Importing IP Address Entries to an IP Address Group in Batches

Scenarios

You can enter IP addresses, IP address ranges, and their descriptions in an Excel file and import the file to an IP address group. This allows you to quickly add multiple IP address entries.

Constraints

The number of IP address entries that can be imported is limited. You can check the limited quota on the console.

Duplicate IP address entries will not be imported, for example:
- Both the IP address ranges and their descriptions are the same.
- The IP address ranges are the same but their descriptions are different.

Procedure

Go to the IP address group list page.
In the IP address group list, click the name of the target IP address group.
The basic information page of the IP address group is displayed.
In the left corner above the IP address entry list, click Import.
The dialog box for batch importing IP address entries is displayed.
Click Download Template to download the Excel template.

In the Excel file, enter IP address entries and their descriptions, and save the file.

For details about parameter in the Excel file, see Table 1.

**Table 1** Parameters for importing IP address entries
Parameter	Description	Example Value
IP Address Entries	Mandatory In the IP Address Entries column, enter an IP address range or a single IP address on a separate line. You can enter: An IPv4 address range, for example, 192.168.0.0/16 A single IPv4 address, for example, 192.168.10.10 An IPv6 address range, for example, 2001:db8:a583:6e::/64 A single IPv6 address, for example, 2001:db8:a583:6e::5c	192.168.0.0/16
Description	Optional In the Description column, enter the description of the IP address or IP address range. Description can contain 0 to 255 characters, and cannot contain angle brackets (<>).	ECS01

In the dialog box for batch importing IP address entries, click Add, select the Excel file, and click Import.
After the import is complete, you can view the newly imported IP addresses, IP address ranges, and their descriptions.