netbox-inventory 1.1.1

Inventory asset management in NetBox

NetBox Inventory Plugin

A Netbox plugin for hardware inventory.

Features

Keep track of your hardware, whether it is installed or in storage. You can define assets that represent hardware that can be used as a device, module or inventory item in NetBox.

Each asset can have a storage location defined, when not in use. You can assign an asset to a device or module. The plugin can keep serial number and asset tag between asset and device or module in sync if enabled in settings.

To properly support inventory items (that are used in NetBox to model SFP and similar modules) the plugin defines inventory item types that are equivalent to device types and module types.

Automatic management of asset status

Each asset has a status attribute that can indicate use of the asset. These statuses can be set as needed by each NetBox installation.

Two statuses can have a special meaning. One to indicate asset is in storage and one to indicate asset is in use.

netbox_inventory can automatically set status to the value specified in used_status_name configuration item when an asset is assigned to a device, module or inventory item.

When you remove an asset from device, module or inventory item the plugin will set asset status to stored_status_name configuration item.

To disable automatically changing status, set these two config parameters to None.

Prevent unwanted changes for tagged assets

With asset_disable_editing_fields_for_tags and asset_disable_deletion_for_tags you can prevent changes to specified asset data for assets that have certain tags attached. Changes are only prevented via web interface. API modifications are allowed.

The idea is that an external system uses some assets stored in netbox_inventory, and you want to prevent accidental changes to data directly in NetBox web interface. Only that external system should modify the data.

Compatibility

This plugin requires netbox version 3.3 to work.

NetBox Version	Plugin Version
3.3	1.0.x
3.4	(none yet)

Installing

Review official Netbox plugin documentation for installation instructions.

You install the plugin from pypi with pip. Make sure you activate Netbox's virtual environment first:

$ source /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install netbox-inventory

For adding to a NetBox Docker setup see the general instructions for using netbox-docker with plugins.

You can install a development version directly from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/ArnesSI/netbox-inventory.git@master

or by adding to your local_requirements.txt or plugin_requirements.txt (netbox-docker):

git+https://github.com/ArnesSI/netbox-inventory.git@master

After installation, enable the plugin in /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py, or if you use netbox-docker, your /configuration/plugins.py file :

PLUGINS = [
    'netbox_inventory'
]

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    "netbox_inventory": {},
}

Available configuration settings you can use in PLUGINS_CONFIG are described below under settings.

The last step is to apply database migrations:

(venv) $ cd /opt/netbox/netbox/
(venv) $ python3 manage.py migrate

If you're running under netbox-docker, you can skip this as migrations are applied if needed automatically when you bring up the containers.

Settings

If you want to override the defaults for the plugin, you can do so in your via /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py, or if you use netbox-docker, your /configuration/plugins.py file :

PLUGINS = [
    'netbox_inventory'
]

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    "netbox_inventory": {
        # Example settings below
        "used_status_name": "used",
        "stored_status_name": "stored",
        "sync_serial_number": True,
        "sync_asset_tag": True,
    },
}

Available settings:

Setting	Default value	Description
used_status_name	'used'	Status that indicates asset is in use. See "Automatic management of asset status" below for more info on this setting.
stored_status_name	'stored'	Status that indicates asset is in storage. See "Automatic management of asset status" below for more info on this setting.
sync_hardware_serial_asset_tag	False	When an asset is assigned or unassigned to a device, module or inventory item, update its serial number and asset tag to be in sync with the asset?
asset_import_create_purchase	False	When importing assets, automatically create purchase (and supplier) if it doesn't exist
asset_import_create_device_type	False	When importing a device type asset, automatically create manufacturer and/or device type if it doesn't exist
asset_import_create_module_type	False	When importing a module type asset, automatically create manufacturer and/or device type if it doesn't exist
asset_import_create_inventoryitem_type	False	When importing an inventory type asset, automatically create manufacturer and/or device type if it doesn't exist
asset_disable_editing_fields_for_tags	{}	A dictionary of tags and fields that should be disabled for editing. This is useful if you want to prevent editing of certain fields for certain assets. The dictionary is in the form of {tag: [field1, field2]}. Example: {'no-edit': ['serial_number', 'asset_tag']}. This only affects the UI, the API can still be used to edit the fields.
asset_disable_deletion_for_tags	[]	List of tags that will disable deletion of assets. This only affects the UI, not the API.

You can extend or define your own status choices for Asset, via FIELD_CHOICES setting in Netbox:

FIELD_CHOICES = {
    'netbox_inventory.Asset.status+': (
        ('repair', 'In repair', 'orange'),
    ),
}

Models

Current plugin data model:

Screenshots

Asset - List View

Asset - Individual View

Asset - Edit / Add View

Asset - Lots of filtering options

Suppliers - Individual View

Inventory Item Type - List View