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title: "Using Workflows of VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI"
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VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI supports:

- *[VMware Aria Orchestrator Provider Workflows](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ipamvmware8x/pages/52659235)* that can be used to manage the VMware Aria Automation Provider objects in NIOS and to build custom workflows using actions and methods available through the plug-in. For more information, see <span style="color: #0000ff">*[Using Actions of VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ipamvmware8x/pages/52463032)*</span>.
- *[VMware Aria Automation Workflows](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ipamvmware8x/pages/399835179)* integrate the allocation of IP addresses and creation of DNS records into your VMware Aria Automation Assembler.

This topic includes the following sections:

> Macro (toc)

# Accessing the Workflows Library

To access the workflows library, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the *VMware ARIA Automation Cloud Services* Console.
2. In the **My Services** section, click **Orchestrator**.
3. In <span style="color: #000000">the </span>**Dashboard**<span style="color: #000000"> panel, expand </span>**Library**<span style="color: #000000"> and click </span>**Workflows**.  
<span style="color: #000000">The </span>**Workflows**<span style="color: #000000"> folder and its contents are displayed.</span>
4. Expand the **Library** > **Infoblox** folder.  
<span style="color: #172b4d">The </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Infoblox**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> folder contains the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator provider workflows and the </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Aria Automation**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> folder contains the VMware Aria Automation workflows:</span>

# List of Operations to Create NIOS Objects

VMware Aria Automation Provider for NIOS DDI supports the following operations for creating objects in NIOS:

- Create a Host record by enabling DNS and DHCP.
- Create a Host record by enabling DHCP.
- Create a Host record by enabling DNS.
- Create a Host record with DNS and DHCP disabled.
- Create an A record and a Reservation record.
- Create an A record, a PTR record and Reservation record.
- Create a Reservation record.
- Create an A record, a Reservation record, and CNAME record.
- Create an A record, a PTR record, and CNAME record.
- Create an A record, a PTR record, Reservation record, and CNAME record.

# <span style="color: #172b4d">Operations Requiring a Service Restart</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">The following table provides a list of objects that require a DHCP service restart in NIOS after you make configuration changes to them. For a complete list of objects requiring a service restart, refer to the topic</span><span style="color: #172b4d">* Configurations Requiring Service Restart*</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> in the </span><span style="color: #172b4d">*[Infoblox NIOS Documentation](https://docs.infoblox.com/space/NIOS/35400616/NIOS)*</span><span style="color: #172b4d">.</span>

| **Object** | **Action** |
| --- | --- |
| Host record with DHCP enabled | Add, update, delete |
| Fixed address | Add, update, delete |
| Reservation | Add, update, delete |