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105 lines
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# Netbox agent
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This project aims to create hardware automatically into [Netbox](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox) based on standard tools (dmidecode, lldpd, parsing /sys/, etc).
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The goal is to generate an existing infrastructure on Netbox and have the ability to update it regularly by executing the agent.
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# Features
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* Create servers, chassis and blade through standard tools (`dmidecode`)
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* Create physical, bonding and vlan network interfaces with IPs
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* Create IPMI interface if found
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* Create or get existing VLAN and associate it to interfaces
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* Generic ability to guess datacenters and rack location through drivers (`cmd` and `file` and custom ones)
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* Update existing `Device` and `Interfaces`
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* Handle blade moving (new slot, new chassis)
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# Requirements
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- Netbox >= 2.6
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- Python >= 3.4
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- [pynetbox](https://github.com/digitalocean/pynetbox/)
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- [python3-netaddr](https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr)
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- [python3-netifaces](https://github.com/al45tair/netifaces)
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- ethtool
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- dmidecode
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- ipmitool
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# Known limitations
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* The project is only compatible with Linux.
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Since it uses `ethtool` and parses `/sys/` directory, it's not compatible with *BSD distributions.
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* 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.
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We advise to set `CACHE_TIME` to `0`.
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# Configuration
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```
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netbox:
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url: 'http://netbox.internal.company.com'
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token: supersecrettoken
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network:
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ignore_interfaces: "(dummy.*|docker.*)"
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ignore_ips: (127\.0\.0\..*)
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datacenter_location:
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driver: "cmd:cat /etc/qualification | tr [a-z] [A-Z]"
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regex: "DATACENTER: (?P<datacenter>[A-Za-z0-9]+)"
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# driver: 'cmd:lldpctl'
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# regex: 'SysName: .*\.([A-Za-z0-9]+)'
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# driver: "file:/tmp/datacenter"
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# regex: "(.*)"
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rack_location:
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# driver: 'cmd:lldpctl'
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# match SysName: sw-dist-a1.dc42
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# regex: 'SysName:[ ]+[A-Za-z]+-[A-Za-z]+-([A-Za-z0-9]+)'
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#
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# driver: "file:/tmp/datacenter"
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# regex: "(.*)"
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```
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# Hardware
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Tested on:
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## Dell Inc.
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### Blades
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* PowerEdge M1000e (your `DeviceType` should have slots named `Slot 01` and so on)
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* PowerEdge M640
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* PowerEdge M630
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* PowerEdge M620
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* PowerEdge M610
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### Pizzas
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* DSS7500
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## HP
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### Blades
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* HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G2 / G3 (your `DeviceType` should have slots named `Bay 1` and so on)
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* HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8
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* HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9
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* HP ProLiant BL460c Gen10
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### Pizzas
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* ProLiant DL380p Gen8
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## HPE
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* HPE ProLiant XL450 Gen10
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# TODO
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- [ ] Handle switch <> NIC connections (using lldp)
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- [ ] CPU, RAID Card(s), RAM, Disks in `Device`'s `Inventory`
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- [ ] `CustomFields` support with firmware versions for Device (BIOS), RAID Cards and disks
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