GestióIP IPAM actualizations

Apply the actualization package to upgrade to GestióIP v3.5 or to update v3.5 to the latest patch version.

Update/Upgrade instructions

Execute the following commands from a terminal of the GestióIP server.

1) Download the actualization package

$ wget https://www.gestioip.net/files/actualize_gestioip35.tar.gz

2) Untar actualize_gestioip35.tar.gz

$ tar vzxf actualize_gestioip35.tar.gz

3) Change to the new directory actualize_gestioip35

$ cd actualize_gestioip35

4) Execute actualize_gestioip.sh like root

$ sudo ./actualize_gestioip.sh

The script will automatically create a backup of the database and will update GestióIP to the last stable version.

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Patch log

GestióIP 3.5

Version 7 (26/05/2021)

Automatic discovery support now the cloud environments AWS, AZURE and GCLOUD.
Multiple minor bugs fixed.

Version 6 (09/04/2021)

Statistics much more flexible, allowing now to combine different attributes.
A couple of enhancements for the ACL-management.
Enhancements of the installation for a deployment with docker.
Multiple minor bugs fixed.

Version 5 (04/01/2021)

DHCP integration

Host entries can now be synchronized against DHCP server.

New Job type to create automatically database backups.
Multiple minor bugs fixed.

Version 4 (03/11/2020)

New scan options

"Site" scan allows to scan all networks of a specific Site.
"ping-only" scan allows to check the host status only, ignoring the DNS.

LDAP authentication can now be configured from the web front end.
New IP distribuation for the network-overviews.
New debug mode.
Multiple small enhancements.
Multiple minor bugs fixed.

Version 3 (08/06/2020)

Jobs can now be managed from the web front end.
The new job type "global" offers the possibility to combine the discovery of networks and host.
The network discovery is now able to delte networks, which are not longer found in the network devices.
This allows to have a actual picture of the networks which are know by the network devices.
Enhancements in the host discovery of big networks.
Support for multiple SMTP servers.
New site with static IPv4 information, like reserved blocks and a list of variable subnet lengths.
Multiple small enhancements.
Multiple minor bugs fixed.

Version 2 (13/03/2020)

GestióIP now available in Polish language - Thanks a lot to Marcin Bachmatiuk for the translation.
German language revised - Thanks a lot to Marcello Bruno.
The installation disposes now about an non-interactive mode, using default values from a configration file.
System allows now to assign Site specific permission.
Audit shows now the remote host.
Login failures will now be logged.
Audit access will now be logged.
Quick-search-type will now be remembered.
Multiple minor bugs fixed.

Version 1 (05/02/2020)

Installation: support for CentoS8/RH8.
Paging links for networks where not shown.
The perl Module JSON was not automatically installed during the installation. This caused that the rootnet-tree was not displayed.
Network mass update was not executed.
Some more minor bugs.
Some styling issues.

Version 0 (16/01/2020)

GestióIP 3.5 comes with a new front end web. See the Screenshots.

GestióIP 3.4

Version 7 (08/10/2019)

Tags for networks and hosts which allow to group objects. The automatic discovery mechanisms can be executed against Tags.
SNMP groups which allow to define SNMP parameters. SNMP groups can be assigned to individual networks and/or host.
DNS server groups which allow to define up to three DNS servers. DNS server groups can be assigned to individual networks.
Support for dynamic DNS updates with TSIG authentication. TSIG authentication is supported by many DNS server products (BIND, PowerDNS, ...).
Enhancements in the site and line management
The host-list-view shows now the network-chain when accessed from the free-ranges view.
New command line options for the discovery scripts allow to overwrite the configuration file parameters.
Host discovery via DNS and SNMP allow now to specify a host range.
Multiple small enhancements.
Multiple minor bug fixes.

Version 6 (12/07/2019)

MAC management system allows to manage MAC addresses centralized and to update external databases.
Custom columns for sites and lines.
Custom columns can now be created as drop-down with predefined values.
Network delete link now from host-list-view available.
New go-to-top button.
Network discovery allows now to use the interface description/alias as description of the new networks (for local routes which are associated to this interface).
Network discover allows now to assign sites to new discovered networks.
New script allows now to execute network and host discovery together and to discover new found networks directly with ping, DNS and SNMP.

Version 5 (19/01/2019)

Hierarchical network view shows now the network chain.
Enhancements in the discovery of IPv6 networks. The discovery supports now the OID inetCidrRouteProto for IPv6 routes.
DNS update supports now multiple DNS A entries for one IP.
New script gip_check_hosts.pl allows to quickly update the host status.
IPv6 networks where not correctly sorted in the network-list-view.
Multiple minor bug fixes.

Version 4 (13/06/2018)

New network column "usage" shows now the utilization for all networks directly within network-list-view (manage > custom_columns).
Support for GET data for all pages.
New link with GET data on the bottom of every page.
DNS Zone modify-form always displayed type "A" instead of the real value.
Deleting host from networks with bitmasks of /31 or /32 caused that the result page did not displayd the remaining hosts entries correctly.
Error when deleting VLANs.

Version 3 (18/05/2018)

Version check failed for web based vlan discovery

Version 2 (15/05/2018)

ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl: SQL error while "insert" host statement

Version 1 (02/05/2018)

Server error when updating host without DNS synchronization enabled
If there were the same hostname record for multiple IPs on the primary DNS server defined, GestioIP updated only one of this entries

Version 0 (18/04/2018)

Integration with Microsoft DNS and Bind DNS server - secure dynamic update between the GestioIP and DNS servers
New option for the SNMP discovery allows to omit ARP-Cache discover
Multiple minor bug fixes

GestióIP 3.2

Version 12 (22/12/2017)

Installation issue with Debian 9: "apt-get install ..." failed because of a missing ping-external package.
Issue with Debian 9: after deleting a host, network list-view did not show entries.
Under some Mysql version, deleting hosts result in the error "Truncated incorrect INTEGER value".
Import IPv6 hosts from spreadsheet: only the first host of a network was imported.
Minor bug in show free ranges.
get_networks_snmp.pl: updates now hostname in the case that it is "unknown".

Version 11 (15/05/2017)

login problem for some users under different clients
links to GestioIP web site are now HTTPS (update-check, documentation)
minor bugs in show-free-ranges and export-networks
automatic network import via SNMP: new options: sort networks according to it's bitmask/prefix in ascend or descend order
Support for new vendors: Raspberry Pi, Sharp, Sophos
Configuration Management Module: support for new vendor: Force10
Configuration Management Module: support for new devices: F5 Viprion, Cisco Nexus

Version 10 (10/08/2016)

Error when creating the PTR zone files under a specific (non-default) client
Problems importing spreadsheets with Perl versions < 5.15
Under some circumstances, title line of exported CSV file was in wrong order
Configuration Management Module: support for new devices: Avaya, Palo Alto, Pfsense

Version 9 (02/01/2016)

Password management allows now to show the passwords for multiple devices
"back to network" link for password list view
Networks with bitmasks of /31 and /32 were not clickable under free-ranges-view
Host from networks with bitmasks of /31 and /32 were not imported from spreadsheets
New sites where not displayed in advanced site management list view
Chinese characters where not correctly imported from spreadsheets

Version 8 (15/11/2015)

GestióIP incorporates now a password management system for devices
new vendors: Caresteam, Philips, Synology, TP-Link

Version 7 (27/10/2015)

Advanced site management including custom columns
The new script "create_summary_mail.pl" allowes to create a summery of the result of the actualization scripts
The new script "fetch_prtg_hosts.pl" allowes to fetch all devices from a PRTG installation and allowes to create "URL" links to the devices found in PRTG
Creating multiple root networks with same bitmasks failed under some circumstance

Version 6 (04/09/2015)

Synchronization via SNMP uses now the ARP cache of the devices to find new hosts
Synchronization via SNMP updates now automatically the new predefined host columns ifDescr and ifAlias
Synchronization via SNMP updates now automatically the predefined host column MAC
Synchronization against DNS allows now to use ping only to determinate if a host should be added to the database (option "ignore DNS")
Nework discovery (get_networks_snmp): new option -r creates a report for the networks which are in the GestióIP database but not found in the routing tables of the devices
Network discovery (get_networks_snmp): new option -i allows to add hostroutes (/32) as hosts
New predefined host columns ifDescr and ifAlias
New predefined network columns ifDescr and ifAlias
Free-ranges-view: new option "show only networks within rootnets" allows to prevent that free ranges which are not under organization's control are shown
Confirmation message for executing "synchronization against DNS" and "clear network" from host list view was not displayed
Authorization system: new group permissions "execute_update_dns" and "execute_update_snmp" to control the execution of the synchronization scripts
Advanced host search allows now to search for update-type
Export host - result includes now the network-categor
When executing a mass update for host after a host-search, the hosts where not listed (the update was executed correctly
Export networks - under some circumstances, columns where shifted to the righ
Checkbox "Don't create entry for the linked IP" was not remembered
Site-name-form fields allow now up to 60 character
Error when editing the linked IP field after a host-quick-searc
New vendors: Buffalo, General Electric, Kyocera, Lacie, Western Digital

Version 5 (06/05/2015)

SNMP synchronization functions allow now to specify the SNMP port, for the case that the devices are listening on a non standard port
Executing a mass-update when accessing from statistic page for hosts without sites or category resulted in a blank page
Editing line clients caused that the comment and the description was interchanged
Configuration Management Module: support for new devices: PBN, Checkpoint Gaia, OpenWrt

Version 4 (03/03/2015)

Statistic page offers now direct links to list networks and host by their site and location
Advanced search allows now to search for networks and hosts without site or location
Host modification form: New checkbox "Don't create entry for the linked IP" allows to prevent the automatic creation of an entry for the linked IP
User Group modification form: only the first client was selected, other configured clients were ignored
Fetch host information via SNMP ("i"-button) - blank result page in some linux versions
Network configuration backup module: support for Huawei VRP added

Version 3 (04/02/2015)

Support for "Favourite" networks added. New predifined network column "Fav" allows to mark networks as favourites, new "favourite button" allows to list the favourite networks easily
New predefined network column "VRF"
Authorization system denied to delete hosts manually
Configuration Management: Support for devices running Adtran AOS added

Version 2 (23/01/2015)

Activation of the authorization system checks now if the variable REMOTE_USER is set
Email adress check did not allow the charecters "." and "-"
Enhancement of the error messages in the case that the access was denied by the authorization system
New vendor Eaton

Version 1 (15/01/2015)

GestióIP offers now a fine granulated authorization system. See the Documentation for further details.

GestióIP 3.1

Version 4 (17/12/2014)

Configuration Management Module allows now to backup devices behind NAT
Configuration Management Module allows now to specify the Connection Protocol port
Language switched back to English when accessing the "list CM hosts" form

Version 3 (02/12/2014)

Error when creating multiple root networks with same bitmasks
"Delete old audit events" only deleted events for the actual client
IP addresses in the comment for reserved ranges appeared under some circumstances in hexadecimal
Confirmation window for "delete client" option
Deleting the value of a custom column and updating another custom column with the same value in one step caused that the update not worked
show free ranges: when accessing to the "create networks" form from the last free range of "show free ranges" view, the proposed network was wrong
Support for new vendor: Microsemi

Version 2 (23/10/2014)

It was not possible to delete host entries after executing a host search
It was not possible to delete host from "only used entries"-mode of "host list view"
new vendor Ericsson
CMM: the Network Configuration Management Module offers now a Dashboard which gives an overview of the executed Jobs
CMM: new XML file: Vyatta

Version 1 (08/10/2014)

GestióIP offers now optionally a flexible and powerful module to automatically backup and manage configurations of network devices like switches, router, load balancer or firewalls. read more...

GestióIP 3.0

Version 28 (21/05/2014)

Show free ranges: some problems with nested root networks fixed
When accessing the "insert network" form from "free ranges" view, in some cases, the number of possible networks was not correctly calculated
Separated configurations for Apache 2.2 and 2.4
Import hosts from spreadsheets: new option "append entries" allows to select if information from spreadsheet should be overwritten or appended to old entries
Import hosts from spreadsheets: custom column entries where not overwritten when importing host multiple times
Correction of some spelling errors in English, Spanish and German vars files

Version 27 (24/03/2014)

setup_gestioip.sh: Apache's mod_cgi is disabled in ubuntu 13.10. Setup offers now the possibility to enable mod_cgi automatically
Apache configuration: satisfy any directive added
show free ranges: number of free IPv6 networks were incorrect displayed
VLAN export: VLAN providers will now be exported, too

Version 26 (20/01/2014)

VLAN providers were not displayed within "show vlan provider" view
index.cgi: language switched back to English
ip_search_vlan.cgi internal server error
actualize_gestioip.sh uses now explicitly /bin/bash and accepts now a script path other than /usr/share (this problem affected some Unix system like FreeBSD)

Version 25 (29/11/2013)

show free ranges: some problems with nested root networks fixed
show free ranges: new option permits to collapse root networks
audit log: broken links, when the webserver worked on other ports than 80 or 443
some special characters where incorrectly displayed within the labels of the statistical graphs
statistical graphs offer now links to a bigger version of the graphs
the generation of the statistic page is now faster
incorrect display of "comment" and "description" field in host modification form in the case that the value contained a quotation mark (")
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl and ip_update_gestioip_snmp.pl: new option -CSV_networks permits to specify a coma separated list of networks to process (example format: 10.0.0.0/24,10.0.1.0/24)
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl and ip_update_gestioip_snmp.pl: new option -Network_file permits to specify a file containing a list of networks to process
Support for new vendors: Kemp, Riverbed, Thomson

Version 24 (04/10/2013)

Security relevant bug fix: script ip_checkhost.cgi permitted remote code execution for authenticated users via a specially crafted URL
Client management rewritten. It is now more clear and easier to use
When managing more than 10.000 networks, network links up from link "21" where broken

Version 23 (27/07/2013)

Reserve range function allows now to reserve single IP addresses
In the case that the search result passes 500 found entries, search result will now display the first 500 entries
Filter networks link did not work in the case that the server was listening on ports other then 80 or 443
Enhanced notification messages when manipulating clients
Support for new vendors: Arquimedes, LG, Megaware

Version 22 (20/06/2013)

Error in mass update when executed after an advanced host search
Column missmatch after advanced host search
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl: accepts now locations containing spaces as location argument
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl: mail_from option was ignored
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl: accepts now different configuration files
Support for new vendors: Iboss, Imperva, Mobileiron

Version 21 (27/03/2013)

red overview offers now a link to export the result of the ping checks to CSV
insert new network form allows now to specify custom column values
network info page offers now a direct link to RIPE WHOIS database
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl: allows now to restrict the sites for the networks which should be synchronized
ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl: allows now to specify a SMTP server
linked IP: it was not possible to link IPv6 to IPv4 addresses
show_redinfo: "percent usage"-info was under some circumstances incorrectly formatted
export to CSV: line breaks in comment or description field caused a column mismatch

Version 20 (06/02/2013)

improvements of "fetch device livedata": shows now VLAN table and device uptime, interface table shows now PVID, "last change" and IN/OUT errors
interface table of "fetch device livedata" had under some circumstances a column mismatch
show free ranges: includes now a filter for networks
show free ranges: start address of free range within rootnets without endnets were not correctly displayed
import hosts from spreadsheets: slash and equal signs were replaced by underscores when importing "URLs"
IPv6 addressing plan creator: networks on nibble boundaries are now highlighted with green color
IPv6 addressing plan creator: export link did not work for some languages
"Linked IP" was not shown in modify host form

Version 19 (17/01/2013)

"linked IP" feature offers now a direct link to add hosts in the case that the "linked IP" does not have a host entry
vlan import: problems with Cyrillic symbols in description field - thanks to Leonid Kabanov for providing a patch to fix this issue
column mismatch in the heading of the exported data when exporting all hosts of a network
enhancements in the network synchronization against DNS
some minor bugs fixed

Version 18 (10/01/2012)

Adding "linked IPs" to an IP address creates now entries in the linked IP field of the correspondig linked addresses
splitting a red caused that all reserved ranges were deleted
custom column values where not deleted when modifying BM of a network
search for IPv6 IP address failed with "no result"
mass update hosts for IPv6 failed with a Mysql error
DNS zone file generator did not displayed IPv6 reverse entries for all networks
some minor bugs fixed

Version 17 (02/01/2012)

New feature: new predefined custom column "linked IP" permits to link IP addresses with other IP addresses (e.g. to associate a private IP address with an official NAT address).

Note

The "linked IP" field permits single IPs as well as a coma separated list of IP addresses.

Log into the Mysql database:
$ mysql -u gestioip -p gestioip

And add the new value with the following command:
mysql> insert into predef_host_columns (id,name) values (15,"linked IP");

DNS zone file generator ignored the option "Ignore out-of-zone data" for reverse zones
DNS zone file generator did not correctly displayed the list of ignored networks with bitmasks > 24

Version 16 (27/12/2012)

New feature: DNS zone file generator. This feature permits to generate automatically DNS forward and reverse zone on the basis of the managed networks (with support for BIND and tinydns) (see the provisional documentation)
Import VLANs from spreadsheets permits now to import "VLAN providers"
Custom column URL allows now equal sign ("=") within a URL
Support for the vendors Storagetek and Lenovo
Automatic actualization against OCS: script ip_update_gestioip_ocs.pl failed to insert new hosts
Links to vendor list from the statistic page did not show a result after host mass update for vendors
Statistics page did not show vendor images correctly after host mass update for vendors
Some minor bugs fixed

Version 15 (07/11/2012)

It was not possible to change the prefix length of IPv6 networks with prefix lengths greater than /64
"About GestióIP"-page displayed the count of the VLANs of the actual client instead of the count of all VLANs
In some cases IPv6 "goto host/address" didn't found entries when a hostname was introduced
Problem importing spreadsheets in the case that the path to DocumentRoot contained other than alphanumeric characters
Mass update failed in the case that only custom columns where edited
New Feature: new button "I" within "host list view" allows to query live data via SNMP for every IP addresses
New Feature: "network list view" allows now to switch between bitmasks and subnet-mask

Version 14 (17/09/2012)

New option "contract rootents" permits to hide networks which fall into rootnetworks
Network mass update: modified networks are now highlighted
Networks with bitmasks of /30 and /31 can now be split
Network export to CVS: exported networks can now be tagged as root network
Import networks from spreadsheets: new option allows to import networks as root networks
Network search: found networks are now ordered by IP
Network modification form did not displayed custom column values when accessing from "network overview"
Corrections in Catalan translation

Version 13 (24/08/2012)

Network mass update caused under some circumstances that the location or sync field was reset. This problem was not completely resolved with actualization 10
Host mass update caused under some circumstances that the location field was reset
Host mass update: after deleting host entries from multiple networks, the entries of the "networks" column in the "delete_host" page where displayed incorrectly
Import hosts from spreadsheets: spreadsheets that contained a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses caused that under some circumstances the first hosts of IPv4 networks were ignored
Import networks from spreadsheets: networks with bitmasks of /31 and /32 were ignored

Version 12 (24/07/2012)

Manage GestióIP: in the case that the MIB directory was missing, the manage GestióIP site displayed an error message and did not offer the possibility to change the MIB directory
When calculating networks from "new network" form, the subnet-calculator displayed a wrong "network" in the case that the combination of the new network/BM was invalid
Workaround for a SNMP bug in Juniper SSG firewalls which caused that networks where not correctly imported

Version 11 (15/06/2012)

Import hosts from spreadsheet with multiple clients with same networks configured: host were in some cases imported with a wrong network ID which caused that this hosts wasn't displayed in host list view.
Error accessing IPv6 addressing plan builder under Catalan and Spanisch language

Version 10 (09/05/2012)

Show free ranges: number of free addresses was in some cases incorrect
Network mass update caused under some circumstances that the location or sync field was resetted. This problem was cause by actualization 8

Version 9 (04/05/2012)

Show free ranges: problems in displaying free ranges between nested rootnets
Modify lines form: "NULL"-value from location list deleted

Version 8 (30/04/2012)

Network mass update caused under some circumstances that the host of the modified networks disappeared from host list view
Show free ranges view:

Displays now free ranges before the first and after the last endnet when entering rootnetworks
Neworks with same ID are now sorted by bitmask
Allows now to access directly to host list views

"Import hosts and networks from spreadsheet form": column select box included a zero "0" in place of an "O"
SQL error while searching from advanced network search through custom columns

Version 7 (07/04/2012)

Deleting hosts with mass update after quick search: only some of the marked hosts where deleted
"Host by vendor" statistic displayed in some cases not the vendors but the content of another custom column

Version 6 (14/03/2012)

Automatic actualization script ip_update_gestioip_snmp.pl did not add new hosts
It was possible to delete some default categories
actualize_gestioip.sh: script was unable to change cgi-scripts permissions in the case that the Linux distribution was not recognized

Version 5 (18/02/2012)

Support for traditional and modern Chinese - Thanks a lot to Bill Liu for the translation
SNMPv3 authPass was rejected when trying to import networks via SNMP or trying to start the initialization

Version 4 (15/02/2012)

New feature: mass update for networks
New feature: mass update for hosts
New feature: custom host column "URL" allows now to use variables for IP and hostname
New feature: IP address plan now exportable to CSV
Updates for language files
Hierarchical address plan: some networks where ignored while creating the new IPv6 networks
Import host spreadsheet: hosts where in some cases imported into rootnetworks which caused that the host where not displayed in "host list view"
Reserved ranges: "network overview" and "network status view" did not display all hosts of the reserved ranges
Deleting rootnet caused that host entries of end network where deleted, too
Statistic images where not shown under French language
History for hosts had displayed in some cases the history for the wrong host

See the updated user guide for how the new features are working.

Version 3 (21/12/2011)

Custom network columns: If the same custom column value was associated with multiple networks, deleting the value from one network caused that the value was deleted from the other networks, too
Error message "Use of uninitialized value $search_index in string at /var/www/gestioip/ip_searchip.cgi line 107..." fixed
Blue background while hovering over endnets

Version 2 (19/12/2011)

GestioIP allows now networks with a bitmask of 31
Long descriptions with special characters caused that host entries were not correctly updated
Enhanced character check for SNMPv1/2c community strings and SNMPv3 auth_pass and priv_pass
Clients: Importing hosts for a network which existent within multiple clients caused in some cases that the hosts were imported for a wrong client
vars_cat, vars_es, vars_ru updated

actualization scripts:

ip_update_gestioip_dns.pl and ip_update_gestioip_snmp.pl: networks with BM > 30 will now be ignored
ip_update_gestioip_dns: networks are now listed in log file when DNS server fails
ip_update_gestioip_dns: empty lines in report mail deleted

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