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NetDevOps Days 2023 London - Big updates and Early Bird Tickets Now Live!

As momentum for NetDevOps Days 2023 London builds at breakneck speed, we're thrilled to bring you some exciting updates!

Announcing NetDevOps Days 2023

Network automation is hotter than ever, but to date there haven't been any real practitioner focused events to bring the community together.

We're (re)launching the NetBox Advocates Program!

The 2023 NetBox Community Survey is Open!

The 2023 NetBox community survey has officially launched, and we want to hear from you!

NetBox v3.5.0 Released

Major new features are now available in NetBox v3.5. Check it out!

The First Beta Release for NetBox v3.5 is Available

This release provides the first look at some major new features coming in NetBox version 3.5.

NetBox v3.4.5 Released

NetBox v3.4.5 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.4.4 Released

NetBox v3.4.4 is now available on GitHub!

I'm excited to announce today the official launch of NetBox Labs, a new entity that will serve as the commercial steward for NetBox, Orb, and future open source projects focused on network automation. Born from the original Labs team at NS1, NetBox..

NetBox v3.4.3 Released

NetBox v3.4.3 is now available on GitHub!

Join us at NANOG 87 in February!

NANOG 87 is taking place in Atlanta, Georgia next month, and the theme for its preceding hackathon is right up our alley: interacting with sources of truth.

NetBox v3.4.2 Released

NetBox v3.4.2 is now available on GitHub!

December Community Call

The recording of our December community call is now available on YouTube! We share some community updates, take a look back at everything we accomplished this year, and look ahead to big changes coming in 2023.

NetBox v3.4 Feature Videos

Haven't had time yet to check out what's new in NetBox v3.4? My colleague Jordan Villarreal has you covered with his new mini-series: Each video highlights a particular feature in the latest release.

NetBox v3.4.1 Released

NetBox v3.4.1 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.4.0 Released

NetBox v3.4.0 has just been released on GitHub! This is our final milestone release for the year, and it includes a ton of new features and improved functionality. Here are some highlights:

NetBox v3.3.10 Released

NetBox v3.3.10 is now available on GitHub!

November Community Call

The recording of our November community call is now available on YouTube! This month I recap the v3.4 beta release and take a detailed look at several new enhancements to the plugins API.

NetBox v3.3.9 Released

NetBox v3.3.9 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.4-beta1 Released

The first beta release for NetBox v3.4 has just been released! A few of the biggest new features coming to version 3.4 include:

NetBox v3.3.8 Released

NetBox v3.3.8 is now available on GitHub!

New Repo for Awesome NetBox Resources

Fellow maintainer Arthur Hanson has curated and published a very thorough list of awesome NetBox resources, aptly named awesome-netbox. While we've previously maintained a subset of this list on the NetBox wiki, moving it to a dedicated repo should..

NetBox v3.3.7 Released

NetBox v3.3.7 is now available on GitHub!

October Community Call

The recording of our October community call is now available on YouTube! We give a shout-out to DigitalOcean for renewing their sponsorship of the open source project, then introduce the new NetBox Zero to Hero training content. I also walk through..

NetBox v3.3.6 Released

NetBox v3.3.6 is now available on GitHub!

DigitalOcean Renews NetBox Sponsorship

I'd like to take a moment to extend my gratitude toward DigitalOcean for renewing their sponsorship of NetBox. The credit allotted to our project allows us to maintain the community demo instance and other resources at no cost.

NetBox v3.3.5 Released

NetBox v3.3.5 is now available on GitHub!

September Community Call

The recording of our September community call is now available on YouTube! This month, we welcome Jonathan Senecal to the maintainers team, celebrate the release of terraform-provider-netbox version 3.0, and highlight some interesting recent discus..

NetBox v3.3.3 Released

NetBox v3.3.3 is now available on GitHub!

Video: Custom Field Groups & Visibility in NetBox v3.3

Video: Half-U Devices in NetBox v3.3

Video: Multi-Termination Cabling in NetBox v3.3

NetBox v3.3.2 Released

NetBox v3.3.2 is now available on GitHub!

Arthur Hanson and Jonathan Senecal Join the Maintainers Team

I'm happy to announce the addition of two new NetBox maintainers: Arthur Hanson and Jonathan Senecal!

August Community Call

The recording of our August community call is now available on YouTube! Jordan and I recap the v3.3 release, welcome Arthur Hanson to the maintainers team, discuss an upcoming Itential webinar featuring NetBox, and as always address some community ..

NetBox v3.3.1 Released

NetBox v3.3.1 is now available on GitHub!

Itential Webinar: Integrating NetBox as a Source of Truth for Network Automation

Itential has announced an upcoming webinar on Tuesday, August 30th at 12pm EDT (4pm UTC). Along with our own Jordan Villarreal, Technical Advocate for NetBox at NS1, they'll showcase integration with the NetBox API and the creation of automated wor..

NetBox v3.3.0 Released

NetBox v3.3.0 has just been released on GitHub! Our second 3.x release this year packs a bunch of long-awaited features, including:

NetBox v3.2.9 Released

NetBox v3.2.9 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.2.8 Released

NetBox v3.2.8 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.3-beta2 Released

The second beta release for NetBox v3.3 is now available! Check out the release notes for a list of changes from the first beta release, and everything new coming in v3.3.

July Community Call

The recording of our July community call is now available on YouTube! I briefly cover the upcoming v3.3 release and answer some questions from the community.

NetBox v3.2.7 Released

NetBox v3.2.7 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.3-beta1 Released

The first beta release for NetBox v3.3 is now available! Version 3.3 introduces some major new features and functionality, including:

NetBox v3.2.6 Released

NetBox v3.2.6 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.2.5 Released

NetBox v3.2.5 is now available on GitHub!

June Community Call

Our June community call will be held on Thursday, June 23rd at 4pm UTC (11am EDT), and will be live-streamed on YouTube. We will be presenting updates on the latest NetBox developments and answering questions from the chat.

NetBox v3.2.4 Released

NetBox v3.2.4 is now available on GitHub!

How to Move a Datacenter in Two Weeks with NetBox

Please note that all players have been anonymized to protect the guilty. Please also note that I have jumped ship several times during my formal IT education. You might see why.

Announcing the NetBox Advocates Program

Are you a NetBox power user? Maybe you've even built a plugin or custom script? Would you like to be more involved in feature development and roadmap planning for NetBox? To better enable community members like you to have a direct impact on NetBox..

Error Logging with Sentry

One of the challenges that comes with developing open source software is getting reliable and detailed bug reports from users in the wild. Because NetBox is generally self-hosted and has no phone-home function, we don't have any direct access to de..

NetBox v3.2.3 Released

NetBox v3.2.3 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.2.2 Released

NetBox v3.2.2 is now available on GitHub!

NS1 is Hiring a NetBox Developer

NS1 is hiring a software to help develop our commercial NetBox Cloud product as well as the open source NetBox project. This candidate will work alongside myself and the rest of our NetBox team here at NS1, and will routinely engage with the NetBox..

Cisco Live: Next-Level Automation Using Sources of Truth

This year's Cisco Live conference in Las Vegas boasts a DevNet session titled "Next-Level Automation Using Sources of Truth," which features NetBox! From the session catalog:

NetBox v3.2.1 Released

NetBox v3.2.1 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox v3.2.0 Released

NetBox v3.2.0 is now available on GitHub! This is a huge release representing several months of intense development effort. Major new features include:

2022 NetBox Community Survey Results

We had an amazing turnout for this year's NetBox community survey, with 487 total responses. Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to participate! The data generated will help inform our roadmap for the rest of 2022 and beyond.

Migration Scripts for NetBox v3.2

With NetBox v3.2 due to be released next week, it's worth taking a moment to evaluate your upgrade readiness. While there aren't many major breaking changes in this release, there are two items you'll definitely want to double-check:

NetBox v3.1.10 Released

NetBox v3.1.10 is now available on GitHub!

Video: Default User Preferences in NetBox v3.2

March Community Call

The recording of our March community call is now available on YouTube! This month's call features Dinesh Dutt, co-founder of SuzieQ. SuzieQ is a powerful open source tool which enables network engineers to inspect and query the live network, compar..

NetBox Plugin Development Tutorial

There is now a complete plugin development tutorial for NetBox v3.2! This detailed guide walks through the entire process of creating a custom plugin for managing simple access lists in NetBox.

10K GitHub Stars!

Wow. Over the weekend, NetBox officially surpassed 10 thousand stars on GitHub! This was not something I ever anticipated when DigitalOcean agreed to release NetBox as open source back in 2016, but it demonstrates just how much impact a project can..

NetBox v3.2 Beta2 Now Available

The second beta release of NetBox v3.2 is now available! This release fixes several bugs found in the first beta, and continues extending and refining the plugins framework. You can install it locally, or try out our public demo at beta-demo.netbox..

NetBox v3.1.9 Released

NetBox v3.1.9 is now available on GitHub!

NetBox Live Coding Session #8

I'll be hosting another NetBox live coding session today at 6pm UTC / 1pm EST. These sessions run about an hour long, during which I try to knock out various feature requests and bug reports from GitHub, sharing my screen and narrating as I go. I a..

2022 NetBox Community Survey

Our 2022 NetBox community survey is now open! This annual questionnaire solicits feedback and demographic data from NetBox users around the world, which the maintainers use to shape the project's long-term development.

Video: Modules & Module Types in NetBox v3.2

Video: Custom Object Fields in NetBox v3.2

Video: Custom Status Choices in NetBox v3.2

NetBox v3.2 Beta1 Now Available

The first beta release of NetBox v3.2 is now available! This release debuts a ton of exciting new features, including:

NetBox v3.1.8 Released

NetBox v3.1.8 is now available on GitHub!

February Community Call

Our next community call will be held on February 24th at 5pm UTC! We'll be spending half an hour covering the v3.2 beta release, recent improvements to the plugins framework (#8333), and a variety of other topics. Please join us!

Okta Authentication with NetBox

NetBox v3.1 introduced support for single-sign on (SSO) authentication when it was released back in December, using the popular python-social-auth library. This has been in high demand for quite some time as it enables NetBox administrators to offl..

NetBox v3.1.7 Released

NetBox v3.1.7 is now available on GitHub!