netbox-blade-chassis 0.1.2

NetBox plugin for blade chassis visualization in rack elevations.

NetBox Blade Chassis Plugin

NetBox plugin that renders blade server bays inside chassis devices in rack SVG elevations.

Features

• Configure bay grid coordinates (position_x, position_y) on Device Bay Template forms or the Blade Layout tab on Device Type
• Empty coordinates: bay is not shown in rack elevation
• Filled coordinates: bay is rendered as a blade cell with child device hostname
• Symmetric grid validation on bulk save (Blade Layout tab)
• Inline rack elevation via plugin SVG endpoint
• Clickable blade cells linking to child devices

Compatibility

NetBox Version	Plugin Version
4.6	0.1.x

Installing

Review official NetBox plugin documentation for installation instructions.

Install from PyPI. Activate NetBox's virtual environment first:

source /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate
pip install netbox-blade-chassis

For NetBox Docker, see using netbox-docker with plugins.

Install a development version directly from GitHub:

pip install https://github.com/aredoff/netbox-blade-chassis/archive/main.tar.gz

Or add to local_requirements.txt or plugin_requirements.txt (netbox-docker):

https://github.com/aredoff/netbox-blade-chassis/archive/main.tar.gz

Enable the plugin in /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py, or in netbox-docker /configuration/plugins.py:

PLUGINS = [
    'netbox_blade_chassis',
]

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    'netbox_blade_chassis': {},
}

Apply database migrations and update the search index:

cd /opt/netbox/netbox/
python3 manage.py migrate
python3 manage.py reindex --lazy

If you use netbox-docker, migrations and index updates are applied automatically when containers start.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
enable_inline_elevation	True	Inject inline rack elevation SVG via plugin endpoint

Example:

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    'netbox_blade_chassis': {
        'enable_inline_elevation': True,
    },
}