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Role Based Access Control: Ideas for making this work at the Resource Record level

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[Press Release] BlueCat introduces BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-first Intelligent NetOps platform for cross-domain network operations

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Integrity X 25.1.1 transaction history very confusing

When perusing Global->Transactions, if you click white space in the table the fly-out window presents a barebones representation of the transaction (just an object id, no IP or Name or other object-identifying data). It also lists an Operations h

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rharoldeDNS/DHCP/IPAM at U of Michigan

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Finding the DNS View for a Resource Record

When searching for a Resource Record in the API, how can I limit it to a particular DNS View? Or if I find all records, how can I tell which View each record belongs to? The Configuration is included as a value in the object, but the View seems to

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amartynCommunity Manager

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Integrity 26.1 Beta – Now Open for Participation

Hi everyone,We’re currently running the Integrity X 26.1 Beta and we are inviting interested Integrity users to participate.This beta gives you early access to v26.1.0 so you can test new capabilities in a UAT or lab environment and share feedback ah

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worrabkramBlueCat Employee

Micetro

Automating Network Configuration with BlueCat Micetro

Micetro is an extremely powerful orchestration tool. Providing a single GUI/API across disparate DNS & DHCP systems, together with discovery and IPAM. Giving that single pane of glass view into the entire network.This works great for centralising

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worrabkramBlueCat Employee

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Sending Micetro Audit data to an external syslog

I’ve been meaning to share this for a while…..One of the things that makes Micetro really useful when you start using it for Orchestration of your DNS and DHCP infrastructure is the centralised audit log for all DDI related changes. i.e. Who did what

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moni.veroneseCommunity Manager

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Community Manager OOO from Mar 6 - Mar 28 + Updates

Hi all, I just wanted to post a quick message that I’ll be out of office for most of March, from Mar 6 — Mar 28th. In my absence, please contact @amartyn who will be covering. You’re in great hands. Alternatively, you can also email community@blueca

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vhrzNetwork VIP Newbie

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Bluecat Openstack Plugin

Hi, I’am currently testing Openstack as a VMware alternative in my company. Under VMware, we currently use the Bluecat API to automatically reserve IP addresses and set DNS names. Is there a Openstack Adaptive Plugin / Neutron Driver from Bluecat wit

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Prometheus metrics export?

Is there documentation regarding how one authenticates to <address-manager-ip>:10048/metrics to access the Prometheus metrics exporter? Running 25.1.2, it appears to be asking for/requiring a client certificate, but I can’t find any documentat

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moni.veroneseCommunity Manager

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[Press Release] BlueCat introduces BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-first Intelligent NetOps platform for cross-domain network operationsNews

BlueCat introduces BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-first Intelligent NetOps platform for cross-domain network operations The platform delivers a unified control plane for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, security, and observability, empowering rapid, automated action across

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wienit.atNetwork VIP Newbie

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BIND without IPv6, Question about the Cache and TTLs

Hi,i have a problem with my bind server. (Full disclosure, it’s not with my BDDS installation but a non-bluecat named server).When i try to resolve www.semigator.de thouth this server, it works fine. But after some time, it stops working. It’s not a

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Bluecat Openstack Plugin

Hi, I’am currently testing Openstack as a VMware alternative in my company. Under VMware, we currently use the Bluecat API to automatically reserve IP addresses and set DNS names. Is there a Openstack Adaptive Plugin / Neutron Driver from Bluecat wit

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tmaestasTrusted Resolver

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Prometheus metrics export?

Is there documentation regarding how one authenticates to <address-manager-ip>:10048/metrics to access the Prometheus metrics exporter? Running 25.1.2, it appears to be asking for/requiring a client certificate, but I can’t find any documentat

wienit.atNetwork VIP Newbie

Integrity

BIND without IPv6, Question about the Cache and TTLs

Hi,i have a problem with my bind server. (Full disclosure, it’s not with my BDDS installation but a non-bluecat named server).When i try to resolve www.semigator.de thouth this server, it works fine. But after some time, it stops working. It’s not a

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Role Based Access Control: Ideas for making this work at the Resource Record level

In certain contexts e.g. Azure Authoritative DNS Resource, there is no granularity at the RR level.So given a larger institution have multiple groups using the same Azure Tenant, there is no way to limi who can view/change/add RRs. I.e. using the

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tmaestasTrusted Resolver

Integrity

Address Manager notification processing

I’m curious if anyone can speak to what the limiting factors are on BAM’s ability to process notifications? We’ve experienced some occurrences where it looks like the notification processing has hit a SQL block for a period of time, causing PNA file

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tmaestasTrusted Resolver

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BDDS Visualization in Integrity X 25.1.1

Does anyone know what the requirements are for a BDDS to show up in the Visualization/Dashboards section with the new metrics? I know it must be running 25.x, however I’ve added a new BDDS in my lab and it’s not showing up. I performed the followin

brian.pfielActive Resolver

Integrity

DDI Multi-primary

We're looking to install another site with recursive and authoritative DNS. I’ve done some looking into the multi-primary function though unsure if this is what we're looking for. The goal is to have this site’s DNS/DHCP intact in a disaster scenario

tmaestasTrusted Resolver

Integrity

Race condition causing duplicate IP assignments via API

We have run into a situation where our virtual compute provisioning stack is experiencing duplicate IP assignments from Bluecat. They are POSTing to the v2 API endpoint /api/v2/networks/{collection}/addresses without specifying an address, allowing

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Let's Encrypt Certs in 25.1 vs. 9.6.1

I’ve upgraded my lab to 25.1 and have found that the Let’s Encrypt certs aren’t working as expected. I don’t see errors in Firefox or Chrome but code to check the certs are failing against 25.1 with the error “ Certificate validation error: FQDN-25.

william.myers1Network VIP Newbie

Integrity

Looking for advice and inspiration for DHCP DNS & DDNS Domain Configuration

Greetings,I’m looking for recommendations and best practices regarding DHCP-scoped DNS domain assignment across different segments of our environment.Specifically, I’d appreciate guidance on configuring the following DHCP options: Domain Name DDNS

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