[afnog] IP Address Management Tool

[Eliufoo C. Mahinda]

Hi Mike, 
Sorry for the late reply, i have been swamped with work from all directions.
I'm using IPPlan version -4.92-3.el5. Assuming it the same version you are using.
I believe i gave up on IPPlan to early due to it completion and little guide. I was looking for a basic web based tool that could be used by our IT help desk and engineers to track and manager IPs. 
With you feedback below, IPPlan appears to be what I need. However, if possible, I will need you assistance in getting started with IPPlan. Has I have little experience with the tool and Linux scripts.
I have also come across another tool that does the same features but at very basic called OpenNetAdmin. But, it has very limited requirements.
Thanks,Elly
--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [afnog] IP Address Management Tool
To: "Ernest - (AfriNIC)" <ernest at afrinic.net>
Cc: "Eliufoo C. Mahinda" <venomius at yahoo.com>, "Afnog Mailing List" <afnog at afnog.org>
Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 7:52 PM


pls re-read his original email


ooopppsss.. :-) I had not seen that :-D

Elly, what version of IPPlan did you use. It is the same tool I am using and it has all the features you described above...  the one thing it lacks is reporting. I'm working on adding this functionality for myself, when I am done, I could share the code with you and you test it. From the list you gave, id say:


-auto discovery --> using the poller script and the nmap use in this script, a cron job should work for that. The only problem is that you will need to define a customer ID (if you have many) to assign the discovered IP address to. You could pass a file containing the list of IP addresses and assign a customer ID to each file for this.


-DNS resolution --> If you do not pass the -n flag, the default nmap commands return hostname for each IP address. The manual shows examples you can use for nmap and what ipplan will accept from an nmap scan.


-regular subnet checking for new active and inactive adresses --> I'd say the poller script can handle this as well. There is a command that updates a field of the database for last poll date and whether IP address was active or not


-reporting of new addresses seen in the network --> certainly not there
-reporting of inactive addresses --> certainly not there

I have looked for a similar tool that is open source but not found any. Solarwinds have the tools that you describe here, but they are not free and are not cheap either.


You may need to have separate cron jobs to cater for the different updates that you want.



-- 
Mike

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