phpIPAM is an open-source IP address management solution that helps to manage IP address space, track subnets and devices, and generate reports. It is written in PHP and requires a web server and a database server to run. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install phpIPAM on macOS.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following:
Go to the phpIPAM website and download the latest version of phpIPAM.
wget https://github.com/phpipam/phpipam/archive/master.zip
Once downloaded, extract the zip file to the web server directory.
unzip master.zip -d /var/www/html/
phpIPAM requires a database server to store data. In this tutorial, we will use MariaDB as the database server.
Install MariaDB using Homebrew:
brew install mariadb
Start the MariaDB service:
brew services start mariadb
Log in to the MariaDB shell as root:
mysql -u root
Create a new database for phpIPAM:
CREATE DATABASE phpipam;
Create a new user and grant all privileges to the phpipam database:
CREATE USER 'phpipam'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpipam.* TO 'phpipam'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
phpIPAM requires some PHP extensions to be installed. In this tutorial, we will use Homebrew to install them.
Install PHP 7.4:
brew install php@7.4
Install the required PHP extensions:
brew install php@7.4-gd php@7.4-mysql php@7.4-intl php@7.4-mcrypt php@7.4-bcmath
Edit the PHP configuration file:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini
Change the following settings:
date.timezone = America/New_York
max_execution_time = 300
upload_max_filesize = 128M
post_max_size = 128M
Save and close the file.
Restart the web server service:
sudo apachectl restart
Edit the phpIPAM configuration file:
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpipam-master/config.php
Update the following settings:
/* database connection details */
$db['host'] = 'localhost';
$db['user'] = 'phpipam';
$db['pass'] = 'password123';
$db['name'] = 'phpipam';
/* encryption key */
$config['encryption_key'] = '1234567890123456';
/* session name */
$config['cookies']['cookieName'] = 'phpipam';
/* base web directory */
$config['webroot'] = '/phpipam';
/* url to domain */
$config['baseurl'] = 'http://localhost/phpipam';
/* set debugging */
$config['debug'] = false;
Save and close the file.
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpipam/install/.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Once the installation is complete, log in to phpIPAM using the default username and password:
In this tutorial, we learned how to install phpIPAM on macOS. You can now use phpIPAM to manage IP address space, track subnets and devices, and generate reports.
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