All data created in NetBox should first be vetted by a human to ensure its integrity. NetBox can then be used to populate monitoring and provisioning systems with a high degree of confidence.

Unfortunately, this is outside the control of the NetBox maintainers. Please consult your distribution's documentation for assistance with any errors. The following sections detail how to set up a new …

The general rule when determining what data to put into NetBox is this: If there's a model for it, it belongs in NetBox. For instance, NetBox has purpose-built models for racks, devices, cables, IP …

By combining the traditional disciplines of IP address management (IPAM) and datacenter infrastructure management (DCIM) with powerful APIs and extensions, NetBox provides the ideal "source of truth" …

By default, NetBox will use the local filesystem to store uploaded files. To use a remote filesystem, install the django-storages library and configure your desired storage backend in configuration.py.

NetBox models network applications as discrete service objects associated with devices and/or virtual machines, and optionally with specific IP addresses attached to those parent objects.

At its heart, NetBox is a tool for modeling your network infrastructure, and the device object is pivotal to that function. A device can be any piece of physical hardware installed within your network, such as …

One of the primary benefits of a REST API is its human-friendliness. Because it utilizes HTTP and JSON, it's very easy to interact with NetBox data on the command line using common tools. For …

An IP address object in NetBox comprises a single host address (either IPv4 or IPv6) and its subnet mask, and represents an IP address as configured on a network interface.

As with the initial installation, you can upgrade NetBox by either downloading the latest release package or by checking out the latest production release from the git repository.