Configure IP address management (IPAM)

Citrix ADM IPAM provides you an ability to auto-assign and release IP addresses in Citrix ADM managed configurations. You can assign IPs from networks or IP ranges defined using the following IP providers:

• Citrix ADM built-in IPAM provider.
• Infoblox IPAM solution. For more information, see Infoblox DDI.

Currently, you can use Citrix ADM IPAM in:

• StyleBooks: Auto-Allocate IPs to virtual servers when you create configurations.
• Kubernetes Ingress: Auto-assign a virtual IP address to an Ingress configuration in a Kubernetes cluster.
• API gateway: Auto-allocate an IP address to the API proxy.

You can also track the allocated and available IP addresses in each network or IP range managed by Citrix ADM.

Add an external IP address provider

Citrix ADM has a built-in IPAM provider to manage IPs and IP ranges. You can also add an external IP address provider to Citrix ADM.

Important

Before you begin, ensure that the following permissions are enabled in the external IP address provider:

• Ability to query networks that are present in the provider.
• Register a new network.
• Unregister an existing network.
• Reserve an IP address in the network.
• Free an IP address from the network.
• Retrieve the used IP addresses from a network.
• Retrieve available IP addresses from a network.

Perform the following steps to add an external IP provider solution in Citrix ADM:

1. Navigate to Settings > IPAM.

2. In Providers, click Add.

3. Specify the following details to add an IP provider:

   • Name - Specify the IP provider name to use in Citrix ADM.

   • Vendor - Select an IPAM vendor from the list.

   • URL - Specify the URL of the IPAM solution that assigns IP addresses in an Citrix ADM environment. Ensure to specify the URL in the following format:

      https://<host name>
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