BlueCat
Connect a BlueCat server to Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to manage addresses for your networks
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The setup workflow is common to all IPAM integrations: connect, import the networks, map them to your resource handler networks, and then enable orchestration. See IP address management (IPAM) for those steps. This page covers what is specific to BlueCat.
Connection details
In Admin > IP Management, select Add, then choose BlueCat.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | A name for this connection. |
| IP address | The address or hostname of the BlueCat server. |
| Port | Defaults to 443. |
| Account username | An account authorized to run commands on the BlueCat server. |
| Password | The password for that account. It is stored securely. If the password vault feature is enabled, this field offers Locally Stored or Vault Managed. Select Vault Managed to read the secret from a configured vault provider. See Use password vaults. |
A server will not get an address
The domain comes from the DNS Domain value on the CMP network. When it is set, CMP registers the host as <hostname>.<domain> in BlueCat, so the domain must be one BlueCat knows. If the two do not agree, BlueCat refuses to register the host against the IP, and provisioning fails. If the network has no DNS Domain, CMP reserves the IP address without creating a host record.
Related
- IP address management (IPAM): The setup workflow shared by every IPAM integration.
- Import and manage existing networks: Set the DNS Domain on a CMP network.