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title: "Infoblox NIOS Plug-Ins"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/niosmodulesansible/45973583/Infoblox%20NIOS%20Plug-Ins"
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Infoblox NIOS Modules for Ansible Collections include an inventory plug-in and lookup plug-ins that enable Ansible to access data from NIOS<span style="color: #363636">:</span>

| **NIOS Object / Functionality** | **NIOS Plug-Ins** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| *[Inventory](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/niosmodulesansible/pages/45074747)* | `nios_inventory` | Lists all the hosts with records created in NIOS. |
| *[Lookup](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/niosmodulesansible/pages/46006339)* | `nios_lookup` | Returns the look-up queries for NIOS database objects. |
| *[Next available IP address](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/niosmodulesansible/pages/46006352)* | `nios_next_ip` | Returns the next available network addresses. |
| *[Next available network address](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/niosmodulesansible/pages/44525511)* | `nios_next_network` | Returns the next available network addresses for a specified network CIDR. |
| *[Next available VLAN ID](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/niosmodulesansible/pages/1161953453)* | `nios_next_vlan_id` | Returns the next available VLAN ID for a specified VLAN view or range. |