Application provisioning by integrating with DNS/IPAM systems

What is DDI?

Integration of DNS (Domain name system), DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol), and IPAM (IP address management) into a single service/solution constitutes DDI. It includes the base for core network services that allow communication over an IP-based network.

Why DNS & IPAM?

DDI services is a crucial tool for the enterprise because as enterprises develop, there is a continuous addition of new IP addresses to their network at an accelerating pace. It helps to manage this significant increase in IP address assignments across the network.

· The system can drastically reduce the complexity of managing your IP Address installed base by tracking, monitoring and managing both IPv4 and IPv6 address installations.

· Automatic detection of IP address problems as early as possible to avoid network disruption.

· Enables network teams to anticipate potential IP address conflicts, full DHCP scopes and the risk of DNS mismatches.

· Manual methods of tracking and managing IP addresses are no longer preferred due to their cumbersome nature and risk of disruption caused by human error.

Role of Appviewx in DNS & IPAM provisioning

Application provisioning on load balancers such as F5, Netscaler, AVI, NGINX, etc is technically complete when appropriate DNS provisioning & IP management have been handled synchronously.

Let’s go through a simple user journey that seamlessly handles this operation.

1) Application users have to fill in a simple intuitive form with information like Application name, SSL offloading preference, HTTPS redirection preference, SAN for SSL certificate, persistence type.

2) Once this form is submitted, the next available IP address is automagically picked up from an IPAM system (Infoblox, Bluecat, TCPWave, BT IPcontrol, Solarwidns, vitalQIP, etc…)

3) The Virtual Server is provisioned on the load balancer & the IP address is reserved on the IPAM system.

4) On successful provisioning, the A & PTR records are provisioned on the DNS system.

All this is handled automagically with basic inputs from the Application teams themselves.

How to overcome Challenges of DDI services with AppViewX..!!

· Conventional DNS/IPAM services have slow application rollouts and updates. But through AppViewX it is made faster with the use of APIs for interaction with devices.

· Efforts taken to carry out an activity in DNS/IPAM devices is huge when compared to managing the device through Appviewx

• There is no sufficient visibility to get the whole picture of IPs and other services in conventional DNS/IPAM services. Appviewx provides a centralized view of applications, services, and devices in the network. Thereby facilitating an easy way to allocate resources as per the need and satisfies compliance requirements.
• AppViewX is a single window to manage load balancers, DNS records & IP addressed by acting as a master orchestrator.

Outcome:

By providing, end-to-end application management & visibility spanning across DNS/IPAM provisioning solutions, AppViewX has delivered remarkable Effort savings (65%) and Cost savings (80%) in terms of DNS & IPAM provisioning operations to various enterprises across the globe.