---
title: "calicoctl ipam"
description: "Reference overview of the calicoctl IPAM subcommands in Calico Open Source for IP address management operations."
product: "Calico Open Source"
version: "3.32 (latest)"
section: "Reference"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/overview"
---

# calicoctl ipam

This section describes the `calicoctl ipam` commands.

Read the [calicoctl Overview](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/overview.md) for a full list of calicoctl commands.

## Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl ipam' commands

Run `calicoctl ipam --help` to display the following help menu for the commands.

```text
Usage:
  calicoctl ipam <command> [<args>...]

    release      Release a Calico assigned IP address.
    show         Show details of a Calico assigned IP address,
                 or of overall IP usage.
    configure    Configure IPAM

Options:
  -h --help      Show this screen.

Description:
  IP Address Management specific commands for calicoctl.

  See 'calicoctl ipam <command> --help' to read about a specific subcommand.
```

## IPAM specific commands

Details on the `calicoctl ipam` commands are described in the documents linked below organized by sub command.

- [calicoctl ipam release](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/release.md)
- [calicoctl ipam show](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/show.md)
- [calicoctl ipam configure](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/configure.md)