RIPE Database Training Course

The RIPE Database training course is a one-day course. We'll make you a capable user of the RIPE Database. Mixing hands-on activities with theory, the course participants will get a comprehensive idea of what the RIPE Database is and what they can do with it. 

You should attend this training course if you are part of the staff of a Local Internet Registry (LIR) in the RIPE NCC service region, and need to register networks in the RIPE Database.

• For this course, you should have a basic understanding of:

• What an LIR is

• What a database is

• How to use a web form

• IP addresses and AS Numbers

• BGP

• DNS

1. What is the RIPE Database?

• Purpose of the Database, objects, looking for data

2. How does it work?

• Making queries, using flags and options

3. How to update it?

• Maintainers, creating and deleting objects

4. Delegating address space to others

• How to register sub-allocations

5. RIPE Routing Registry

• aut-num and route(6) objects

6. Reverse DNS

• How to request reverse delegation

7. More RIPE Database

• Inverse lookups, Full Text Search, Notifications, RIPE Database Working Group

8. Playtime!

9. The RESTful API

The course doesn't cover:

• The basics of routing, or any technical routing topics
• How to request IP addresses from the RIPE NCC
• How to operate a Local Internet Registry (LIR)

• Understand what the RIPE Database is and its purpose

• Learn how to query and update the RIPE Database

• Enable LIRs to carry out their registration tasks

• Understand the RIPE Database’s role in the Internet Routing Registry and setting up reverse delegation

• Evaluate the use of additional tools to get the most out of the RIPE Database

The latest version of the training material is available here.