Scan Privileges for Infoblox NIOS Technology

For scanning and fetching Infoblox DNS, Grid settings, you require an admin account with Superuser privileges, which can fetch all the configurations. APIs such as listing auth policies require Superuser privilege, so ensure you have superuser privilege.

Note: Superusers privilege have access to all the settings in the Infoblox environment.

What are the steps?

Follow these steps to create a scan user with minimal/read-only scan privileges

1. Go to Infoblox Manager UI ( https://<Infoblox-IP>/ui)
2. Login with Admin account
3. Go to Administration Tab > Administors tab > Groups tab
4.  Create a new group, click + sign 
   
   
   
   A window opens. Add a group name in the Name field,
   for example: qualysscangroup
   
   
    
5. Go to the Role tab and select  Superusers checkbox. Click Save and  Close.
   
   
6. Go to the Admin tab and click + icon
   A new window opens. Enter the Login Credentials with a password.
   
   
7.  Scroll down the above window to select the Admin Group created in Step 4.
   
   
8. Click Save and Close.
   
   
    

You can now create an Infoblox PC authenticated scan record. For more information, see  Create/Edit Infoblox Record.