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title: "Installing the IPAM Driver"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverosneutron/53121876/Installing%20the%20IPAM%20Driver"
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The Infoblox IPAM Driver for OpenStack Neutron needs to be installed on each controller node that is running the Neutron service. The Infoblox IPAM Driver for OpenStack Neutron is available from PyPi and can be installed using the `pip<``Python_version``> install`<span style="color: #000000"> c</span>ommand.

> ⚠️ **Note**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ <span style="color: #000000">The version of Python that you install for IPAM plugin for OpenStack Neutron is determined by the OpenStack version that you use. For more information, see the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">OpenStack Neutron versions supported by the IPAM driver</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> table below.</span>

## Installing the Infoblox IPAM Agent

The `infoblox-ipam-agent` init script that is used to start the Infoblox IPAM Agent, is installed as part of the `pip install` command. By default, the `infoblox-ipam-agent` init script is installed at `/usr/local/etc/init.d/infoblox-ipam-agent`. To install the script in `/etc/init.d`, specify the `--install-option` as follows:

`$ sudo pip3 install --install-option="--install-data=/" networking-infoblox`

## Latest Releases

To install the IPAM plugin for OpenStack, use the following command:

`$ sudo pip3 install networking-infoblox==X.0.Y`

`X.0.Y`<span style="color: #000000"> represents the IPAM driver version. For example, 18.0.0.</span>

For compatibility between the releases of the Infoblox IPAM driver and OpenStack Neutron, see the following table:

*OpenStack Neutron versions supported by the IPAM driver*

| **Release of Infoblox IPAM Driver for OpenStack Neutron** | **OpenStack Neutron Version** | **Supported Python Version** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 18.0.0 | Wallaby | <span style="color: #000000">Python 3.6</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">19.0.0</span> | <span style="color: #000000">Xena</span> | <span style="color: #000000">Python 3.8</span> |