In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Netbox on OpenSUSE Latest. Netbox is an open-source web application designed to help you manage network infrastructure, including devices, connections, IP addresses, and more.
First, you need to install some required packages before installing Netbox. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo zypper install -y python3-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libffi-devel graphviz gcc git openssl-devel libpq5 postgresql-devel
This command installs essential packages needed for compilation, running a web server, and database connection.
Next, you will need to clone the Netbox repository to your local system. Navigate to a directory where you want to store the Netbox repository, and then run the following command:
git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git
This command will clone the Netbox repository from GitHub to your local system.
To avoid complications with the system-wide Python installation, we will create a Python virtual environment to install Netbox dependencies. To create a virtual environment, run the following command:
python3 -m venv netbox-venv
This command will create a virtual environment named netbox-venv.
Next, you need to activate the virtual environment before installing the Netbox dependencies. To activate the virtual environment, run the following command:
source netbox-venv/bin/activate
This command will activate the netbox-venv virtual environment.
With the virtual environment activated, you can install Netbox dependencies using the following command:
cd netbox
pip install -r requirements.txt
This command installs all the dependencies required to run Netbox.
After installing the dependencies, you need to configure Netbox. For this, create a file named configuration.py in your Netbox directory, and add the following configuration settings:
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['your_server_ip']
DATABASE = {
'NAME': 'netbox',
'USER': 'netbox',
'PASSWORD': 'your_postgres_password',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
SECRET_KEY='<generate a strong secret key here>'
Make sure you set the ALLOWED_HOSTS to your server's IP address and update the DATABASE configuration with your PostgreSQL credentials.
Before running Netbox, you need to create a PostgreSQL database. To create a database, run the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
createuser netbox
createdb netbox
This command creates a PostgreSQL user and a database named netbox.
With the database created, you can now migrate the database schema. To run the migration, use the following command:
python3 manage.py migrate
This command will create the database schema needed to run Netbox.
Finally, create a superuser account for Netbox using the following command:
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
Follow the prompts to create your superuser account.
With everything set up, you can now start the Netbox webserver using the following command:
python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
This command starts the webserver on port 8000, and you can access Netbox by navigating to your server's IP address in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Netbox on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Netbox to manage your network infrastructure.
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