News
A word of thanks to Yann Robin
Barry O'Donovan, August 27, 2021
The IXP Manager project and INEX both want to sincerely thank Yann for the work he has done and the commitment he has shown to make IXP Manager the success that it is today. Yann has been with the project for five years and during that period the number of IXPs using the platform grow from 27 to nearly 200.
IXP Manager v6.0.1 Released
Barry O'Donovan, August 27, 2021
Since we released v6.0.0 about six weeks ago, at least 13 IXPs have upgraded. Thanks to all of those for their feedback and bug reports. v6.0.1 reflects their contributions and can be considered a polished, stable, production ready release.
IXP Manager v6.0.0 Released
Barry O'Donovan, July 14, 2021
IXP Manager v6 has been released. Thanks for your patience to date - we know it's been a while coming. V6 includes a significant framework change - the switch from Doctrine ORM to Laravel Eloquent - as well as a number of new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Route Server Video Tutorial Series
Barry O'Donovan, June 21, 2021
IXP Manager Route Server video tutorial series now available via <a href="https://www.ixpmanager.org/support/tutorials">the tutorials section</a>. In all, there's 2.5hrs of brand new and current content on building an automated and secure route server at an IXP.
Upgrading Legacy Versions of IXP Manager
Barry O'Donovan, September 8, 2020
Legacy installations of IXP Manager can be very difficult to upgrade as you can find yourself in a dependency nightmare whereby the old version of IXP Manager will not run on modern versions of PHP; and vice versa.
IXP Manager Now Powering Peering at 130 IXPs Globally
Eileen Gallagher, August 25, 2020
130 IXPs globally are now Powering Peering with IXP Manager, making it the largest and most used peering platform in the world. These IXPs incorporate 7,561 individual switch ports peering over the IXP Manager platform around the world, delivering a total connected capacity exceeding 73 Terabits/sec. There are 3,720 unique networks connected to the 130 IXPs with an aggregate peak traffic in excess of 15 Tbit/s.
New Look Website for IXP Manager
Barry O'Donovan, June 24, 2020
There are nearly one hundred internet exchange points (IXPs) around the world who are Powering Peering using IXP Manager. In recognition of this upcoming milestone, we have just launched our new website which provides a better insight to the world’s favourite IXP platform.
New release - v5.6.0
Barry O'Donovan, May 24, 2020
This release primarily adds a new Per-Member Document Store feature to IXP Manager and fixes a security issue. It also has a few bug fixes and improvements. All IXP's running < v5.6.0 are advised to upgrade.
New tutorial videos
Barry O'Donovan, April 14, 2020
The IXP Manager project has just launched a new YouTube channel where the team will provide some hands-on tutorials for installing and using IXP Manager.
New release - v5.5.0
Barry O'Donovan, March 21, 2020
This release introduces a port utilisation reporting function into IXP Manager's frontend UI. This feature was rapidly developed at INEX and it was released immediately in the hope it may help other IXPs plan for increased traffic during the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.
