[afnog] IPAM - with history?

[Hervey Allen]

On 3/7/19 3:54 AM, Frank Habicht wrote:
> Hi all,
> 

Hi Frank,

> at $dayjob we're using NetDot [1] as IP address management tool, and it
> has several features I really like (so big "Thanks" to the authors):
> - hierarchical containers that contain other subnets or containers
> - auto-discovery, going through all devices, finding subnets used
>   [enabling you to find where 20.20.20.1/30 was configured!!]
> - and of course it knows 128-bit addresses and discovers them
> But it seems its development is not that active any more.
> 

Development was minimal for some time. Carlos (the main author) has been
busy (like all of us).

You can add issues (including feature requests) at:

https://github.com/cvicente/Netdot/issues

One nice bit of news - You can now install Netdot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in
a reasonable manner. Carlos updated the Netdot manual with details on
doing this:

http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/cvicente/Netdot/blob/master


(See Install section).

You can use our sample Netdot install lab at:

https://nsrc.org/activities/agendas/en/nmm-5-days/netmgmt/en/netdot/exercises-netdot.html

For some ideas and examples about what you might do next once Netdot is
installed.

> Now I have 2 more needs arising:
> 1. VRF awareness: assigning subnets to VRFs (/RDs), allowing overlapping
>     IP in discrete VRFs
> 2. history awareness / archiving:
>     keeping records of IP or subnet use over time
> 
> 
> Which IPAM systems have those ?

I'm following answers as well as am most interested in people's
experience around both your needs Frank.

Cheers,
	- Hervey

> If open source possible, strongly preferred.
> And if there's any possibility to run through the list of known devices
> and find all connected subnets and specific IPs on interfaces, that will
> be very much valued.
> 
> What do the good people here recommend?
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
> 
> [1] http://netdot.uoregon.edu/
> 
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