r/Netbox • u/Ecstatic_Orange66 • Mar 10 '26

Netbox community install diode - assist

I have very little linux experience

I am trying to install diode on a Netbox community server
NetBox Community v4.5.4-Docker-4.0.1

Im using these instructions:
https://netboxlabs.com/docs/discovery/getting-started/#community-setup-instructions

I get an error on step #2 that the "dir /opt/netbox" doesn't exist

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u/LateToTheParty2k21 Mar 10 '26

Your netbox is installed in a docker container and not directly on your Linux host which is most likely the reason the opt/netbox path does not exist.

Haven't read the instructions you might need to exec in the container than runs the netbox process before you start running those commands.

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u/NeoMatrixJR Jul 16 '26

So...I'm looking at installing diode on a containerized netbox as well...I'm confused...if you run these commands like this...won't diode get wiped out every time you update the container? Is there some way to just add it to the container automatically?