digitalocean/netbox
Netbox
NetBox is a network infrastructure source of truth, acting as a centralized database for modeling and documenting the intended state of network devices, IP addresses, and cabling. It functions as a data center infrastructure management tool, an IP address management system, and a network automation platform.
The system provides a programmable interface and a validated data model designed to drive external network configuration and provisioning tools. It enables the maintenance of records for network circuits, devices, and logical connections with full change auditing.
Capabilities include network infrastructure modeling for racks and VLANs, physical and logical connectivity mapping, and IP address allocation and tracking. The platform also supports network device provisioning through configuration rendering and the execution of custom scripts.
Access is controlled via granular permission management and role-based logic to restrict users to specific objects or tenants.
Features
- Network Automation Sources of Truth - Serves as a definitive, programmatic source of truth for network state to drive automation and compliance.
- Data Center Infrastructure Management - Models the physical layout of racks, devices, and cabling to visualize and manage hardware placement and connectivity.
- Network Automation - Provides programmable interfaces and data models that enable external tools to automate network infrastructure configuration.
- IP Address Management Systems - Tracks and organizes IP address allocations and VLAN assignments to prevent conflicts and manage address space.
- Infrastructure Modeling - Defines and validates the intended state of racks, devices, cables, IP addresses, VLANs, and circuits.
- Granular Permission Systems - Implements role-based access control to restrict user access to specific objects and tenants via granular permissions.
- RESTful API Designs - Exposes all internal data models and business logic through a RESTful API for external automation and integration.
- DCIM Software - Provides a comprehensive tool for mapping physical racks, device positions, and cable connectivity.
- Network Documentation Systems - Provides a comprehensive system for maintaining records of network circuits, devices, and logical connections with full change auditing.
- Custom Data Models - Supports the addition of custom fields, tags, and plugins to extend native data models for unique infrastructure needs.
- Change Tracking - Logs every creation, modification, and deletion of managed objects with detailed user attribution.
- Event-Driven Automation Engines - Automatically launches custom scripts or webhooks in response to specific system events and state changes.
- Platform Script Execution - Enables the execution of user-defined scripts within the platform to automate complex infrastructure workflows.
- Configuration-Driven Templating Engines - Generates device-specific configuration files by processing internal data models through a templating engine.
- Configuration Rendering - Renders device configuration files using templates and internal data to facilitate automated hardware provisioning.
- Network Connectivity Mapping - Visualizes physical and logical cabling maps and network connections through a unified graphical interface.
- Configuration Generation - Generates device configuration files from templates and internal data to automate the deployment of network hardware.
- Event-Driven Hook Systems - Triggers outbound HTTP webhooks to external services in response to specific database changes or system events.
- Schema Extension Systems - Allows users to extend core data schemas with custom attributes without modifying the underlying database migrations.
- Plugin-Based Architectures - Supports a plugin system that allows third-party modules to inject custom views, models, and logic at runtime.
- IT Asset Management - IP address management and data center infrastructure tool.
- Network Configuration - IP address and data center infrastructure management tool.
