How to Install NetBox on OpenBSD

NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install NetBox from the official GitHub repository on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure that your OpenBSD system meets the following minimum requirements:

• OpenBSD 6.7 or higher
• Python 3.6 or higher
• PostgresSQL 10 or higher

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install NetBox on OpenBSD, you'll need to install several dependencies. You can use the pkg_add command to install them:

$ doas pkg_add python-3 postgresql-server postgresql-client py3-yaml py3-psycopg2 py3-django py3-djangorestframework py3-chardet py3-idna py3-netaddr py3-redis py3-celery

Step 2: Clone NetBox Repository

Next, clone the Netbox repository from GitHub using the following command:

$ git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git

Step 3: Set up PostgreSQL

Create a new PostgreSQL database and user account for NetBox. You can use the following commands to create a new database, user, and set privileges:

$ doas su _postgresql

$ createdb netbox
$ psql netbox
> CREATE USER netbox WITH PASSWORD 'password';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE netbox TO netbox;
> \q

Note that you will need to replace password with a strong and secure password of your choice.

Step 4: Configure NetBox

Next, you will need to configure NetBox by creating a configuration file. In the NetBox directory, rename the configuration.example.py file to configuration.py using the following command:

$ cd netbox/netbox/
$ mv configuration.example.py configuration.py

Edit the configuration.py file and modify the following values:

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['your.hostname.com', '127.0.0.1']
DATABASE = {
    'NAME': 'netbox',
    'USER': 'netbox',
    'PASSWORD': 'password',
    'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
    'PORT': '5432',
}

Replace your.hostname.com with your fully qualified domain name or IP address.

Step 5: Create Superuser

Create a superuser account for NetBox using the following command:

$ python3 manage.py createsuperuser

Follow the prompts to enter your desired username, email, and password.

Step 6: Run Migrations

Run initial database migrations using the following command:

$ python3 manage.py migrate

Step 7: Start NetBox

Finally, start NetBox with the following command:

$ python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

This will start the server on port 8000. You can now access the NetBox web interface by visiting http://your.hostname.com:8000/ in your web browser.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed NetBox on OpenBSD!

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