NetBox Custom Scripts & Plugins

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NetBox runs Python custom scripts as web forms or via the REST API to perform repeatable business logic, with logging, optional CSV output and a built‑in dry run mode. Demo scripts create a new site and 3 devices created (Juniper 2200C) and sync external assets via Snipe‑IT to import Snipe‑IT import of 2 devices into site chs through a CI/CD GitHub Actions push. Plugins add a VPC model linked by foreign key to core prefixes, inject UI sections on prefix pages (template injection) and expose namespaced API endpoints under /api/plugins.

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1. 0:00Introduction to NetBox
2. 2:26Custom scripts overview
3. 5:17Demo: Creating a site with devices
4. 8:05Demo: Integrating with external systems
5. 11:40CI/CD for custom scripts
6. 14:30Plugins overview
7. 15:55Demo: AWS resources plugin
8. 18:24Plugin code structure
9. 21:29Plugin navigation and UI
10. 22:32Template injection in plugins
11. 26:04Plugin REST API
12. 28:11Resources and Q&A

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