Webinar: Getting Started with Diode and the Diode SDK to Ingest Data into NetBox
Diode is NetBox’s purpose-built data ingestion layer—designed to simplify how network data is imported, structured, and synchronized into your NetBox deployment. With its latest release, Diode has evolved into a robust platform that supports a wide array of network use cases, offering significantly expanded object coverage, secure token-based authentication, and full compatibility with NetBox Branching for safe, auditable workflows.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to get up and running with Diode and the Diode SDK, using practical examples to ingest structured and semi-structured data into NetBox. Whether you’re consolidating legacy inventory, integrating upstream systems, or automating daily updates, Diode makes it easier to populate and maintain NetBox’s rich data model—without the overhead of traditional REST-based scripting.
What You’ll Learn
- How Diode simplifies the process of sending data into NetBox
- Overview of the Diode ingestion model and architecture
- Expanded support for NetBox objects and attributes: How to Ingest a broader set of core models, with full attribute and custom field support to simplify tasks like legacy inventory migration, enrichment from external systems, and modeling complex network topologies
- Using the Diode SDKs (Python and Go) to build lightweight, scalable integrations
- Implementing secure, token-based authentication with JWT and OAuth2
- Leveraging NetBox Branching to safely stage and validate ingested data
- Automating ingestion using Diode and the NetBox Discovery (Orb Agent)
Who Should Attend
- NetBox users and administrators new to Diode or looking to get started
- Engineers migrating legacy inventory or integrating structured datasets
- DevOps teams maintaining custom pipelines into NetBox
- Anyone interested in simplifying their ingestion workflows with modern tooling
- Organizations adopting NetBox Branching or automated discovery pipelines
