Learning paths

New to NetBox or the NetBox Labs platform? These paths sequence the documentation so you can build skills step by step instead of hunting through reference material. They follow the four platform capabilities: Model, See, Act, Govern. For the platform story, see the NetBox Labs platform; to jump straight to the docs for each capability, use the platform documentation map.

Model your infrastructure

Get a working NetBox and build the canonical record of what your infrastructure is supposed to look like.

1. What is NetBox? - the #1 Network & Infrastructure System of Record
2. Getting started - planning your deployment
3. Installation - install NetBox Community, or skip the infrastructure with NetBox Cloud or NetBox Enterprise
4. Core features - facilities, devices, IPAM, circuits, and the rest of the data model

See what is actually deployed

Reconcile live state against your intended model, continuously.

1. NetBox Discovery quickstart - discover devices and IP space automatically
2. Diode - stream data into NetBox from any source
3. NetBox Assurance - detect and resolve operational drift
4. Discovery Integrations - sync from controllers and platforms you already run

Act on intent

Drive changes from the source of truth, whether the actor is a human, an automation pipeline, or an AI agent.

1. REST API - the full programmatic interface
2. pynetbox - Python client library
3. Ansible Collection - inventory and automation from NetBox
4. NetBox Copilot quickstart - natural-language querying and AI-assisted changes
5. Custom scripts - automate workflows inside NetBox

Govern every change

Put the safety primitives in place before you scale automation and AI.

1. NetBox Branching - stage and review change sets as diffs before merge
2. NetBox Changes - change records and approval workflows
3. NetBox Validation - pre-change checks and continuous compliance
4. Platform MCP Server - AI agent access with writes routed through governance