netbox-librenms-plugin 0.2.2

Netbox plugin to sync data between LibreNMS and Netbox.

NetBox LibreNMS Plugin

This plugin provides the ability to sync data between Netbox and LibreNMS.

This is in early development.

Features

The plugin offers the following key features:

Interface Synchronization

Pull interface data from LibreNMS into NetBox. The following interface attributes are synchronized:

• Interface Name
• Interface Description
• Interface Status (Enabled/Disabled)
• Interface Type (with custom mapping support)**
• Interface Speed

** Set custom mappings for interface types to ensure that the correct interface type is used when syncing from LibreNMS to NetBox.

Site & Location Synchronization

The plugin also supports synchronizing NetBox Sites with LibreNMS locations:

• Compare NetBox sites to LibreNMS location data
• Create LibreNMS locations to match NetBox sites
• Update existing LibreNMS locations langitude and longitude values based on NetBox data
• Sync device site to LibreNMS location

Screnshots/GIFs

Site & Location Sync

Sync devices and Interfaces

Interface Type Mappings

Contributing

There's more to do! Coding is not my day job so bugs will exist and imporvements will be needed. So contributions are very welcome! I've got more ideas for new features and imporvements but please contribute if you can!

Or just share your ideas for the plugin over in discussions.

Compatibility

NetBox Version	Plugin Version
4.0	0.2.x

Installing

Netbox 4.0+ is required.

Standard Installation

Activate your virtual environment and install the plugin:

source /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate

Install with pip:

(venv) $ pip install netbox-librenms-plugin

Add to your local_requirements.txt to ensure it is automatically reinstalled durintg future upgrades.

 "netbox-librenms-plugin" >> /opt/netbox/netbox/local_requirements.txt

Docker

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

Add the plugin to plugin_requirements.txt (netbox-docker):

# plugin_requirements.txt
netbox-librenms-plugin

Configuration

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

PLUGINS = [
    'netbox-librenms-plugin'
]

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    'netbox_librenms_plugin': {
        'librenms_url': 'https://your-librenms-instance.com',
        'api_token': 'your_librenms_api_token',
        'cache_timeout': 300,
    }
}

Apply Database Migrations

Apply database migrations with Netbox manage.py:

(venv) $ python manage.py migrate

Restart Netbox

Restart the Netbox service to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart netbox

Uninstall

See the instructions for uninstalling plugins.

Credits

Based on the NetBox plugin tutorial and docs:

• demo repository
• tutorial
• docs

This package was created with Cookiecutter. Thanks to the netbox-community/cookiecutter-netbox-plugin for the project template.