What is IPAM?
Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) is a VPC feature that makes it easier for you to plan, track, and monitor IP addresses for your AWS workloads. You can use IPAM automated workflows to more efficiently manage IP addresses.
You can use IPAM to do the following:
Organize IP address space into routing and security domains
Monitor IP address space that's in use and monitor resources that are using space against business rules
View the history of IP address assignments in your organization
Automatically allocate CIDRs to VPCs using specific business rules
Troubleshoot network connectivity issues
Enable cross-region and cross-account sharing of your Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) addresses
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Provision Amazon-provided contiguous IPv6 CIDR blocks to pools for VPC creation
This guide consists of the following sections:
How IPAM works: IPAM concepts and terminology.
Getting started with IPAM: Steps to enable company-wide IP address management with AWS Organizations, create an IPAM, and plan IP address usage.
Managing IP address space in IPAM: Steps to manage your IPAM, scopes, pools, and allocations.
Tracking IP address usage in IPAM: Steps to monitor and track IP address usage with IPAM.
Tutorials for Amazon VPC IP Address Manager: Detailed step-by-step tutorials for creating an IPAM and pools, allocating VPC CIDRs, and bringing your own public IP address CIDRs to IPAM.
