IPAM + VCF Operations: Confidence and Security in One Place

by Tadeusz Bielik | 7 August 2026 | Addons for VCF

Having a reliable IPAM system that shows every corner of your network gives you confidence and security. You can extend this even further by integrating it with your monitoring system, VCF Operations.

If you’re wondering whether this integration is worth it, ask yourself three questions:

Have you ever wondered what’s behind a given IP address?
Do you really need all those separate systems just to check whether a network element is up and running?
Do you struggle with collecting data from multiple systems and correlating it with your network architecture?

If you answered yes to even one of these — you’re in the right place. We asked ourselves every one of these questions too, which is why from the very beginning we built our IPAM solution with VCF Operations integration in mind.

Key Benefits of This Solution

📊 Data Centralization

With centralized data, your IPAM system feeds information that you can easily combine with other elements to create more precise alert definitions.

📈 Effortless Reporting

Thanks to VCF Operations’ built-in capabilities, you can build dashboards using IPAM data, generate reports, and streamline your day-to-day monitoring.

🤝 A Shared Environment for All Teams

Every team can use VCF Operations as a single place to observe their own elements and related objects — creating a shared understanding and knowledge of the infrastructure across teams.

With our dedicated plugin, all the data from your IPAM system becomes even clearer — for you and your colleagues alike.

If you’re interested in our plugin or solutions for other systems, visit our website to learn more and book a demo with us.

Enhancing Security Through IP Address Management and Monitoring with IP Inventory Management and phpIPAM

by Tadeusz Bielik | 5 August 2026 | Knowledge

The Challenge

Many organizations struggle with IP address management across their IT environments, and security is no exception. Without a centralized, unified process for detecting, assigning, and approving IP addresses and subnets, complications pile up quickly.

Consider these scenarios — have you encountered any of them?

A new IP address appears in your Data Center. How quickly do you find out? Do you know which asset it belongs to, who created it, for how long, and where it physically resides? If this sounds familiar, we have a solution for you. 💪
Has someone on your team ever wondered — what is this IP address? Who is using it, and how long has it been in our environment?
The same challenges apply to entire subnets. In some organizations, their number reaches into the thousands.
Perhaps you are a developer or DevOps engineer who needs a temporary subnet and a few IP addresses. You are in a hurry, deadlines are closing in — and what happens next? Well, someone will clean it up eventually…

These are real examples from our clients, and many of them asked us for help.

That is why we built a centralized IP address and subnet management process. It is powered by IP Inventory Management with phpIPAM, which integrates VMware-based environments with the phpIPAM tool.

With this solution, a single IT process enables you to:

Automatically inventory IP addresses across your environment, gaining instant visibility into what each address is, who owns it, and where it is located. The entire process is supported by automation, visualization, and change tracking, making management significantly easier.
Respond quickly to potential threats, both internal and external. Detecting a new IP address or a MAC address change on a known IP can drastically reduce attack detection time and allow immediate response.
Monitor and efficiently manage unassigned IP addresses, minimizing the risk of configuration errors and ensuring optimal use of network resources.
Remove unused subnets, thereby increasing the security and efficiency of your network infrastructure.

How We Do It

We built a solution that combines the best of both worlds. We took phpIPAM, a widely used and respected tool, and extended it with unique capabilities based on our expertise. In particular, we integrated it with various types of network equipment to minimize the manual effort required in this process.
We integrated phpIPAM with VMware Cloud Operations. Why? Because customers love dashboards. With them, you can see in a single view all the components that make up an application, down to the IP address level — with data flowing directly from phpIPAM.
We bring our knowledge and experience to rapidly build an end-to-end solution, from monitoring to automation, using the best technologies on the market. Our developers deeply understand Data Center operations, so they can deliver more, faster.

Results

After implementing IP Inventory Management with phpIPAM, our clients achieved the following outcomes:

Enhanced security — at the very first layer of IT infrastructure, we can detect whether an intruder is present.
A 40% reduction in configuration errors through automated IP address monitoring.
A 60% reduction in IP inventory time thanks to automated discovery and synchronization, along with better compliance with IT policies and elimination of unknown IP addresses across the organization.
Increased IT team efficiency — instead of manual inventory work, teams can focus on strategic initiatives.

Summary

IP Inventory Management with phpIPAM is a solution that streamlines IP address management, raises security levels, and eliminates errors through greater automation in IT environments. By integrating with #phpIPAM and #VCF #Cloud #Operations, organizations can manage IP resources more effectively, improving both performance and security across their IT infrastructure.

Want to learn more about what is new in the world of @VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (@VCF9)? Check it out here: https://www.indevops.com/en/vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf9/

Other sources: https://phpipam.net/

Check new AGENT MANAGMENT for your enviroment

by Tadeusz Bielik | 3 August 2026 | Bez kategorii

🔥 Agent Management in VCF Operations

Hundreds of agents. Dozens of updates. One challenge — how do you manage them efficiently?

We continue expanding our extensions on the VCF Marketplace, and today we’re introducing a solution designed for large-scale environments and operational teams.

👉 Agent Management

👀 Keep your agents under full control

In environments with hundreds or thousands of agents, manual management quickly becomes an operational challenge.

Limited visibility into agent status, time-consuming updates, and failing instances can heavily impact administrator teams.

That’s why we built a solution that automates the entire agent management lifecycle.

Agent Management provides:

self-healing agents
automated update management
centralized agent monitoring
rapid deployment of new agent types

👉 With centralized management, you can automatically detect and resolve issues without administrator intervention.

🚀 Automated updates without overloading the environment

In large and highly dense environments, controlling update distribution is critical.

That’s why Agent Management supports:

gradual update distribution
controlled VM rollout strategies
reduced risk of network bottlenecks and overloads

👉 This enables safe scaling while maintaining operational stability.

🔗 Integration with VCF Operations

Like all our solutions, Agent Management also includes full integration with VCF Operations.

The VCF Agent Management extension provides:

accurate mapping of metrics and properties
preconfigured alerts for critical events
dashboards tailored for system administrators
centralized visibility into all deployed agents

👉 This gives you immediate visibility into your agent infrastructure in VCF Operations from the very first data collection.

FAQ

What is Agent Management?+

Agent Management automates the lifecycle and monitoring of agents in large-scale IT environments.

What problems does it solve?+

It helps reduce issues related to updates, failing agents, and lack of centralized visibility.

Does the solution support self-healing?+

Yes — the platform includes self-healing capabilities for automatic issue detection and remediation.

Can I control how updates are distributed?+

Yes — Agent Management supports staged rollouts and controlled update distribution..

What are the benefits of integration with VCF Operations?+

The integration provides centralized monitoring, dashboards, alerts, and full visibility into the agent ecosystem from a single platform.

Is the solution production-ready?+

Yes — the solution is designed for enterprise-scale environments and operational automation.

Full Application Monitoring in VCF Operations

by Tadeusz Bielik | 13 May 2026 | Indevops, VCF Marketplace

We continue expanding our extensions on the VCF Marketplace.

We’ve already published 9 extensions, and today we’re introducing another one — focused on application monitoring (Application Performance Monitoring, APM).

👀 Do you have full visibility into your applications?

In many environments, VCF Operations lacks deep insight into application performance.

👉 This is where Flopsar comes in — an APM (Application Performance Monitoring) solution that provides:

real-time application monitoring
root cause analysis
full visibility into application resources

With Flopsar agents, you can monitor your applications 24/7 without building custom solutions.

Flopsar integration with VCF Operations

The Application Insight (Flopsar) extension integrates application data directly into VCF Operations.

👉 The result? A single platform for monitoring both infrastructure and applications.

The extension includes:

accurate mapping of application metrics and properties
preconfigured alerts for critical events
dashboards tailored for system administrators

👉 This gives you instant visibility into your applications in VCF Operations from the very first data collection.

🚀 What’s next?

Wondering if you really need another agent?

👉 In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce a solution that might change your approach to application monitoring.

FAQ

What is Flopsar?+

Flopsar is an Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solution that provides deep visibility into application performance and behavior.

What does the integration with VCF Operations provide?+

It combines application and infrastructure monitoring in a single platform, simplifying troubleshooting and analysis.

Do I get dashboards and alerts out of the box?+

Yes — the extension includes prebuilt dashboards, metrics, and alerts.

Are agents required?+

Yes — Flopsar uses agents to collect application-level data.

Is it production-ready?+

Yes — the solution is designed for real-world environments and continuous monitoring.

Tales from the Admin Desk: On Crashes, Weird Bosses, and IT Chaos

by Tadeusz Bielik | 15 March 2026 | Indevops

We all love talking about success. About what’s going well, projects finished on time, and landing new clients. This applies to us as individuals, but also as companies, organizations, and startups. However, we all know that life isn’t always a bed of roses. Sometimes things just don’t work out. Tools break. Colleagues get on our nerves. Sometimes… life just happens, and all we can do is watch.

What is the "Admin Life" series all about?

It’s exactly those observations that sparked our new series: “Admin Life.” With a wink and a healthy dose of self-deprecation, we describe situations that probably never happened… but definitely could have. We write about system meltdowns, bizarre boss demands, and teammates who know exactly how to push your buttons. It’s a look at the late nights, the sleepy days, the “fires” we have to put out, and those moments when our minds are miles away.

Why should you read it?

f you want to see our work from a perspective we usually hide behind trade show banners and shiny brochures, this series is for you. We post every week to add a bit of color to this gray winter. Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental—these are just the ramblings of an ordinary human. Please, don’t take them too seriously.

Check out the first post of the series 👉 right here