Webinar: Beyond the Data Model – NetBox Custom Objects Unleashed

May 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST / 15:00 UTC

In this webinar, we’ll explore how the hotly anticipated new feature: NetBox Custom Objects (now in private preview) bridges the gap between simple Custom Fields and full Plugin development, providing network teams with powerful relationship modeling capabilities without requiring coding expertise.

As organizations rely more heavily on NetBox as their network source of truth, the need to model complex relationships between network components, services, and business entities has become increasingly critical. Until now, network teams faced a difficult choice: either use Custom Fields for their simplicity despite their limitations, or invest in Plugin development to gain power at the cost of significantly higher complexity.

Join us to discover how Custom Objects offers the ideal middle ground – enabling you to create intuitive, maintainable, and flexible relationships that align with your specific business context.

Key topics will include:

  • Understanding where Custom Objects fits in NetBox’s extensibility spectrum
  • Real-world use cases from Internet Exchange providers, Enterprise IT, Telecom, Education, and Financial Services
  • Step-by-step guidance for creating your first Custom Object relationships
  • Roadmap and future enhancements coming to Custom Objects

Who Should Attend

This webinar is ideal for:

  • NetBox administrators looking to extend their data model without plugin development
  • Network engineers struggling with complex relationship modeling
  • IT managers seeking to improve service mapping and dependency tracking
  • Organizations currently using custom fields who need more flexibility
  • Teams considering custom plugin development but lacking developer resources
  • Anyone interested in the future direction of NetBox as a comprehensive network source of truth

Whether you’re struggling with modeling service dependencies, customer relationships, or specialized network configurations, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge to leverage Custom Objects effectively in your NetBox deployment.

Register for the webinar