Breaking Changes
- Device position, device type height, and rack unit values are now reported as decimals (e.g.
1.0
or1.5
) to support modeling half-height rack units. - The
nat_outside
relation on the IP address model now returns a list of zero or more related IP addresses, rather than a single instance (or None). - Several fields on the cable API serializers have been altered or removed to support multiple-object cable terminations:
Old Name | Old Type | New Name | New Type |
---|---|---|---|
termination_a_type |
string | Removed | – |
termination_b_type |
string | Removed | – |
termination_a_id |
integer | Removed | – |
termination_b_id |
integer | Removed | – |
termination_a |
object | a_terminations |
list |
termination_b |
object | b_terminations |
list |
- As with the cable model, several API fields on all objects to which cables can be connected (interfaces, circuit terminations, etc.) have been changed:
Old Name | Old Type | New Name | New Type |
---|---|---|---|
link_peer |
object | link_peers |
list |
link_peer_type |
string | link_peers_type |
string |
connected_endpoint |
object | connected_endpoints |
list |
connected_endpoint_type |
string | connected_endpoints_type |
string |
connected_endpoint_reachable |
boolean | connected_endpoints_reachable |
boolean |
- The cable path serialization returned by the
/paths/
endpoint for pass-through ports has been simplified, and the following fields removed:origin_type
,origin
,destination_type
,destination
. (Additionally,is_complete
has been added.)
New Features
Multi-object Cable Terminations (#9102)
When creating a cable in NetBox, each end can now be attached to multiple termination points. This allows accurate modeling of duplex fiber connections to individual termination ports and breakout cables, for example. (Note that all terminations attached to one end of a cable must be the same object type, but do not need to connect to the same parent object.) Additionally, cable terminations can now be modified without needing to delete and recreate the cable.
L2VPN Modeling (#8157)
NetBox can now model a variety of L2 VPN technologies, including VXLAN, VPLS, and others. Interfaces and VLANs can be attached to L2VPNs to track connectivity across an overlay. Similarly to VRFs, each L2VPN can also have import and export route targets associated with it.
PoE Interface Attributes (#1099)
Two new fields have been added to the device interface model to track Power over Ethernet (PoE) capabilities:
- PoE mode: Power supplying equipment (PSE) or powered device (PD)
- PoE type: Applicable IEEE standard or other power type
Half-Height Rack Units (#51)
Device type height can now be specified in 0.5U increments, allowing for the creation of devices consume partial rack units. Additionally, a device can be installed at the half-unit mark within a rack (e.g. U2.5). For example, two half-height devices positioned in sequence will consume a single rack unit; two consecutive 1.5U devices will consume 3U of space.
Restrict API Tokens by Client IP (#8233)
API tokens can now be restricted to use by certain client IP addresses or networks. For example, an API token with its allowed_ips
list set to [192.0.2.0/24]
will permit authentication only from API clients within that network; requests from other sources will fail authentication. This enables administrators to restrict the use of a token to specific clients.
Reference User in Permission Constraints (#9074)
NetBox’s permission constraints have been expanded to support referencing the current user associated with a request using the special $user
token. As an example, this enables an administrator to efficiently grant each user to edit his or her own journal entries, but not those created by other users.
{
"created_by": "$user"
}
Custom Field Grouping (#8495)
A group_name
field has been added to the custom field model to enable organizing related custom fields by group. Similarly to custom links, custom fields which have been assigned to the same group will be rendered within that group when viewing an object in the UI. (Custom field grouping has no effect on API operation.)
Toggle Custom Field Visibility (#9166)
The behavior of each custom field within the NetBox UI can now be controlled individually by toggling its UI visibility. Three options are available:
- Read/write: The custom field is included when viewing and editing objects (default).
- Read-only: The custom field is displayed when viewing an object, but it cannot be edited via the UI. (It will appear in the form as a read-only field.)
- Hidden: The custom field will never be displayed within the UI. This option is recommended for fields which are not intended for use by human users.
Custom field UI visibility has no impact on API operation.
Enhancements
- #1202 – Support overlapping assignment of NAT IP addresses
- #4350 – Illustrate reservations vertically alongside rack elevations
- #4434 – Enable highlighting devices within rack elevations
- #5303 – A virtual machine may be assigned to a site and/or cluster
- #7120 – Add
termination_date
field to Circuit - #7744 – Add
status
field to Location - #8171 – Populate next available address when cloning an IP
- #8222 – Enable the assignment of a VM to a specific host device within a cluster
- #8471 – Add
status
field to Cluster - #8511 – Enable custom fields and tags for circuit terminations
- #8995 – Enable arbitrary ordering of REST API results
- #9070 – Hide navigation menu items based on user permissions
- #9177 – Add tenant assignment for wireless LANs & links
- #9391 – Remove 500-character limit for custom link text & URL fields
- #9536 – Track API token usage times
- #9582 – Enable assigning config contexts based on device location
Bug Fixes (from Beta2)
- #9758 – Display parent object of connected termination
- #9900 – Pre-populate site & rack fields for cable connection form
- #9938 – Exclude virtual interfaces from terminations list when connecting a cable
- #9939 – Fix list of next nodes for split paths under trace view
Plugins API
- #9075 – Introduce
AbortRequest
exception for cleanly interrupting object mutations - #9092 – Add support for
ObjectChildrenView
generic view - #9228 – Subclasses of
ChangeLoggingMixin
can overrideserialize_object()
to control JSON serialization for change logging - #9414 – Add
clone()
method to NetBoxModel for copying instance attributes - #9647 – Introduce
customfield_value
template tag
Other Changes
- #9261 –
NetBoxTable
no longer automatically clears pre-existing calls toprefetch_related()
on its queryset - #9434 – Enabled
django-rich
test runner for more user-friendly output - #9903 – Implement a mechanism for automatically updating denormalized fields
REST API Changes
- List results can now be ordered by field, by appending
?ordering={fieldname}
to the query. Multiple fields can be specified by separating the field names with a comma, e.g.?ordering=site,name
. To invert the ordering, prepend a hyphen to the field name, e.g.?ordering=-name
. - Added the following endpoints:
/api/dcim/cable-terminations/
/api/ipam/l2vpns/
/api/ipam/l2vpn-terminations/
- circuits.Circuit
- Added optional
termination_date
field
- Added optional
- circuits.CircuitTermination
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- Added
custom_fields
andtags
fields
- dcim.Cable
termination_a_type
has been renamed toa_terminations_type
termination_b_type
has been renamed tob_terminations_type
termination_a
renamed toa_terminations
and now returns a list of objectstermination_b
renamed tob_terminations
and now returns a list of objectstermination_a_id
has been removedtermination_b_id
has been removed
- dcim.ConsolePort
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- dcim.ConsoleServerPort
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- dcim.Device
- The
position
field has been changed from an integer to a decimal
- The
- dcim.DeviceType
- The
u_height
field has been changed from an integer to a decimal
- The
- dcim.FrontPort
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- dcim.Interface
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- Added the optional
poe_mode
andpoe_type
fields - Added the
l2vpn_termination
read-only field
- dcim.InterfaceTemplate
- Added the optional
poe_mode
andpoe_type
fields
- Added the optional
- dcim.Location
- Added required
status
field (default value:active
)
- Added required
- dcim.PowerOutlet
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- dcim.PowerFeed
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- dcim.PowerPort
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- dcim.Rack
- The
elevation
endpoint now includes half-height rack units, and utilizes decimal values for the ID and name of each unit
- The
- dcim.RearPort
link_peer
has been renamed tolink_peers
and now returns a list of objectslink_peer_type
has been renamed tolink_peers_type
connected_endpoint
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints
and now returns a list of objectsconnected_endpoint_type
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_type
connected_endpoint_reachable
has been renamed toconnected_endpoints_reachable
- extras.ConfigContext
- Added the
locations
many-to-many field to track the assignment of ConfigContexts to Locations
- Added the
- extras.CustomField
- Added
group_name
andui_visibility
fields
- Added
- ipam.IPAddress
- The
nat_inside
field no longer requires a unique value - The
nat_outside
field has changed from a single IP address instance to a list of multiple IP addresses
- The
- ipam.VLAN
- Added the
l2vpn_termination
read-only field
- Added the
- users.Token
- Added the
allowed_ips
array field - Added the read-only
last_used
datetime field
- Added the
- virtualization.Cluster
- Added required
status
field (default value:active
)
- Added required
- virtualization.VirtualMachine
- The
site
field is now directly writable (rather than being inferred from the assigned cluster) - The
cluster
field is now optional. A virtual machine must have a site and/or cluster assigned. - Added the optional
device
field - Added the
l2vpn_termination
read-only field
wireless.WirelessLAN - Added
tenant
field
wireless.WirelessLink - Added
tenant
field
- The