dns view Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/381256310/infoblox_dns_view+Resource) | Creates DNS views |
| a_record | [a record Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53154282/infoblox_a_record+Resource) | Creates A records, one with manually assigned IP, one using next available IP |
| cname_record | [cname record Resource ](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53121506/infoblox_cname_record+Resource) | Creates a CNAME record for an existing A record |
| aaaa_record | [aaaa record Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53121429/infoblox_aaaa_record+Resource) | Creates AAAA records, one with manually assigned IP, one using next available IP |
| ptr_record | [ptr record Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53055774/infoblox_ptr_record+Resource) | Creates a PTR record in reverse mapping zone or PTR record in forward mapping zone |
| mx_record | [mx record Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/216268976/infoblox_mx_record+Resource) | Creates a MX record |
| srv_record | [srv record Resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/215908857/infoblox_srv_record+Resource) | Creates a SRV record |
| txt_record | [txt resource Record](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/216170689/infoblox_txt_record+Resource) | Creates a TXT record |
| ip_allocation | [ip allocation](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53121460/infoblox_ip_allocation) | Creates an IPv4 and IPv6 Host/Cloud Object. Allocates records to specific VM for each |
| ip_association | [ip association](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/53023339/infoblox_ip_association) | Creates an IPv4 and IPv6 Host/Cloud Object. Associates records to specific VM for each |
| zone_auth | [dns zone auth](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/381124789/Zone+Auth) | Creates Zones |
| zone_forward | [zone_fwd_resource](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/698351670/infoblox_zone_forward+Resource) | Creates forward zones in a Infoblox NIOS appliance |
| zone_delegated | [zone_delegated](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverterraform/975339889/infoblox_zone_delegated+Resource) | creates delegated zones in the NIOS appliance |
The resources here listed support Create, Update, and Delete operations.