About PeeringDB

How can PeeringDB help me to interconnect?

Policies

• By using this service, you agree to adhere to PeeringDB's Acceptable Use Policy.
• The Admin Committee Guidelines and Criteria for Approving Networks, IXPs, and Facilities documents PeeringDB’s registration approval process.

Getting started

• Several short HOWTOs provide a beginner detailed instructions on how to get started using PeeringDB.
• Create an account and register in PeeringDB.
• We also have a glossary of PeeringDB terms.

Getting help

• Please log bugs and feature requests at GitHub.
• Questions, comments and everything else should go to support@peeringdb.com.

Mailing lists

We have changed the way in which PeeringDB will be announcing future enhancements, changes, maintenance windows, and other information. If you would like to be notified of certain events, or participate in certain discussions, please subscribe to one of the following email lists:

• PeeringDB Announce
  All PeeringDB administrative announcement information, such as upgrades, maintenances, outages, etc.

• PeeringDB Governance
  Discussion list for PeeringDB governance issues. This is a community-based effort, the community’s input will help guide the future of the PeeringDB as it has always done.

• PeeringDB Technical
  Discussion about PeeringDB technical topics.

• PeeringDB Translate
  Discussions about PeeringDB translations.

• PeeringDB User-Discuss
  All other topics.

Our goal is to give you all the information you want, and no more. Please subscribe to any of these lists you feel are appropriate, or none. You will still be able to use the database even if you are not subscribed to any lists.

Quick API start

PeeringDB is available at https://www.peeringdb.com/ with self-describing API docs at https://www.peeringdb.com/apidocs/. More thorough docs are at API Specs, but in a nutshell, just prepend the URL with api/ to get that object in JSON.

For example:
https://www.peeringdb.com/net/1
becomes:
https://www.peeringdb.com/api/net/1

List all via API by taking the id off:
https://www.peeringdb.com/api/net

Local database replication is accomplished with this command line tool, please see the documentation for more information.

Release notes and schedule

The release notes and schedule page lists upcoming releases, and the GitHub issues and a summary of what has changed in PeeringDB software releases.

Guides

• [es] Guía corta para uso de peeringdb.com - Fabián Mejía
• [pt-BR] Guia de cadastro de informações de ASNs no PeeringDB - Julimar Lunguinho Mendes / Equipe de Engenharia
• [pt-BR] Guia de cadastro de informações de Facilities no PeeringDB - Julimar Lunguinho Mendes / Equipe de Engenharia

Tools

The tools page features tools developed by PeeringDB users.

Tutorials and workshops

High-level HOWTOs provide a beginner detailed instructions on how to get started using PeeringDB.

• PDB 101 in 20 Minutes at Peering Asia 6.0 - November 5, 2024 - Arnold Nipper
• PeeringDB Tutorial, learning the GUI and the API at APRICOT 2022 - February 25, 2022 - Arnold Nipper
• The How-to Guide at Teraco Virtual Tech Day with PeeringDB - May 6, 2021 - Ben Ryall
• PeeringDB Tutorial, learning the GUI and the API at APRICOT 2020, Melbourne, AU - February 20, 2020 - Arnold Nipper
• How is PeeringDB organised? and The PeeringDB API at DENOG11, Hamburg, DE - November 10, 2019 - Arnold Nipper
• PeeringDB Workshop at AfPIF-10, Balaclava, MV - August 20, 2019 - Arnold Nipper (video starts at 14:00)
• Part 1: Intro, Part 2: Main, Part 3: API at APRICOT 2019, Daejeon, KR - February 27, 2018 - Arnold Nipper (video)

Presentations

The presentations page has a complete list of PeeringDB presentations that were given at events around the world.

Open source

Source code audit

PeeringDB commissioned a full audit of PeeringDB's source code in 2018. Computest (the auditor) prepared a Third Party Memo, this memo provides a high level overview of the outcome of the source code audit. The report is available here.

Beta development

• The PeeringDB beta server runs the latest beta software version, with full access over HTTP and the API. Note that changes made to the beta database are local to the beta server only, and are not reflected on the production servers.

• The latest changes to PeeringDB automagically redirects to the list of issues on PeeringDB's GitHub repository that document all of the changes in the current beta version.

Historical data

• MySQL dumps from July, 29 2010 to March 14, 2016 are archived by CAIDA at http://data.caida.org/datasets/peeringdb-v1/.

How you can help

• Check your entries and make sure everything looks correct

• Port any scripts to the new API

• Send us feedback

• Improve these docs

• Add or improve a translation

Thanks for your feedback, we look forward to hearing from you!