Netbox is a popular open source IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Netbox on your Manjaro system.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites.
It is always advisable to update the system before installing any new packages. You can update your system by running the following command on your terminal.
sudo pacman -Syu
Netbox is written in Python, so we need to install some Python-related packages to run it. We also need PostgreSQL to store the Netbox data. You can install these packages by running the following command.
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-devel postgresql-libs postgresql python-psycopg2
We need to create a database in PostgreSQL where Netbox will store its data. You can create a new database and a user for Netbox by running the following commands.
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;"
Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password for your Netbox user.
Now we can install Netbox from the Github repository you mentioned. First, we clone the repository by running the following command.
sudo git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git /opt/netbox
Then, we move into the cloned Netbox directory and run the following command to install the required Python modules.
cd /opt/netbox/
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
After the installation, we need to configure Netbox to use the previously created database. Copy the example configuration file to create a new configuration file.
sudo cp /opt/netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py /opt/netbox/netbox/configuration.py
Open the configuration file with your favorite text editor and update the database settings with the following.
DATABASE = {
'NAME': 'netbox',
'USER': 'netbox',
'PASSWORD': 'password',
'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
'PORT': '',
'CONN_MAX_AGE': 300,
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
}
Make sure to replace 'password' with the password you used earlier for the Netbox user.
Now we can migrate the database schema to the previously created database by running the following command.
cd /opt/netbox/netbox/
sudo python manage.py migrate
This command will create all the required database tables for Netbox.
Finally, we need to create a superuser for the Netbox admin panel. You can create a superuser by running the following command.
sudo python manage.py createsuperuser
This command will prompt you to enter the required details for the superuser account.
Now we can start the Netbox web application by running the following command.
sudo python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
This command will start the Netbox server and listen on port 8000. You can access Netbox by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Netbox on your Manjaro system. You can now use Netbox as a powerful IP address management and data center infrastructure management tool.
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