Synchronized Data
Some NetBox models support automatic synchronization of certain attributes from remote data sources, such as a git repository hosted on GitHub or GitLab. Data from the authoritative remote source is synchronized locally in NetBox as data files.
Permissions
A user must be assigned the core.sync_datasource permission in order to synchronize local files from a remote data source. This is accomplished by creating a permission for the "Core > Data Source" object type with the sync action, and assigning it to the desired user and/or group.
The following features support the use of synchronized data:
Webhooks
NetBox can be configured via Event Rules to transmit outgoing webhooks to remote systems in response to internal object changes. The receiver can act on the ...
Prometheus Metrics
NetBox supports optionally exposing native Prometheus metrics from the application. Prometheus is a popular time series metric platform used for monitoring.