netbox-agent/README.md
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# Netbox agent
This project aims to create hardware automatically into [Netbox](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox) based on standard tools (dmidecode, lldpd, parsing /sys/, etc).
The goal is to generate an existing infrastructure on Netbox and have the ability to update it regularly by executing the agent.
# Features
* Create servers, chassis and blade through standard tools (`dmidecode`)
* Create physical, bonding and vlan network interfaces with IPs
* Create IPMI interface if found
* Create or get existing VLAN and associate it to interfaces
* Generic ability to guess datacenters and rack location through drivers (`cmd` and `file` and custom ones)
* Update existing `Device` and `Interface`
* Handle blade moving (new slot, new chassis)
* Automatic cabling (server's interface to switch's interface) using lldp
* Local inventory using `Inventory Item` for CPU, RAM, RAID cards, physical disks (behind raid cards)
# Requirements
- Netbox >= 2.6
- Python >= 3.4
- [pynetbox](https://github.com/digitalocean/pynetbox/)
- [python3-netaddr](https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr)
- [python3-netifaces](https://github.com/al45tair/netifaces)
- ethtool
- dmidecode
- ipmitool
- lldpd
# Known limitations
* The project is only compatible with Linux.
Since it uses `ethtool` and parses `/sys/` directory, it's not compatible with *BSD distributions.
* Netbox `>=2.6.0,<=2.6.2` has a caching problem ; if the cache lifetime is too high, the script can get stale data after modification.
We advise to set `CACHE_TIME` to `0`.
# Configuration
```
netbox:
url: 'http://netbox.internal.company.com'
token: supersecrettoken
network:
ignore_interfaces: "(dummy.*|docker.*)"
ignore_ips: (127\.0\.0\..*)
# enable auto-cabling
lldp: true
datacenter_location:
driver: "cmd:cat /etc/qualification | tr [a-z] [A-Z]"
regex: "DATACENTER: (?P<datacenter>[A-Za-z0-9]+)"
# driver: 'cmd:lldpctl'
# regex: 'SysName: .*\.([A-Za-z0-9]+)'
#
# driver: "file:/tmp/datacenter"
# regex: "(.*)"
rack_location:
# driver: 'cmd:lldpctl'
# match SysName: sw-dist-a1.dc42
# regex: 'SysName:[ ]+[A-Za-z]+-[A-Za-z]+-([A-Za-z0-9]+)'
#
# driver: "file:/tmp/datacenter"
# regex: "(.*)"
inventory: true
```
# Hardware
Tested on:
## Dell Inc.
### Blades
* PowerEdge M1000e (your `DeviceType` should have slots named `Slot 01` and so on)
* PowerEdge M640
* PowerEdge M630
* PowerEdge M620
* PowerEdge M610
### Pizzas
* DSS7500
## HP / HPE
### Blades
* HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G2 / G3 (your `DeviceType` should have slots named `Bay 1` and so on)
* HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8
* HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9
* HP ProLiant BL460c Gen10
### Pizzas
* ProLiant DL380p Gen8
* ProLiant SL4540 Gen8
* ProLiant SL4540 Gen9
* ProLiant XL450 Gen10
## Supermicro
### Blades
Feel free to send me a dmidecode output for Supermicro's blade!
### Pizzas
* SSG-6028R
* SYS-6018R
## QCT
### Blades
* QuantaMicro X10E-9N
### Pizzas
* Nothing ATM, feel free to send me a dmidecode or make a PR!
# TODO
- [ ] handle non-raid and NVMe drive in Inventory
- [ ] `CustomFields` support with firmware versions for Device (BIOS), RAID Cards and disks