Netbox
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
NetBox is a DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) and IPAM (IP Address Management) tool — single source of truth for network infrastructure. Track racks, devices, cables, IP addresses, VLANs, circuits, power. Used as the authoritative inventory for network automation, NMS, and orchestration.
For network engineers managing infrastructure documentation that doesn't fit in spreadsheets, NetBox is the canonical tool.
What it's for
- DCIM — rack + device + cable inventory
- IPAM — IP address + subnet + VLAN management
- Circuit tracking — WAN circuits, providers, contracts
- Power tracking — PDU + outlet utilization
- Network automation source-of-truth — feed Ansible / Salt / Nornir from NetBox
Who it's for
- Network engineers managing physical + logical network infrastructure
- Data center operations tracking racks, devices, cables, power
- MSPs documenting client networks for support workflows
- NetOps automation teams feeding automation tools from NetBox API
- Compliance / audit teams documenting infrastructure for SOC 2 / ISO
Why teams pick NetBox over alternatives
- Apache 2.0 — fully open
- Network-engineer-designed — opinionated for real network workflows
- REST + GraphQL API — programmatic everything
- Plugin ecosystem — extend with custom data models
- Active development — backed by NetBox Labs commercial offering
- Strong community — network engineers as primary users
Integrations
- Network automation — Ansible, Salt, Nornir, NAPALM via NetBox API
- NMS — LibreNMS, NAGIOS, Prometheus discovery from NetBox
- Provisioning — auto-generate network device configs from NetBox data
- Webhooks — fire on inventory changes
- Auth — local + LDAP + OAuth / OIDC + SAML
- Plugins — official + community plugins for circuits, contracts, more
- Custom fields — extend any model with custom data
Notable users & community
- 16k+ GitHub stars
- Used by DigitalOcean, NSF, Mozilla, many ISPs / MSPs
- Backed by NetBox Labs (commercial enterprise + cloud offering)
- Strongest community in network automation space
- Annual NetBox conferences
Tips & operations
- Treat NetBox as source of truth — automation tools read FROM NetBox, never write back arbitrarily
- Use webhooks for automation — trigger Ansible runs on inventory changes
- Backup Postgres + media — both essential; daily backup at minimum
- Custom fields discipline — define schema upfront; ad-hoc fields proliferate
- Tagging strategy — define tag taxonomy early; tags become primary navigation
- API permission scoping — distinct API keys per consumer; revoke individually
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: NetBox + Postgres + Redis
- Pinned
docker.io/netboxcommunity/netbox:v4.0(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for Postgres + media + reports
- Plugin support enabled
- Backup hook covers Postgres + media uploads
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |
