IP address management (IPAM) is a methodology implemented in computer software for planning and managing the assignment and use of IP addresses and closely related resources of a computer network. It does not typically provide Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services, but manages information for these components.[1][2]
IP Address Management(IPAM) Device42’s IP Address Management (IPAM) capabilities provide an easy to use, intuitive console for centralized IP visibility and control including IP tracking, IP assignments, and many other IP management functions. Features include: IPv4/IPv6 IP address management; Auto-discovery tools to keep IP records accurate. IP Address Manager (IPAM) as a tool of Network Monitoring, provides centralized management of IPv4 Addresses. IPAM helps network admins to find out whether an IP address is available or not, in their network. It scans a subnet periodically and then provides the availability status of IP addresses.
Additional functionality, such as controlling reservations in DHCP and other data aggregation and reporting capabilities, is also common. Data tracked by an IPAM system may include information such as IP addresses in use, and the associated devices and users. Centralized collection of this information may support troubleshooting and abuse investigations.[3]
IPAM tools are increasingly important as new IPv6 networks are deployed with large address pools of 128-bit hexadecimal numbers and new subnetting techniques.[4]
List of products[edit]
Solution | License | Current release | Latest Release | IPv6 support | VRF support | Database support |
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6connect[5] | Commercial | 6.1.1 | 2017-12-01 | Yes | Yes | MySQL, ElasticSearch |
Address Commander[6] | Commercial | 5.11 | 2017-04-01 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle |
ApplianSys DNSBOX[7] | Commercial | 3.10.4.2 | 2019-03-19 | Yes | No | Embedded PostgreSQL Database |
Apteriks.com[8] | Subscription based managed service | 2019.1.5 | 2019-05-22 | Yes | Yes | n/a |
BlueCat Networks[9][10][11] | Commercial | 8.3.0 | 2017-09-28 | Yes | No | Embedded PostgreSQL Database |
BT Diamond IP[12][13][14] | Commercial | 9.0.23 | 2017-06-18 | Yes | Yes | MySQL, Oracle |
Calico[15] | Apache | 3.5.0 | 2019-01-24 | Yes | No | Etcd |
Cisco Network Registrar[16] | Commercial | 7.2 | 2011-04-27 | Yes | No | Yes SQL |
Collins[17] | Apache | 2.0.0 | 2016-09-19 | Yes | No | |
DCImanager[18] | Commercial | 5.213.0 | 2019-08-13 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
Device42[19] | Commercial | 15.20.00 | 2019-07-22 | Yes | Yes | Embedded PostgreSQL Database |
Easy-IP[20] | Commercial | 7.0.1 | 2015-03-31 | Yes | Yes | FirebirdSQL |
EfficientIP[21] | Commercial | 7.1.0a & 7.0.2c & 6.0.2.P5c | 2019-08-09 | Yes | Yes | Embedded DDBMS |
FusionLayer Infinity[22] | Commercial | 2.7.4.0 | 2019-07-21 | Yes | Yes | Hybrid PostgreSQL & NoSQL |
GestióIP[23][24][25] | GPLv3 | 3.4.5 | 2019-01-19 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
GLPI-IPAM[26] | GPLv2 | 1.1 | 2014-08-12 | Yes | No | MySQL |
HaCi[27] | GPLv2 | 0.98c | 2015-03-04 | Yes | ? | MySQL, PostgreSQL |
i-doit[28] | Commercial | 1.9.1 | 2017-06-19 | Yes | Yes | MariaDB/MySQL |
Infoblox[2][29] | Commercial | 8.3.2 | 2018-11-07 | Yes | Yes | Embedded real-time distributed database |
IP-Admin[30] | Commercial | 5.0 | 2012-06-01 | No | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server |
IPplan[31] | GPLv3 | 6.00Beta | 2010-04-29 | Yes | No | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server |
MAAS - Metal as a Service[32] | GNU General Public License | 2.0 | 2016-04-23 | Yes | No | PostgreSQL |
Men & Mice Suite[33] | Commercial | 9.2[34] | 2019-03-06 | Yes | Yes | internal SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server |
Microsoft[35][36] | Commercial | Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 | 2013-10-17 | Yes | No | Windows Internal Database, Microsoft SQL Server |
Morpheus[37][38] | Commercial | 2.8.4 | 2016-10-19 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server |
MyIP[39] | GPLv3 | 1.0 | 2011-05-18 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
NetBox[40] | Apache | 2.5.5 | 2019-01-31 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NetDB[41] | GPLv2 | 4.6.2R1 | 2011-08-25 | Yes | No | Oracle |
Netdot[42] | GPL | 1.0.7 | 2015-01-08 | Yes | No | MySQL, PostgreSQL |
Netmagis[43] | CeCILL-B (compatible with BSD) | 2.3.6 | 2018-07-26 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NIPAP[44][45] | MIT | 0.29.6 | 2016-11-25 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NameSurfer[46] | Commercial | 7.6.6 | 2019-06-14 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NOC[47] | BSD | 15.05.1 | 2015-05-20 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NSoT[48] | Apache | 1.2.2 | 2017-08-30 | Yes | No | MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite |
OpenNetAdmin[49] | GPLv2 | 18.1.1 | 2018-01-03 | Yes | No | MySQL (via adodb) |
Pandora FMS IPAM ext.[50] | GNU General Public License or proprietary EULA | 7.0 NG 715 | 2017-11-15 | Yes | No | MySQL |
phpIP[51] | GPL | 4.3.2 | 2006-11-06 | No | No | MySQL |
phpIPAM[52] | GPLv3 | 1.3.2 | 2019-07-02 | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MariaDB |
RackTables[53] | GPLv2 | 0.20.13 | 2017-05-12 | Yes | No | MySQL, MariaDB |
Ralph[54] | Apache | 3.0 | 2016-01-27 | Yes | No | MySQL |
Route Inventory Management[55] | Commercial | 1.18 | 2013-02-04 | Yes | No | Embedded database |
Sauron[56] | GPL | 0.7.3 | 2010-02-19 | No | No | PostgreSQL |
SolarWinds IP Address Manager[57][58][59] | Commercial | 4.6 | 2017-12-04 | Yes | No | Microsoft SQL Server |
subnetsmngr[60] | GPLv2 | 2.0 | 2011-11-23 | Yes | No | PostgreSQL |
TCPWave IPAM Suite[61][62] | Commercial | 11.5 | 2015-08-06 | Yes | No | MySQL |
TeemIp[63][64] | AGPLv3 | 2.1.2 | 2017-07-28 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
VitalQIP[65][66] | Commercial | 8.1.2 | 2017-01-27 | Yes | Yes | Sybase, Oracle |
ZDNS[67] | Commercial | 3.8.2.1 | 2017-02-13 | Yes | Yes | SQLite, MySQL |
References[edit]
- ^Bass, John (3 December 2007). 'Tools cure IP address-management headaches'. Network World. Archived from the original(html) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
IPAM products keep strict tabs on IP addresses, DNS names, MX records, aliases or any other standard DNS object attribute. An obvious extension to IPAM is the ability to push IP address information out to DNS and DHCP servers to make the information usable across the network. Some IPAM solutions completely take over the operation and configuration of DNS/DHCP services and some simply control cursory operational aspects of these services.
- ^ abGonzález, Katrina (20 April 2018). 'IP Address Management Tools: Best IPAM Tools for 2018'. Router Freak!. Archived from the original(html) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
With the Infoblox IPAM tool, DNS, DHCP, NTP, FILE distribution and IPAM are all integrated into one console.
- ^Sandbu, Marius (8 April 2012). 'IPAM (IP Address Management) Server windows 8'. Msandbu Org. Archived from the original(html) on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Audit of server configuration changes and tracking of IP address usage: Operational events are displayed for the IPAM server and managed DHCP servers. IPAM also enables IP address tracking using DHCP lease events and user logon events collected from Network Policy Server (NPS), domain controllers, and DHCP servers. Tracking is available by IP address, client ID, host name, or user name.
- ^Doyle, Jeff (January 28, 2011). 'Jeff Doyle on IP Routing: IPv6 Address Design'. Framingham, MA: Network World, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^IPAM for IPv4 and IPv6
- ^Address Commander: Manage thousands to millions of IP addresses for business and consumer services
- ^Planning your IP Address Space
- ^Apteriks - Subscription based IP Address Management service
- ^James (20 April 2017). '7 Top Open Source IP Address Management Software'. Codeable Magazine. Archived from the original(html) on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Bluecat is enterprises level open source IP Address management software with a lot of configurations.
- ^González, Katrina (20 April 2018). 'IP Address Management Tools: Best IPAM Tools for 2018'. Router Freak!. Archived from the original(html) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
BlueCat Network’s incorporated software distributions of their applications allows users to run it on any virtual machine environment. It’s IPAM tool provides a user-friendly interface and does a pretty quick and accurate job of gathering all the usual data in a network such as the IP address, DNS, DHCP lease, host records and mac addresses.
- ^Take control of the complex with BlueCat Address Manager.
- ^Bass, John (3 December 2007). 'Tools cure IP address-management headaches'. Network World. Archived from the original(html) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
BT DiamondIP offers the product in the form of an appliance (which we tested) or as software that can run on your own server hardware, both of which are accessible via Web-based and command line interfaces. But while IPControl is architecturally similar to VitalQIP, it’s much less complex.
- ^González, Katrina (20 April 2018). 'IP Address Management Tools: Best IPAM Tools for 2018'. Router Freak!. Archived from the original(html) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
BT Diamond IP is currently available as an appliance or as a software install. It integrates well with existing DNS and DHCP services in your network. It offers a fully-staffed managed solution making it ideal for companies with a small IT department.
- ^IP address management
- ^IPAM Using CNI configuration
- ^Cisco Prime Network Registrar
- ^IPAM for engineers, API included
- ^IP Address Management (IPAM)
- ^IP Address Management (IPAM)
- ^IP Address Management made easy
- ^What is IPAM and why is it important?
- ^Software-Defined IP Address Management (IPAM)
- ^James (20 April 2017). '7 Top Open Source IP Address Management Software'. Codeable Magazine. Archived from the original(html) on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Gestio open source IP address management software which provides web interface for IPV4 and IPV6 tracking.
- ^González, Katrina (20 April 2018). 'IP Address Management Tools: Best IPAM Tools for 2018'. Router Freak!. Archived from the original(html) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
GestióIP is a free, automated web-based IPAM tool that stands out with its unique search engine based method network scanning.
- ^Open Source IP Address Management Software
- ^Plugins GLPI-PROJECT » Internet Protocol Address Management
- ^Welcome to HaCi 0.98c
- ^IP Address Management (IPAM)
- ^Simplify IPAM and DHCP Management
- ^IP-Admin IP Address Manager (IPAM)
- ^IPplan
- ^What MAAS offers
- ^IP Address Management (IPAM)
- ^Men & Mice Suite version 9.2 released
- ^Davis, David (18 September 2013). 'Understanding IP Address Management (IPAM)'. Techgenix. Archived from the original(html) on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
But the most crucial thing about Windows Server 2012 IPAM to differentiate it from the competition is that, by default, it only supports Microsoft devices. That’s right, it won’t inventory or support any devices except Windows servers and Windows workstations. However, you can use PowerShell to import IP addresses from non-Microsoft devices that you want added to the IPAM database.
- ^IP Address Management (IPAM) Overview
- ^'3 Reasons You Need an IP Address Management (IPAM) Strategy in 2017'. Morpheus. 7 December 2016. Archived from the original(html) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Morpheus Difference: If you are looking to begin using IPAM, as well as other cloud services, why not try out Morpheus, which makes provisioning, scaling, and maintenance of your apps and servers a breeze. In addition to having an excellent IPAM solution, Morpheus allows you to provision databases and servers quickly, and have your app up and running in no time!
- ^3 Reasons You Need an IP Address Management (IPAM) Strategy in 2017
- ^MyIP IP Management System
- ^NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool.
- ^Stanford NetDB
- ^Network Documentation Tool
- ^(in French)Netmagis : Spécifications
- ^James (20 April 2017). '7 Top Open Source IP Address Management Software'. Codeable Magazine. Archived from the original(html) on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Nipap is open source Ip address management software to handle a large amount of IP Addresses.
- ^A network engineers best friend
- ^NameSurfer IP Address Management (IPAM)
- ^Address Space Management (IPAM)
- ^Network Source of Truth is an open source IPAM and network inventory database
- ^OpenNetAdmin Features
- ^'IP Address Management (IPAM)'. Pandora FMS Blog. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^phpIP Management is a complete IPv4 IPAM (IP address management) suite
- ^phpIPAM Feature list
- ^RackTables current development repository
- ^Ralph is full-featured Asset Management, DCIM and CMDB system for data centers and back offices.
- ^Route Inventory Management
- ^Sauron - DNS & DHCP Management System
- ^James (20 April 2017). '7 Top Open Source IP Address Management Software'. Codeable Magazine. Archived from the original(html) on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
Solarwinds is a simple and easy to use open source IP Address Management Software on modest price.
- ^González, Katrina (20 April 2018). 'IP Address Management Tools: Best IPAM Tools for 2018'. Router Freak!. Archived from the original(html) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
The Solarwinds IPAM offers a lot of great features that can be easily integrated into existing systems. It is the best choice for mid-size organizations as it allows the monitoring of an entire address space from a single dashboard.
- ^IP Address Manager
- ^Subnet manager web interface supporting IPv4 and IPv6 to document your subnets and individual IPs
- ^González, Katrina (20 April 2018). 'IP Address Management Tools: Best IPAM Tools for 2018'. Router Freak!. Archived from the original(html) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
TCPWave provides over 675 RESTful API calls to integrate DNS and DHCP infrastructure and it works seamlessly with many of the popular cloud offerings such as AWS, Google, DYN/Oracle and MS Azure.
- ^TCPWave IPAM Born in the cloud, Born for the cloud
- ^James (20 April 2017). '7 Top Open Source IP Address Management Software'. Codeable Magazine. Archived from the original(html) on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
TeemIP is a standalone application to cope the complexity of IP Addresses.
- ^TeemIp - IP Address Management solution
- ^Bass, John (3 December 2007). 'Tools cure IP address-management headaches'. Network World. Archived from the original(html) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
VitalQIP – delivered as software that runs on a standard network server -- from an architectural perspective is infinitely scalable and has full control of all DNS and DHCP services from either Web client, a native client that runs on a desktop and a command line interface. VitalQIP developers wrote their own DNS and DHCP services. And while they say their code is based on ISC code, it is still a proprietary implementation of the service standards.
- ^VitalQIP Appliance Manager
- ^Fast CLI DNS Lookup Tool
External links[edit]
- IP Address Management as a Service on the Cloud.
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Few people would argue the importance of IP addresses to network operations, but many don't make managing them a priority in their environment, especially in tough economic times.
Recent research from BT showed that more network managers are moving away from spreadsheets and investing in automation and other tools to manage IP addresses. Still many couldn't get an IP address management (IPAM) project pushed through the budget process for various reasons. Some reasons pointed to other projects taking a higher priority and others simply thought their network was too small to justify the investment.
But many working in network operations today believe managing IP addresses is too critical a project to fall victim to budget crunches.
'Many IT folks and shops don’t get that proper IP address management is more than just housekeeping. Although more appropriately thought of as IP address design, how you determine to lay out your address space becomes a major factor in being able to grow and adapt your organization to the changing needs of IT,' says Chad Buzzard, director of network operations at Lending Tree in Charlotte, N.C.
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Buzzard experienced a similar situation last year, with no budget to upgrade his IPAM practices he found another option.
'As the person directly responsible for the IP address allocation within our enterprise I can understand the priority conflict in moving to an automated solution, but the cost of a product should not be a factor for anyone if they take their time to look at the options out there,' says Chad Buzzard, director of network operations at Lending Tree in Charlotte, N.C. 'Last year we moved from spreadsheets to the open source tool called IPplan.'
According to sourceforge.net, IPplan is free, Web-based IPAM software that can help simplify the administration of network IP address space. Available under the GNU General Public License, IPplan includes DNS administration, configuration file management, customizable circuit management and hardware information storage. The application is said to be able to handle a single network or multiple networks and overlapping address space.
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For Buzzard, the open source application enables him to make IPAM a priority without paying for it. Using in-house labor and free tools helps keep the IP address space managed according to best practices, which he says will ultimately pay off for his organization.
'We have every IP address in our network integrated into this tool and we perform weekly network scans to find rogue IP addresses that were not documented, as well as to find addresses no longer in use to keep everything up to date,' he says. 'There was a fair amount of manpower time in that project, but a lot of that comes from our desire to audit every IP address instead of just mapping the spreadsheet in and calling it good.'
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