DDI Solutions for DevOps Innovative DDI solutions for DevOps together with a trusted NSoT enable network automation to accelerate workflows. Enabling Consistent Network Operations with DDI Solutions for DevOps The Development Operations (DevOps) approach enables development and operations teams to avoid repetitive network tasks while supporting scalability and flexible provisioning through automation. In NetDevOps environments, teams increasingly rely on self-service and automated workflows to access and manage network resources. However, as automation scales across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures, dispersed and inconsistent network data becomes a major obstacle. EMA’s latest research highlights that organizations need a Network Source of Truth (NSoT) to overcome this challenge. EfficientIP addresses this need by providing a centralized, authoritative, repository of network data through their DDI Solutions for DevOps. enabling scalable automation, consistent operations, and reliable network documentation. Why NSoT is Foundational for DevOps and NetDevOps DevOps and NetDevOp teams rely on accurate and consistent network data to scale automation and avoid operational friction. A Network Source of Truth (NSoT) provides this foundation by serving as a centralized data layer that models and maintains the intended state of the network. It consolidates critical information such as inventory, IP addressing, and network topology, into a structured and authoritative data repository that can be consumed by automation. As a trusted model of intent, the NSoT enables integrated DevOps workflows, including provisioning, change control, network validation, drift detection, and troubleshooting. By aligning network data across teams and tools, organizations can streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce risk, supporting more agile and scalable infrastructure delivery. The Role of DDI Solutions for DevOps DDI provides the foundational network services that DevOps teams rely on to deploy applications quickly, reliably, and at scale across hybrid and multicloud environments. In highly automated and dynamic DevOps environments, these integrated services support the agility and automation that DevOps practices require by ensuring that network state is accurate, consistent, and continuously updated, as infrastructure changes. At the heart of this, IPAM offers centralized visibility, control, and governance over all IP resources. Through APIs, EfficientIP’s DDI Solutions for DevOps enable teams to integrate network operations directly into IaC, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and other automated workflows. Teams can automatically provision, track, and decommission network resources alongside application deployments,reducing configuration drift, minimizing outages caused by IP or DNS errors, and improving security and compliance through consistent policies and auditability. DDI Solutions for DevOps: An Effective NSoT to Scale Automation To help DevOps team scale automation across hybrid and multicloud environments, EfficientIP’s DDI Solutions establishes a DDI-enabled NSoT, a comprehensive, authoritative, and centralized repository that consolidates network data and metadata, including VLANs, VRFs, applications, devices, and connected objects. Its flexible and structured data model is designed to support any business requirements and architectures, while ensuring consistency. What makes this NSoT trusted is its ability to continuously discover all network resources and compare the actual state with the intended state, identifying discrepancies or potential vulnerabilities. This gives teams full visibility to safely validate changes. Automated reconciliation keeps the NSoT accurate and up to date, while APIs expose this trusted data to power integrated workflows at scale. This enables zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), policy enforcement, compliance, and DevOps and NetDevOps agility, providing a foundation for AI-driven operations. EfficientIP Key Differentiators Comprehensive, Flexible, and Extensible Data Model The extended NSoT captures IP-related data, network routes, VLANs/VRFs, applications, and network objects, along with their associated data, meta-data, relationships, and connectivity. It supports deep customization of object models and blueprints to align with business and operational needs across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Enterprise-Grade Scalability Natively designed for large, complex, and distributed architectures, with strong multi-vendor support, high performance, and modular deployment options. Data Consistency and Accuracy Continuous discovery and reconciliation enable rapid detection of anomalies and inconsistencies, support policy enforcement, and maintain high-quality, trusted data for both operational and security decision-making. By combining integrated DDI capabilities with an extended, automation-ready NSoT, EfficientIP delivers a unified platform that enables enterprises to adopt a data-driven, collaborative, and scalable approach to network operations—supporting the evolution toward NetDevOps and fully integrated digital ecosystems. DDI Solutions for DevOps: NSoT Use Cases for Network Automation IT organizations are pursuing many NSoT use cases, with Network automation for DevOps and NetDevOps teams being a key driver of NSoT adoption. Below are four examples. Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Network Deployment Collapse With network intent data consolidated in a single NSoT, engineering teams gain a trusted foundation to execute Day 0 operations and automate network provisioning. To provision a new device, the NSoT can produce the required configuration such as allocate IP addresses or update DNS records. When rolling out a new site, NSoT can help generate a coordinated network design covering multiple devices. These tasks can be fully automated through integrations with existing orchestration and automation platforms, and extended to encompass hybrid multicloud environments. Change and Configuration Management Expand Because all data required to generate device configurations is maintained in the NSoT, DevOps teams frequently rely on it as the system of record for network changes and configuration management. NSoT tools can help model, test, and approve proposed changes. Network Validation, Compliance, and Auditing Expand By comparing.the intended network state with the actual state, DevOps teams can validate configurations, It also enables compliance management and network audits by identifying configuration drift and policy violations, as well as automatically synchronizing with security tools and NAC to maintain and enforce security policies. Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis Expand An important step for network troubleshooting is data gathering. An NSoT is a central hub for that data and can be leveraged to accelerate the process. By integrating their NSoTs with their network observability tools, DevOps teams can correlate fault and performance data with intent data. This helps identify whether intent drift or a bad change caused a problem. The issue can also be fixed within the same environment by rolling back a bad change or planning and executing a fix. 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Get Started The Benefits of EfficientIP Solutions for DevOps EfficientIP DDI solutions combine DNS, DHCP, and IPAM to automate the provisioning, deployment, and operation of core network services, leveraging secure, open APIs and a wide range of built-in integrations to fully enable DevOps practices: Higher-quality Network Data Reliable, structured data enriched with metadata exposed with open, secure APIs Scale Network Automation Trusted data made available to network & security ecosystems for automating workflows Increased Operational Efficiency Modern AI-driven network operations, reducing manual tasks and saving time for DevOps Simplified Change Management and Compliance Compare intended design with discovered state, pinpoint operational drift, reconcile data Faster Troubleshooting Quickly identify anomalies and inconsistencies, accelerating RCA and reducing risks “The up-to-date data and meta-data provided by SOLIDserver makes it a key starting point for our DevOps and NetSecOps journeys. Reliability has been improved as critical operations are now based on accurate information.” Aldo de Luca, STMicroelectronics Network Solutions Services Manager “Critical apps can now be switched in 10 minutes with API and script, instead of 2 hours with a manual GUI. Implementing the well-proven SOLIDserver DDI solution has simplified DNS management and guaranteed high availability of DNS services to ensure business continuity.” Olivier Laigle, Societe Generale Deputy Head of Server Operating Systems "What makes the DDI product so powerful is the massive simplification of processes and administration” Michael Jagla, GKV Informatik IT Architect "On our previous system, I spent a day configuring various elements. With the Efficient IP solution I achieved this in a few minutes. The ability to automate functionality as a fully supported part of the product, further enhances flexibility.” Paul Toyne, De Montfort University Senior Technical Analyst Products and Features Explore our suite of DDI products and features and take the next step in elevating your DevOps capabilities with EfficientIP. SOLIDserver DDI Highly scalable critical DNS-DHCP-IPAM services providing vital benefits for the agility, reliability and security of your network infrastructure. Explore NetChange and IP Locator Device/switch/router discovery and automated switch configuration: policy-based, highly visible, secure, reversible, delegable, and auditable. Explore Network Object Manager A single source of truth network objects repository to model your network topologies and help you on your automation journey. Explore Cloud Observer Obtain a unified view of your cloud network objects from a single pane of glass, thanks to automatic discovery, tracking and consolidation. Explore SOLIDserver API Enable end-to-end automation with easy ecosystem integration. Explore Key Resources To learn more on how SOLIDserver DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM) solutions can revolutionize DevOps practices check out these valuable resources: Datasheets SOLIDserver DDI For DNS, DHCP and IPAM Explore Solutions Documentation Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Explore Solutions Documentation EfficientIP and ServiceNow Integration: Streamline Workflows Explore Case Studies Sodexo: Accelerating Digital Transformation with Network Automation Explore Videos EfficientIP DDI Observability Center Overview Explore White Papers IDC Executive Brief: How DDI Enables Key Strategic IT Initiatives Explore Solutions Documentation Automation Through IT Abstraction Layer Explore Reports & Surveys EMA NSoT Report : Network Source of Truth for NetDevOps Explore View All Resources Simplify & Secure Your Network When our goal is to help companies face the challenges of modern infrastructures and digital transformation, actions speak louder than words. Request A Demo
