An Ansible Role that installs on Debian/Ubuntu.
This role install all dependencies required by NetBox including the PostgreSQL database. So it can be used to setup a NetBox appliance including everything in the same machine.
Web backend and frontend setups can be disabled if you already have your own way to handle them.
None.
Available variables are listed below, along with default values:
Setup for the PostgreSQL database:
netbox_database: netbox
netbox_database_user: netbox
netbox_database_password: netbox
netbox_database_host: localhost # This will force PostgreSQL to be setup
Where to get NetBox and which version:
netbox_version: v3.1.7
netbox_git_url: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox.git
Where to install NetBox:
netbox_install_directory: /opt/netbox
The username, password and email for the super user.
netbox_superuser_username: admin
netbox_superuser_password: admin
netbox_superuser_email: admin@example.com
LDAP can be used as authentication mechanism. It must be enabled, and the whole LDAP configuration has to be provided in the following variables (see NetBox documentation):
netbox_setup_ldap_auth: false
netbox_ldap_config: ""
Other Python packages can be installed using local_requirements.txt, this is
useful to install packages such as NAPALM or plugins:
netbox_local_requirements:
- napalm
…
The configuration for NetBox must be given as key: value pairs like the
following, please note that the secret key does not need to be given as it will
be generated automatically:
netbox_config:
ALLOWED_HOSTS:
- localhost
- 127.0.0.1
TIME_ZONE: "Europe/Paris"
…
Housekeeping to clear expired sessions and remove old changelog entries can be configured with the following variables:
netbox_housekeeping: true
netbox_housekeeping_hour: 4
netbox_housekeeping_minute: 30
Configuration for the backend web server and systemd:
netbox_setup_systemd: false
netbox_gunicorn_address: 127.0.0.1
netbox_gunicorn_port: 8001
netbox_gunicorn_workers_number: 5
Whether or not to configure the frontend web server:
netbox_setup_web_frontend: false
- hosts: netboxes
roles:
- { role: gmazoyer.netbox }
This Ansible Role is released under the terms of the GNU GPLv3. Please read
the LICENSE file for more information.
Portions of this role include MIT-licensed code (see 7c400dd) and are
demarcated in the header. See LICENSE-MIT for more information.
This role was created in 2017 by Guillaume Mazoyer.