Company blog. Free IP address management software. Ask Question 18. We are choosing a system for managing our IP address space. So we are looking for a special free software like IPPlan. I have yet to find an ip address management project that will handle ipv6 well. That NOC project looks promising though. IP address management (IPAM) is a methodology implemented in computer software for planning and managing the assignment and use of IP addresses.
We are choosing a system for managing our IP address space. So we are looking for a special free software like IPPlan.So what we have nowadays:
- Ipplan (Beta IPv6 support)
- SolarWinds IP address tracker (IPv6 support unknown )
- IP module of The NOC Project (BTW, take a look of it, seems to be very promising project) (IPv6 support unknown )
- phpIP (Does not support IPv6)
- IP management from RackTables (Does not support IPv6)
Do you know about any other special software, like written above?
But:
- No Wiki
- No DNS
- No DHCP
- No spreadsheet
Software should provide:
- Clear view of available addresses
- Detail listing of all addresses by subnets/search pattern/owners/additional info
- It must support adding additional info like owner of IP, domain-name, contacts, etc
- Multi user support
- Easy interface
- Software has to be specially writtenfor address management.
Scalability
Any OS: win, lin, sol, web
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I'm currently using ipplan in production where I work and I'm quite happy with it. However do note that it doesn't support ipv6 and will require a complete rewrite for it to do so.
I have yet to find an ip address management project that will handle ipv6 well. That NOC project looks promising though.
I tried PHP-IP, it's a webapp with a MySQL backend. But its currently v4-only. Another tool I use is RackTables. It's not just an IPAM tool, rather a rack manager, where your can document your devices, store config details and so on.
I have found two more good looking options.
GestióIP looks like the custom software my group uses but so much better. If it works anything like the video and screenshots show, it looks to be the best option I've seen.
I'm trying to get NetDoT to work as I've fallen into dependency hell trying to get it to work on Ubuntu.
I'll try to come back with reviews in a few weeks, but I wanted everyone to see these options.
I'd suggest http://opennetadmin.com. I think it supports most of what you want. It is not a requirement to manage DNS or DHCP though it is an option.
It does however require at least one 'name' to be put in for each host that is managed.
It supports a nice clean AJAX web front end and a CLI interface as well. Its PHP/mysql based so it should run on most unix OSes (I know windows has not been tested yet). The web GUI that you use can be ran from just about any web browser.
IPV6 is on the list of todos but is not available yet.
You can add 'custom attributes' to hosts and subnets.
It supports plugins as well so other features can be added. It supports various levels integration with Puppet, nagios etc. It comes with an nmap based reporting and auditing tool to ensure the data in the database is as accurate as it can be.
+1 for GestioIP. I work for a company that owns a full class B subnet, try keeping track of that on a spreadsheet!
Well, based on a quick look, I've downloaded SolarWinds' free product and will give that a try.
Like the guy in their demo video, I have fond memories of my first address range and we managed that for years with an increasingly complicated spreadsheet. (First it had DECnet and IP addresses, then it dropped the DECnet stuff and added routable and non-routable, DMZ, specialized sub-nets, static assignments...)
IPAM Module of the NOC Project has full IPv6 support with proper DNS integration. There are nice Screencasts on the project's site with this module in action.
Check out phpIPAM. It has nice UI, multiuser, etc. but no IPv6 at the moment and no auto scaning.
I tried GestioIP but I didn't like. Still searching for the right one. For now I'm using phpIPAM.
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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]
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 | |
Device42[18] | Commercial | 15.18.02 | 2019-06-14 | Yes | Yes | Embedded PostgreSQL Database |
Easy-IP[19] | Commercial | 7.0.1 | 2015-03-31 | Yes | Yes | FirebirdSQL |
EfficientIP[20] | Commercial | 7.0.2 & 6.0.2.P5 | 2019-04-02 | Yes | Yes | Embedded DDBMS |
FusionLayer Infinity[21] | Commercial | 2.7.2.0 | 2019-04-09 | Yes | Yes | Hybrid PostgreSQL & NoSQL |
GestióIP[22][23][24] | GPLv3 | 3.4.5 | 2019-01-19 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
GLPI-IPAM[25] | GPLv2 | 1.1 | 2014-08-12 | Yes | No | MySQL |
HaCi[26] | GPLv2 | 0.98c | 2015-03-04 | Yes | ? | MySQL, PostgreSQL |
i-doit[27] | Commercial | 1.9.1 | 2017-06-19 | Yes | Yes | MariaDB/MySQL |
Infoblox[2][28] | Commercial | 8.3.2 | 2018-11-07 | Yes | Yes | Embedded real-time distributed database |
IP-Admin[29] | Commercial | 5.0 | 2012-06-01 | No | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server |
IPplan[30] | GPLv3 | 6.00Beta | 2010-04-29 | Yes | No | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server |
MAAS - Metal as a Service[31] | GNU General Public License | 2.0 | 2016-04-23 | Yes | No | PostgreSQL |
Men & Mice Suite[32] | Commercial | 9.1 | 2018-07-12 | Yes | Yes | internal SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server |
Microsoft[33][34] | Commercial | Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 | 2013-10-17 | Yes | No | Windows Internal Database, Microsoft SQL Server |
Morpheus[35][36] | Commercial | 2.8.4 | 2016-10-19 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server |
MyIP[37] | GPLv3 | 1.0 | 2011-05-18 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
NetBox[38] | Apache | 2.5.5 | 2019-01-31 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NetDB[39] | GPLv2 | 4.6.2R1 | 2011-08-25 | Yes | No | Oracle |
Netdot[40] | GPL | 1.0.7 | 2015-01-08 | Yes | No | MySQL, PostgreSQL |
Netmagis[41] | CeCILL-B (compatible with BSD) | 2.3.6 | 2018-07-26 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NIPAP[42][43] | MIT | 0.29.6 | 2016-11-25 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NameSurfer[44] | Commercial | 7.6.5 | 2018-11-12 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NOC[45] | BSD | 15.05.1 | 2015-05-20 | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL |
NSoT[46] | Apache | 1.2.2 | 2017-08-30 | Yes | No | MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite |
OpenNetAdmin[47] | GPLv2 | 18.1.1 | 2018-01-03 | Yes | No | MySQL (via adodb) |
Pandora FMS IPAM ext.[48] | GNU General Public License or proprietary EULA | 7.0 NG 715 | 2017-11-15 | Yes | No | MySQL |
phpIP[49] | GPL | 4.3.2 | 2006-11-06 | No | No | MySQL |
phpIPAM[50] | GPLv3 | 1.3.2 | 2018-06-27 | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MariaDB |
RackTables[51] | GPLv2 | 0.20.13 | 2017-05-12 | Yes | No | MySQL, MariaDB |
Ralph[52] | Apache | 3.0 | 2016-01-27 | Yes | No | MySQL |
Route Inventory Management[53] | Commercial | 1.18 | 2013-02-04 | Yes | No | Embedded database |
Sauron[54] | GPL | 0.7.3 | 2010-02-19 | No | No | PostgreSQL |
SolarWinds IP Address Manager[55][56][57] | Commercial | 4.6 | 2017-12-04 | Yes | No | Microsoft SQL Server |
subnetsmngr[58] | GPLv2 | 2.0 | 2011-11-23 | Yes | No | PostgreSQL |
TCPWave IPAM Suite[59][60] | Commercial | 11.5 | 2015-08-06 | Yes | No | MySQL |
TeemIp[61][62] | AGPLv3 | 2.1.2 | 2017-07-28 | Yes | Yes | MySQL |
VitalQIP[63][64] | Commercial | 8.1.2 | 2017-01-27 | Yes | Yes | Sybase, Oracle |
ZDNS[65] | 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 made easy
- ^IP Address Management, DNS & DHCP Services
- ^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)
- ^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
- ^‹See Tfd›(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.