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title: "Starting the Infoblox IPAM Agent"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/ipamdriverrhosp/53024048/Starting%20the%20Infoblox%20IPAM%20Agent"
format: markdown
---
You must create the **infoblox_ipam_agent.json** file in the **/var/lib/kolla/config_files/** path and add the following data in the file to trigger the Infoblox IPAM agent:

`{"config_files": [{"dest": "/", "source": "/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src/*", "preserve_properties": true, "merge": true}], "command": "/usr/bin/infoblox-ipam-agent --config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf --config-file /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini", "permissions": [{"owner": "neutron:neutron", "path": "/var/log/neutron", "recurse": true}]}`

# Creating and Running the Infoblox IPAM Agent Container

To create and run the Infoblox IPAM agent container, enter the following command:

`$ docker run --name infoblox_ipam_agent --detach=true --env=KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY=COPY_ALWAYS --net=host --pid=host --ulimit=nofile=1024 --privileged=true --restart=always --volume=/etc/hosts:/etc/hosts:ro --volume=/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro --volume=/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted:/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted:ro --volume=/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors:/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors:ro --volume=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt:/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt:ro --volume=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.trust.crt:/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.trust.crt:ro --volume=/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem:/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem:ro --volume=/dev/log:/dev/log --volume=/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts:/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts:ro --volume=/etc/puppet:/etc/puppet:ro --volume=/var/log/containers/neutron:/var/log/neutron --volume=/var/lib/kolla/config_files/infoblox_ipam_agent.json:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json:ro --volume=/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/neutron/:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src:ro --volume=/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro --volume=/run/openvswitch:/run/openvswitch --volume=/var/lib/neutron:/var/lib/neutron --volume=/run/netns:/run/netns:shared --volume=/var/lib/openstack:/var/lib/openstack --volume=/var/lib/neutron/keepalived_wrapper:/usr/local/bin/keepalived:ro <container image registry>/infoblox-ipam-agent:12.0.1`