Adding a Custom Attribute to an IP address in Netdot

This document guides you through the process of using custom attributes to tag IP addresses and IP address block with identifying tags than can be used for specific processing by the Information Security Office (ISO)

Introduction

This article is designed to guide IT Staff through the process of adding a custom attribute to an IP address within the Netdot database.

This requires that the user has:

1. User access to Netdot
2. IP address block assigned to the user

Overview

1. Log Into Netdot
2. Access the DNS Record
3. Access the IP Record
4. Append the Custom Attribute

Procedure

Log in to Netdot with your credentials

Access the DNS Record Page in Netdot

1. Enter the IP address of the device  you wish to tag and press <ENTER>
   
2. This is what the DNS Record page looks like:

Access the IP Address Record in Netdot

1. Click the IP Address (172.19.128.244, in this case) under the Address element on the webpage and you will be taken to the IP Address Record page, it looks like this:
   

Append the Custom Attribute to the IP Address Record

1. From the page displaying the IP Address Record, in the Custom Attributes element, Click [add] on the right hand side of the page, to get to the IP Block Attribute page.
   
2. Select the appropriate Attribute ID from the drop down menu, Click Name (e.g. PCI-DSS).              
    
3. Type a value of Yes, and click on Insert.
4. And you are now done. The display should look like this: