How to use phpipam to manage IP addresses and subnets

Usually , Network or system administrators have the responsibility to manage one or more subnets under the network they manage . for example , When a network segment is allocated /24 subnet , Then the subnet has 254 individual IP Addresses can be used for different purposes . To track a IP Which host is assigned , It needs to be recorded in some way . The easiest way , Is to use a spreadsheet , Such as Excel To record IP Address assignment information . This method is for only one administrator , And it works better when the network is small . However , For multiple large networks , Relying on spreadsheets is not convenient , And it's very error prone . What's worse is , If there are multiple administrators involved in management , Updating spreadsheets is very troublesome , Because each administrator may generate various versions of document records .

A systematic management IP The way of address allocation is networked IP Address management tools . It's not just because networked management tools can be accessed and managed anywhere , And its back-end database can also ensure that all updates can be synchronized correctly and take effect in real time . Although there are many available networked application tools , But we will focus on how to install in this tutorial phpIPAM（IP Address Manager IP Address management tools ）.phpIPAM It's open source 、 efficient IP Address management application , It has the following features .

• Support at the same time IPv4 and IPv6（ Unlike other tools , It's right IPv6 Good support ）
• The built-in IPv4 and IPv6 Calculator
• Support classless inter domain routing （CIDR） Mark
• Support MySQL database
• Subnet nesting
• Based on users / Group permission
• Visual reporting tool
• Use .xls File import / export
• Support device 、VRF and VLAN
• Powerful search engine
• Email tags
• Support based on AD/LDAP Validation of the

Accessible http://demo.phpipam.net see phpIPAM Demo site .

In this tutorial , We will stay Ubuntu Use in the environment Apache To configure the phpIPAM.

stay Ubuntu Installation on phpIPAM

First , Use apt-get To install the required software packages .

1. # apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-gmp php-pear php5-mysql php5-ldap wget

If MySQL This is the first installation , Please use the following command to set root password .

1. # mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

phpIPAM Can be installed in any Web The server Directory , We will install to Apache Web The server Under the root directory of /phpipam/ Subdirectory .

download phpIPAM software package .

1. # wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/phpipam/phpipam-1.0.tar

Unzip the package to Web The server Corresponding catalogue .

1. # cp phpipam-1.0.tar /var/www/
2. # cp /var/www/
3. # tar xvf phpipam-1.0.tar
4. # rm phpipam-1.0.tar

Now let's specify MySQL Username and password , Also specify the reference directory .

1. # vim /var/www/phpipam/config.php

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1. $db['host']="localhost";
2. ## MySQL user for ipam ##
3. $db['user']="phpipam";
4. ## password for the MySQL user ##
5. $db['pass']="phpipamadmin";
6. ## database for MySQL ##
7. $db['name']="phpipam";
8. ## base directory ##
9. define('BASE',"/phpipam/");

Need to provide .htaccess Specify the reference directory in the file .

1. # vim /var/www/phpipam/.htaccess
2. RewriteBase/phpipam/

Get ready Apache Web The server

phpIPAM The operation of Apache Of Rewrite modular , This module can be used in Ubuntu or Debian Use the following command on the machine to enable .

1. # a2enmod rewrite

Next , Need modification Apache Default configuration . Please add / Modify your configuration , Make it look like this .

1. # vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
2. <Directory/var/www/>
3. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
4. AllowOverride all
5. Order allow,deny
6. allow from all
7. </Directory>

Last , restart Apache Web service .

1. # service apache2 restart

Complete the installation

We can use the browser to complete phpIPAM Installation . Point the browser address to URL: http:///phpIPAM, The following... Will be displayed phpIPAM Installation page . We can start automated database installation .

Now? ,phpIPAM Should have been up , And is running , We can use the following default users to log in .

• URL: http:///phpipam
• User: Admin
• Pass: ipamadmin