Netbox is THE tool to setup for your network Source of Truth
Rating: 9 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Netbox as a source of truth for all our network devices. We use it to model the devices, like the number of interfaces, the name, the device type and role (we could also model the network cards inside). Basically all of our devices are modelled into Netbox, that represents several thousand of network devices. We also model the IP addresses and on which interfaces they are attached, as well as configuration contexts.
Pros
- Device modelling
- Device inventory
- IPAM
Cons
- The GraphQL implementation could be better integrated
- Netbox is usually very reactive except but performance start to drop when requesting 250 devices or more per page
Likelihood to Recommend
Netbox is very well suited when you want to consolidate your inventory in one place. Netbox is also very well suited when you want to generate network configurations. You can request the REST API to get the date of a device and generate network configurations with a templating tool, and that is very easy.
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Olivier Desnoë
A/V Network Architect in Information Technology at CANAL+ Group (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
6 years of experience