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A Letter from Our CEO
Hi there,
As the NetBox community continues to rapidly expand, along with the NetBox Labs partner ecosystem and our product development teams, we’re pushing forward at an accelerated pace across every dimension of the NetBox ecosystem. See below for product announcements from the last month spanning the NetBox open source project, new features for NetBox Discovery, opportunities to dig into NetBox Assurance which is racing toward availability in the coming weeks, a host of integration activity, and key new NetBox AI capabilities. All of these areas will see a ton of new features and enhancements in the coming months. The pace at NetBox Labs is dizzying, and we’ll do our best to keep rounding up all the activity for you every month.
Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of hosting two exciting webinars, both with hundreds of network, infrastructure, and security leaders in attendance, on topics a little outside our usual focus on network and infrastructure management and automation. In late February, we featured the incredible work from our friends at CISA (the federal government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), Idaho National Labs, and Corelight, the makers of the Zeek network security monitoring tool. Hearing how NetBox fits into CISA and INL’s architecture for securing national critical infrastructure was eye opening for many, and highlights the huge potential of NetBox for security use cases ranging from vulnerability management to threat detection and mitigation across IT and OT infrastructure.
More recently in mid-March, I shared first-hand insights into how we’re approaching network and infrastructure AI at NetBox Labs, including our vision for how AI will reshape network and infrastructure management, AI features available for NetBox today, and perhaps most importantly, what network and infrastructure teams need to be doing now to get moving with AI based on our conversations about the topic with dozens of teams.
These webinars (which you can watch any time) highlight the expanding importance of NetBox beyond just traditional network documentation use cases. Increasingly, organizations using NetBox are unlocking cohesive strategies spanning operations, observability, automation, and security for infrastructure ranging from traditional corporate networks, to AI datacenters, to OT/IoT, to hybrid cloud footprints, and everything in between. We are investing in innovation to support this broad array of use cases, and to fundamentally reshape the meaning of network and infrastructure management to be driven by intent, intelligence, and automation with a cohesive stack centered around NetBox and its industry standard data modeling.
That’s why we’re moving at such a fast clip across so many dimensions. There is a lot to be done. We are here to change the industry we’re in. We’re just at the start. What problems do you want us to tackle next? What use cases for NetBox, Discovery, Assurance, NetBox AI, Orb, and our other technologies do you want us to lean into? We want to hear from you: we’re inspired by the challenges of our community. Find us on Slack and reach out!
Best,
-Kris
NetBox and Corporate News from NetBox Labs
New AI Capabilities for NetBox — Now Open Sourced
We’ve open-sourced two new ways to use AI with NetBox, including a Model Context Protocol server for NetBox to give LLMs the ability to directly interact with NetBox data, and multiple variations of llms.txt for educating LLMs with context about NetBox. Try them out today!
AWS Integration for NetBox now in Private Preview
The new AWS integration adds VPC IPAM support to NetBox, enabling automatic sync of AWS-managed IP address data. Stay aligned with your cloud infrastructure and simplify hybrid network management. Join the private preview to help shape NetBox’s cloud capabilities.
Git-Based Configuration for NetBox Discovery Agents
NetBox Discovery now supports Git-based configuration, making it easier to manage, version, and deploy agent settings. Bring the benefits of infrastructure-as-code to network discovery and streamline your workflows with consistent, auditable configurations.
Evolving Open Source Operations in the NetBox Ecosystem
We’re expanding how we support and grow the NetBox open source project—investing more in community engagement, transparency, and collaboration. From public roadmaps to new contribution processes, these changes are designed to strengthen the ecosystem and empower contributors. Explore what’s new and be part of what’s next for NetBox.
Microsoft DHCP Integration Now in Private Preview
NetBox now integrates with Microsoft DHCP, allowing automatic import and synchronization of DHCP lease data. Gain better visibility into dynamic IP assignments across your network. Join the private preview to help shape this powerful new integration.
Extensible Integrations Now Available for NetBox Discovery Agent
The NetBox Discovery Agent now supports custom integrations with a new Worker backend, making it easy to extend discovery to more tools, protocols, and platforms. Build and run your own discovery logic to tailor data collection to your environment. Try it now.
NetBox Community News
NetBox Hero Awards – This is a celebration of innovation in network and infrastructure management and the NetBox community. We’re looking for individuals and teams using NetBox to transform their operations. Whether you’re documenting data centers, automating campus networks, or managing hybrid cloud infrastructure, we want to hear your story.
The awards span six categories and winners receive exclusive prizes including tickets to premier industry events and limited-edition NetBox Heroes swag. You don’t need the most complex implementation to win – we’re seeking impactful stories from across the entire community, from automation beginners to advanced implementers. Nominations are open now and close April 15.
April Community Meetup – Our next meetup is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, 2025 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST / 8:00-9:00 am PST / 4:00-5:00 pm UTC. As ever we have some fantastic speakers lined up, including Niclas Skøtt Petersen showing how to master Service Sync between NetBox and NSO, and Bertrand Houin using NetBox to manage Docker containers on remote servers for all sorts of useful purposes! Not to be missed! Register here.
If you missed our March meetup then you can view the recording here. Big thanks go out to Ewen Wallace and Denis Rendler for the awesome demos!
Key Community Links
Speak at a NetBox Meetup |
NetBox Plugin Ideas Board |
Open NetBox Plugin Bounty | 
Join NetDev Slack Channel | 
Listen to NetBox Heroes
NetBox OSS Releases
NetBox v4.2.5 & v4.2.6. The last month saw two new patch releases with over 20 bug fixes and several key improvements, including:
- Add rack title above rack on rack detail view
- Update filtersets and filter forms to include contact filters where missing
- Add FC/UPC, FC/APC and FC/PC port types
- Add contact assignments to VPN tunnels
- Support “Quick Add” for plugins
- Support setting VLAN translation on bulk edit of interfaces
- Add “type” filter for virtual circuits
NetBox Ansible Modules v3.21.0. The latest release included several bug fixes, minor updates and a new netbox_mac_address module.
Events & Trainings at a Glance
Live Training | Getting Started with NetBox: The Basics (April 17)
Free instructor-led overview – quickly get up to speed with NetBox: what is it, where does NetBox fit in, introduction to key NetBox concepts and workflows. Register here
Webinar: Accurate Network Inventory, Automated — A NetBox Discovery Deep Dive (April 22, 2025)
Join us to explore how NetBox Discovery can solve the challenge of maintaining accurate network inventory across on-prem, cloud, and virtual infrastructure. You’ll learn how to automate data collection, deploy the Discovery Agent effectively, and integrate it into your network operations strategy. Register here.
RedHat Ansiblefest (May 19-22, 2025)
Join us and others from RedHat and the open source community as we spend a few days in Boston going to breakout sessions, panel talks, and hands-on technical lab sessions. We will be in the vendor section, so don’t forget to swing by and talk to our awesome team. Book a meeting here.
AutoCon 3 (May 26-30, 2025)
We look forward to seeing the community in Prague. Our Chief Evangelist, Mark Coleman, will be leading a half-day workshop on Tuesday, May 27th from 9 am – 1 pm and will cover all things NetBox Discovery and Assurance, we hope you will join us! e are hosting the NetBox and Friends social hour on May 28. Register to join us!
