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.

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.