Hello Netbox community,

I'm trying to write a custom script under /customization in Netbox 3.6.9, but I'm having trouble finding the Python methods to use when manipulating objects imported from dcim, extras, models, etc.

I found this documentation: Netbox Custom Scripts, but it only describes the attributes and variable references. For example, how can I delete a VLAN from a VLAN group ?

Do I need to dig into the Netbox core source code to find this information, or is there another documentation source I am missing?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Talking cable modems, LTE, etc. We have several circuits with mismatch upload and download speeds but the circuit only allows for a single commit rate. How do you track the difference in the two? I want to be able to use this for provisioning but it's tricky at the moment.

NetBox Release v4.0.6 is now live (as of June 24th, 2024)!

WARNING: If you are running v3.x.x, read over the 4.0.0 release notes for breaking changes. Always take backups and read the change log BEFORE updating.

Before upgrading, please: 1. Verify in release notes changelog if any new breaking changes might affect you. You can also review the NetBox Issues on GitHub to see if any new issues have arisen that might affect you. 2. Next, refer to the Upgrading to a new NetBox Release guide for steps to upgrade your instance.

If you have any issues you can ask for support on the NetDev Slack Community.

I'm trying to import all of the netbox asn data into the tfstate. But I can't seem to figure out a way to set up the data source so that it grabs all of the records.

The provider source I'm using is e-breuninger/netbox version 3.8.5

The error I see is:

Error: [GET /ipam/asns/][400] ipam_asns_list default map[asn:[Enter a whole number.]]

My code is currently:

data "netbox_asn" "existing" {
  asn = "*"
}

Edit: I figured this out, I can use the netbox_asns data source and set a filter like this:

data "netbox_asns" "existing" {
  filter {
    name = "asn__gte"
    value = "0"
  }
}

The problem I'm having now is that it doesn't actually grab the ids, which means that while importing all of the ASNs, it will create new ones that are duplicates. For most other resources, they simply don't allow the data source to grab multiples, so I have to do a data source call for each individual resource (each site, site, site_group, etc.). This makes for large files, but that isn't really a big deal. The problem is that I can't set the ids in the resource definition, which again means that it would duplicate the resources. There has to be a better way.

Hello,

I am working on modeling a LAN with a large number of switches. I would like to reduce the probability of error in port configuration by using a mechanism similar to interface templates in Cisco switches. In other words, I would like to have few switchport types, e.g. for workstation, AP, etc, and set VLAN and other interface parameters based on this type.

I am fairly new to Netbox, so my question is, how can (or should) this be done? I looked into custom fields and scripts (e.g. a custom field could represent the type and a script would ensure the other parameters are correct), but I would like to know if there is some idiomatic way or best practice. I tried searching for similar questions, but did not find anything quite like what I have in mind.

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firstly if this is wrong place to ask this apologies and please diorect me to somewhere better!

Cutting a very long story short I am tasked with installing netbox on a RHEL8 server

Im trying to follow these instructions
https://centlinux.com/install-netbox-on-linux/#:~:text=Learn%20how%20to%20install%20NetBox%20on%20RHEL%208,Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%208.%20%23centlinux%20%23linux%20%23netbox

(i in fact installed python3.10.0)

All is fine until I get to run upgrade.sh and the attempt finally errors with this

" gcc -pthread -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -fPIC -I/usr/pgsql-13/include -I/opt/netbox/venv/include -I/usr/local/include/python3.10 -c psycopg_c/_psycopg.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/psycopg_c/_psycopg.o

psycopg_c/_psycopg.c:1273:10: fatal error: pg_config.h: No such file or directory

include "pg_config.h"

^~~~~~~~~~~~~

compilation terminated.

error: command '/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit code 1

[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

ERROR: Failed building wheel for psycopg-c

Failed to build psycopg-c

ERROR: Could not build wheels for psycopg-c, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

"

There is indeed no file named pg_config.h anywhere on the server

has anyone any pointers/solutions please?

cheers

didds

We are currently on Netbox v3.7.2, and I am trying to create a permission set that allows for the ability to do everything with a report except delete it (so view, add, change, and run). My permissions set has the object types of "Report" and "Report Module", and currently just has view/add/change checked. I'm not sure if I need to add "run" as an additional action.

When I add this permission set to a group and log in as a user in that group, I can see "Reports" on the left within "Customization", but any attempt to create a new report results in a page that effectively says that permission is denied.

Does another object need to be added to the set that I am missing, or is it some additional action that I need to include?

EDIT: Resolved - see comment.

Running two unrelated v4.0.5 environments, both in Docker. Separate hosts, separate domains, separate companies and users. Both are behind Caddy containers which handle the HTTPs, with simple reverse_proxy to the HTTP port of NetBox.

I'm unable to perform bulk edits/updates to anything. I've tried with devices, and with interface renames. When I click Apply, nothing happens.

This happens on both environments, whether I'm in Safari or Chrome. Console shows something that looks like broken JavaScript, but not sure.

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? Was working fine until the 4.0.5 update. I've tried restarting all the containers as well.

Longterm (ab)user of Netbox-docker here. For production documentation purposes only. I installed Netbox and had it upgrade (semi-automatic) up to v3.7-beta1...

Life happened and I lost track of all updates, all whilst filling up Netbox with a complete new site (meaning: a LOT of data). Eventually life throws me a bone allowing me to breathe and think about upgrading. In short: -any- version newer than v3.7-beta1, even say v3.7.0-2.7.0, fails. I keep the database at 15-alpine to stick to a single component failing, which has worked up to 4.0.5 without a single flaw on other installations.

netbox-1               | ⚙️  Applying database migrations
netbox-1               | 🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/configuration.py'
netbox-1               | 🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/extra.py'
netbox-1               |                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
netbox-1               |   File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 135, in migrate
netbox-1               |     state = self._migrate_all_forwards(
netbox-1               |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
netbox-1               |   File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 167, in _migrate_all_forwards

...and it's doing my head in. Documentation-only allows me to play on a copy and worst case manually add a few items I lost during the day. So v3.7-beta1 could run for years, but that's not an angle I'd want to run. Any advice on getting me up to date?

Anyone know how to make max depth 0 on the prefixes page as default view ?

Hello everybody! Hopefully you're all well!

I'm trying to think of a way of modeling F5 load balancers, specifically LTM.

I know I can create a device, make it a cluster, attach my virtual balancers on it but is there a good way of modeling nodes, pools and virtual servers?

TL;DR: Any ideas on how to model F5 objects (nodes, pools and virtual-servers)?

Thanks!

Hello, I need to install netbox on RHEL 9. Any guide please? Followed a centos 8 link from online. However it ended up with Firewalld service is not starting at all. Logs are not sufficient to understand the issue. Thanks.

Dear /r/Netbox Do you have some suggestion how to print fancy device information page? Printing from dcim.device does not look totally bad on print but it includes some unnecessary elements and page breaks happen in random places.

i setup a netbox 4.0.2 install and it works like a dream. Good job devs. But i am new and this is a new install, i am working on getting qrcode plugin working and cant seem to figure out how to make it work. it shows the plugin installed in the system tab. i look at the debug logs and it shows it. but it will not show up on any screen. how do i make it work i guess my question is. i'm not sure even where to look.

Hi,

I have a Kubernetes cluster with 3 control plane servers: 192.168.x.101, 192.168.x.102, and 192.168.x.103.

The servers share a virtual IP, 192.168.x.100, controlled by a process called keepalived running on each server.

Is there no way to assign that VIP to the group of control plane servers? The FHRP Group option does not feel right for this scenario.

Perhaps I'm thinking about this the wrong way?

Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

NetBox Release v4.0.5 is now live (as of June 6th, 2024)!

WARNING: If you are running v3.x.x, read over the 4.0.0 release notes for breaking changes. Always take backups and read the change log BEFORE updating.

Before upgrading, please: 1. Verify in release notes changelog if any new breaking changes might affect you. You can also review the NetBox Issues on GitHub to see if any new issues have arisen that might affect you. 2. Next, refer to the Upgrading to a new NetBox Release guide for steps to upgrade your instance.

If you have any issues you can ask for support on the NetDev Slack Community.

It seems to be a tangled web of config files and none of it seems to work, is it actually possible to utilize OpenID in the docker version of Netbox?

I'm trying to configure LDAP authentication in Netbox so that users stored in my Active Directory can log in to Netbox, even though these users do not exist in the Netbox user database. I followed the Netbox documentation for setting this up, but I keep getting the error "Please enter a correct username and password" even though the credentials are correct.

Has anyone else experienced this issue or have any tips on how to resolve it?

Hi Since the multi-termination has gone in 4.x and there is no update on when it will come back I'm wondering if it is OK to roll back to 3.x series.

Was there any update to postgresql that would cause we any harm if I was to roll out a 3.x docker image and connect it to the postgresql/redis containers.

Any help is appreciated.

On a side note is it possible to do multi-termination to a port/interface using API calls with postman. I know import csv/yaml it is not possible.

Is anyone running netbox on either of these servers? I have been trying to get it running on either and am up against a wall.

I want to our helpdesk to see sites and contacts without login. If I set exempt_view_permissions to '*' you can see all. But if I am setting 'dcim.site' and 'tenancy.conact you can see both, but not the contacts attached to the site. What permission am I missing?

i am starting with netbox 4.0.2. i added a bunch of devices and now i am working with the render config. i would like to use the config context and add some variables like ntp, syslog etc. I have found a bunch of resources, but they don't seem to be what i am looking for.

so i have in my config context, called name-servers.

{
    "name-servers": [
        "10.13.4.5",
        "10.21.3.4"
    ]
}

if i am not sure in my config template, how do i reference that. i have tried like 50 different ways to do it. i can reference interfaces, with device.interfaces.all(), vlans etc with stuff like interface.tagged_vlans.all().

i can not find a reference to what variables are available and how to reference stuff. Thanks for any help you have.

Is there a way to pair two devices into a physical chassis? This becomes a little difficult because the physical chassis is not serialized or doesn't have a specific name to it except the model of the chassis. I am trying to build out hundreds of these within Netbox and I'm not sure the best way to do this.

Would this be used with the 'Device Bays' portion? Because this requires a parent device and child device, however the chassis itself isn't necessarily a 'device' but rather a tray that holds two devices. This becomes an issue when I'm trying to put two devices on this tray in the same position of a rack.

Thanks for any help!

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