What are Adaptive Applications and Plugins?
BlueCat Adaptive Applications
are out-of-the-box applications that add additional DDI capabilities to the BlueCat Adaptive DNS platform. These apps are covered by BlueCat maintenance or subscription and designed with easy configuration options. Adaptive Applications are not covered under Gateway Support.
BlueCat Adaptive Plugins
integrate the BlueCat platform with third-party IT applications and services, or automate everyday tasks and workflows. These plugins are covered under the Gateway Support program.
Community offerings
are open-source Python scripts that can be found on BlueCat Labs, our GitHub repository. These are not supported by BlueCat and are ‘use at your own risk.’ Anyone can contribute new community offerings or modify existing ones to suit their needs.
Technology partners:
DNS should work seamlessly with all your critical network applications – while boosting their functionality. We are always adding new technology partners to help you achieve that.
BlueCat Quick Service
BlueCat Quick Service provides a self-service UI that adapts to user roles, reducing manual errors and boosting service levels for host and subnet changes.
BlueCat Network Discovery
BlueCat Network Discovery provides visibility into assigned IP addresses across segmented networks for accurate network management.
BlueCat Distributed DDNS
BlueCat Distributed DDNS provides more control, scalability, and resilience of dynamic DNS updates across large and distributed networks.
BlueCat Health Monitoring
BlueCat Health Monitoring provides alerts and interactive health visualizations for DNS and DHCP servers to keep IT moving at the speed of business.
BlueCat Server Update Services
BlueCat Server Update Services provides flexible update and patch management for server farms to ensure resilient and secure infrastructure.
Cisco DNA Center
The BlueCat Cisco DNA Center Adaptive Plugin enhances visibility into IP address utilization to maintain uptime of critical applications and services.
Terraform BlueCat Provider
With the Terraform BlueCat Provider plugin, reduce time and costs spent on cloud environment changes by automating configuration management through code.
BlueCat Hybrid DNS Update
BlueCat Hybrid DNS Update automates DNS updates for hybrid cloud environments, so network teams can move at the speed of business.
Sync ServiceNow tickets and IPAM with CMDB Plugin
With BlueCat’s ServiceNow Configuration Management Database, admins can break the silos between ServiceNow and IPAM to improve IT ticket fulfillment.
BlueCat ServiceNow CMDB Plugin
The ServiceNow CMDB enhances configuration management real-time visibility into BlueCat assets, improving ticketing automation and analysis.
ServiceNow
With the ServiceNow Adaptive Plugin, enable self-service IT requests with automated fulfillment, such as hostname and IP address provisioning.
Cloud Discovery & Visibility
Discover cloud resources to integrate into the BlueCat platform, get updates in near-real-time, and automatically build DNS records and new target domains.