Diode NetBox Plugin

The Diode NetBox plugin is a NetBox plugin. It is a required component of the Diode ingestion service.

Diode is a NetBox ingestion service that greatly simplifies and enhances the process to add and update network data in NetBox, ensuring your network source of truth is always accurate and can be trusted to power your network automation pipelines.

More information about Diode can be found at https://netboxlabs.com/blog/introducing-diode-streamlining-data-ingestion-in-netbox/.

Compatibility

NetBox Version	Plugin Version
>= 3.7.2	0.1.0
>= 4.1.0	0.4.0
>= 4.2.3	1.0.0

Installation

Source the NetBox Python virtual environment:

cd /opt/netbox
source venv/bin/activate

Install the plugin:

pip install netboxlabs-diode-netbox-plugin

In your NetBox configuration.py file, add netbox_diode_plugin to the PLUGINS list.

PLUGINS = [
    "netbox_diode_plugin",
]

Also in your configuration.py file, in order to customise the plugin settings, add netbox_diode_pluginto the PLUGINS_CONFIG dictionary, e.g.:

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    "netbox_diode_plugin": {
        # Diode gRPC target for communication with Diode server
        "diode_target_override": "grpc://localhost:8080/diode",

        # Username associated with changes applied via plugin
        "diode_username": "diode",
    },
}

Note: Once you customise usernames with PLUGINS_CONFIG during first installation, you should not change or remove them later on. Doing so will cause the plugin to stop working properly.

Restart NetBox services to load the plugin:

sudo systemctl restart netbox netbox-rq

See NetBox Documentation for details.

Configuration

Source the NetBox Python virtual environment (if not already):

cd /opt/netbox
source venv/bin/activate

Run migrations to create all necessary resources:

cd /opt/netbox/netbox
./manage.py migrate netbox_diode_plugin

Running Tests

make docker-compose-netbox-plugin-test

License

Distributed under the NetBox Limited Use License 1.0. See LICENSE.md for more information.

Required Notice

Copyright NetBox Labs, Inc.