ignore tag update for Netbox version >= 2.8

netbox_agent/misc.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import socket
 import subprocess
 from shutil import which
 
+from slugify import slugify
 from netbox_agent.config import netbox_instance as nb
 
 
@@ -67,5 +68,5 @@ def create_netbox_tags(tags):
         if not nb_tag:
             nb_tag = nb.extras.tags.create(
                 name=tag,
-                slug=tag,
+                slug=slugify(tag),
             )

netbox_agent/server.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ServerBase():
 
         self.network = None
 
-        self.tags = list(set(config.device.tags.split(','))) if config.device.tags else []
+        self.tags = list(set([x.strip() for x in config.device.tags.split(',') if x.strip()])) if config.device.tags else []
         if self.tags and len(self.tags):
             create_netbox_tags(self.tags)
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class ServerBase():
             site=datacenter.id if datacenter else None,
             tenant=tenant.id if tenant else None,
             rack=rack.id if rack else None,
-            tags=self.tags,
+            tags=[{'name': x} for x in self.tags],
         )
         return new_chassis
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class ServerBase():
             site=datacenter.id if datacenter else None,
             tenant=tenant.id if tenant else None,
             rack=rack.id if rack else None,
-            tags=self.tags,
+            tags=[{'name': x} for x in self.tags],
         )
         return new_blade
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class ServerBase():
             site=datacenter.id if datacenter else None,
             tenant=tenant.id if tenant else None,
             rack=rack.id if rack else None,
-            tags=self.tags,
+            tags=[{'name': x} for x in self.tags],
         )
         return new_blade
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class ServerBase():
             site=datacenter.id if datacenter else None,
             tenant=tenant.id if tenant else None,
             rack=rack.id if rack else None,
-            tags=self.tags,
+            tags=[{'name': x} for x in self.tags],
         )
         return new_server
 
@@ -383,9 +383,11 @@ class ServerBase():
             update += 1
             server.name = self.get_hostname()
 
-        if sorted(set(server.tags)) != sorted(set(self.tags)):
+        if float(nb.version) < 2.8 and sorted(set(server.tags)) != sorted(set(self.tags)):
             server.tags = self.tags
             update += 1
+        else:
+            logging.warning("netbox-agent doesn't support tag updates for Netbox version >=2.8")
 
         if config.update_all or config.update_location:
             ret, server = self.update_netbox_location(server)

setup.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*.tests", "*.tests.*", "tests.*", "tests"]),
     use_scm_version=True,
     install_requires=[
-        'pynetbox==5.0.5',
+        'pynetbox==5.1.0',
         'netaddr==0.8.0',
         'netifaces==0.10.9',
         'pyyaml==5.4.1',