IPAM (IP Address Management) is designed to organize and track IP addresses in your organization/company/department.
Installing HostBill
HostBill installation is fully automated and takes just seconds, more info at http://hostbillapp.com/install/
Download & install
- After module purchase visit https://hostbillapp.com/clientarea/, log-in and proceed to "Services->HostBill Plugins->IPAM - IP address manager" and from left-hand menu choose Download This Product
- After downloading, unzip archive contents in your main HostBill directory
- Log-in into your HostBill adminarea, proceed to Settings->Modules, locate your newly uploaded module and choose "Activate"
Basic IPAM settings
IPAM comes with easy to understand options, with two major components:
Reservation Rules
Under Options tab you can also find reservation rules option, when enabled it will automatically apply certain rules to IP list on subnet provisioning
When assigning whole IP list this option will automatically reserve IPs based on rules below. You can use 'n' and 'm' variables to define list starting & end points, example:
- 'n+1' will reserve second ip
- 'm' will reserve last ip
Setting up Reverse DNS
IPAM module can work with PowerDNS module, allowing your colocation/dedicated customers to manage their PTR records directly from clientarea.
To enable rDNS management in HostBill
- Go to Settings->Modules and enable PowerDNS module
- Configure connection to your DNS server in Settings->Apps
- Enable Reverse DNS in Product->Client functions for your Colo/Dedi packages
- Visit Extras->IPAM->Reverse DNS
- Under your dedicated servers/colocation products enable Reverse DNS client function in product configuration
- Create general DNS zone for in-addr.arpa or /24 subnet specific (like 3.2.1.in-addr.arpa for 1.2.3.0/24)
- Clients that have packages with IPs assigned in (Account details)->IPAM tab will now be able to manage their rDNS records
- Additionally, anytime you'll edit rDNS column in IPAM plugin, it will send updated record to DNS module