How to Install Netbox on Alpine Linux Latest

Netbox is an open-source web application designed to manage and document computer networks. It is built using Django and PostgreSQL and provides several features such as IP address management, device management, and circuit management, among others. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Netbox on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A computer running Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access to the system
• A non-root user with sudo privileges set up on your system.

Step 1: Update your Alpine Linux system

Before we proceed, let's ensure that our system is up-to-date. Run the following command to update your system:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install the Dependencies

Netbox requires several dependencies to be installed on our system. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo apk add python3 python3-dev build-base postgresql-dev py3-pip libffi-dev openssl-dev openssl

Step 3: Create a PostgreSQL database

Netbox requires a PostgreSQL database to store the data. Let's create a new database for Netbox:

sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE netbox;"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER netbox WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE netbox TO netbox;"

Note: Replace password with a secure password for the Netbox user.

Step 4: Install Netbox

Let's now clone the Netbox repository and install it:

sudo git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git /opt/netbox
cd /opt/netbox
sudo -H pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 5: Configure Netbox

Copy the configuration.example.py file to configuration.py

sudo cp /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py

Edit the configuration.py file as follows:

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
DATABASE = {
    'NAME': 'netbox',
    'USER': 'netbox',
    'PASSWORD': 'password',
    'HOST': 'localhost',
    'PORT': '',
    'CONN_MAX_AGE': 300,
    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
}
SECRET_KEY = 'generate-a-secret-key-with-some-random-characters'

Note: Replace password with the password you created for the Netbox user in Step 3. Generate a secret key by running python3 /opt/netbox/generate_secret_key.py

Step 6: Migrate the database

sudo python3 /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py makemigrations
sudo python3 /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py migrate

Step 7: Create a superuser

sudo python3 /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py createsuperuser

Note: This step is optional, but it will create a user with access to all Netbox features.

Step 8: Start the Netbox server

We can now start the Netbox server:

sudo python3 /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Note: By default, the server will listen on port 8000. You can change this by replacing 8000 with the port number of your choice.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Netbox on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://<ip-address>:8000/.

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