netbox-ipv4-tools 0.0.1

Work with ipv4 in NetBox

netbox-ipv4-tools

Work with ipv4 in NetBox. This tools uses ipaddr.js behind the scenes

This plugin offers a place to retrieve

• A table with the CIDR to netmask conversion, inluding the wildcard bits and the total hosts available per CIDR
• A tool to convert a CIDR into an IP range including information such the usable host count, the netmask in decimal dotted format and the wildcard bits

Install

The plugin is available as a Python package and can be installed with pip.

Run pip install netbox-ipv4-tools in your virtual env.

Create a file named local_requirements.txt (if not already existing) in the NetBox root directory (alongside requirements.txt) and list the netbox-ipv4-tools package:

# echo netbox-ipv4-tools >> local_requirements.txt

Once installed, the plugin needs to be enabled in your configuration.py

# In your configuration.py
PLUGINS = ["netbox_ipv4_tools"]

First run source /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate to enter the Python virtual environment.

Then run

cd /opt/netbox/netbox
pip3 install netbox-ipv4-tools
python3 manage.py collectstatic --no-input

Versions

This plugin requires netbox >= 3.4.0

TODO

• Add a tools to summarize CIDRs, given a list of many CIDR it should return the supernet CIDR
• Add a table to report the types of ip ranges: public, private and special cases