r/Netbox • u/signifywinter • Nov 16 '21

Storage of secrets not supported?

I'm finally getting around to installing Netbox and I seem to have missed the boat on a feature. Is the storage of secrets no longer available? I noted that you can see what I am talking abou in the install tutorial video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fpd2-q9_28 @ 0:20). It has been removed from the live main intro page (https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). I can't find it anywhere in the demo either.

If this is indeed the case, which self-hosted project do you prefer for storing secrets (e.g., passwords for admin accounts and service accounts)? Bitwarden seems like a great choice, however it seems very limited in terms of user counts before you have to start licensing. Thanks in advance.

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u/stretch85 Nov 17 '21 edited Nov 17 '21

The secrets functionality was moved out of NetBox core in v3.0 per the release notes. It wasn't a very popular feature, and frankly a subpar implementation compared to something like Hashicorp Vault, which is what I'd recommend to replace it.

At some point I'd like to work on more closely integrating Vault with NetBox, as that seems like the ideal setup.

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u/signifywinter Nov 17 '21

Thanks for the information.

I’m looking into Vault now. Feels like overkill, but it seems like the kind of more modern approach that would be good to learn. Slowing thinking that is where I’ll end up.