NetBox IPAM Grouping and Applications

A NetBox plugin that lets you group IPAM objects (IP Addresses, Prefixes, IP Ranges) into named Groups and assign them to Applications, with ownership-scoped editing based on NetBox's native Ownership model (introduced in NetBox 4.5).

Features

• Applications — standalone entities with a name, slug, and owner. Used to represent systems or services that own IPAM resources.
• Groups — named collections of IP Addresses, Prefixes, and IP Ranges, linked to an Application and an Owner.
• Ownership scoping — non-admin users can only see and edit Groups and Applications belonging to Owners they are members of.
• IPAM object scoping — when editing a Group, the IP Address / Prefix / IP Range pickers are filtered to objects the user owns (via the ipam_application custom field).
• Native NetBox Ownership — uses users.Owner (NetBox 4.5+) rather than raw Django users/groups.

Requirements

• NetBox >= 4.5.0
• Python >= 3.10

Installation

pip install netbox-ipam-grouping

Add the plugin to your NetBox configuration.py:

PLUGINS = [
    "netbox_ipam_grouping",
]

Run migrations:

python netbox/manage.py migrate netbox_ipam_grouping

Custom Field Setup

This plugin expects the following custom fields:

1. • Name: ipam_application:
   • Object types:
     • ipam | ip address
     • ipam | prefix
     • ipam | ip range
   • Label: Application
   • Group name: AppViz
   • Type: Object
   • Related object type: IPAM Grouping And Applications > Application
   • UI visible: If set
   • UI editable: Yes
2. • Name: appviz_diff
   • Object types:
     • IPAM Grouping And Applications > Group
   • Group name: AppViz
   • Type: Text
   • UI visible: Hidden
   • UI editable: No
3. • Name: appviz_sync:
   • Object types:
     • IPAM Grouping And Applications > Group
   • Label: Synced with AppViz
   • Group name: AppViz
   • Type: Boolean (true/false)
   • Default value: false
   • UI visible: Always
   • UI editable: No
4. • Name: appviz_object_id:
   • Object types:
     • IPAM Grouping And Applications > Group
   • Label: AppViz object_id
   • Group name: AppViz
   • Type: Integer
   • UI visible: If set
   • UI editable: Yes

Navigation

The plugin registers a Firewall Management top-level menu with two sections:

• Applications — list, add, view, edit, delete Applications
• Groups — list, add, view, edit, delete Groups

Note: NetBox's plugin API does not currently expose a public mechanism to inject items into the built-in IPAM navigation menu. The plugin therefore registers its own top-level menu entry.

Permissions

Grant the following NetBox object permissions to non-admin users/groups as needed:

Development

git clone https://github.com/your-org/netbox-ipam-grouping
cd netbox-ipam-grouping
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Publishing to PyPI

pip install build twine
python -m build
twine upload dist/*

License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.