ipm stands for IP Manager (http://flant.ru/projects/ipm) ipm (IP Manager) is a simple tool on Python used for managing network interfaces (IP addresses and routing) in GNU/Linux. ipm was created for routers operating a lot of IP addresses. After configuring network interfaces in a simple YAML file, these settings can be applied (added/removed/updated) with ipm. Being multithreaded, ipm can configure hundreds of IP addresses in a few seconds.