Cloud IPAM Sync for Azure

Any workload deployed in a renowned and integrated environment is automatically well managed and provides a controlled service level. For workloads deployed elsewhere, it is more complex to ensure all processes and enforcement are fully controlled. For providing control, a good place to start is with a repository of all the assets, and then ensuring the repository is kept up-to-date. IPAM, which is one part of the DDI strategy, offers this capability.

The DDI ecosystem needs to be fully interfaced with all the cloud environments deployed in a multi-cloud approach in order to guarantee central visibility and offer the ability to automate all processes.

Global Visibility Using Single Pane of Glass

SOLIDserver IPAM integrates a global view over Azure IP network resources hosting computing and services. This offers complete IP topology visibility of any networks deployed in the Azure public cloud, alongside the ones hosted on-premise. All the computing resources using IP addresses are also visible directly in the central IPAM, allowing unification of the administration process. Once synchronization information is provided to the central IPAM, all the Azure cloud networks are automatically created, modified or removed during their lifetime, without any manual intervention. IPAM still remains the central repository even with Azure cloud hosted workloads. This enables visibility for I&O teams for processes like policy control, audit or accounting in addition to standard management and troubleshooting.

Azure cloud hosting can be split into multiple tenants and subscriptions. Generally a single tenant is enough to cover any usage across many counties. Subscriptions can be used to separate entities, for example to allow billing transfer to another entity or customer. Resource groups are also used to create application or environment zones.