NetBox — Your Network, Documented Precisely.
Spreadsheets, Visio diagrams, and tribal knowledge are not a network strategy — they are a liability. NetBox is the open-source source of truth for IP address management (IPAM), data centre infrastructure (DCIM), circuits, VLANs, and cable plant. It integrates natively with Ansible, Terraform, and Nautobot — so provisioning becomes repeatable, handovers become seamless, and audits become painless.
What NetBox Replaces
IP Address Management
Track aggregates, prefixes, IP ranges, and individual addresses across IPv4 and IPv6. Reserve, allocate, and reclaim addresses through API or web UI.
Model overlapping address spaces by VRF, tenant, or customer — essential for MSPs, carriers, and multi-tenant data centres.
Data Centre Infrastructure
Document every rack with front and rear elevations, power utilisation, weight, and cooling — visualised in a browser, not a Visio file.
Track make, model, serial, asset tag, location, and lifecycle status for every device — from core router to cable management arm.
Cable & Connection Modelling
Model every patch cable, fibre run, and console connection with type, length, colour, and termination — including cable paths through patch panels.
Track WAN circuits with provider, contract ID, bandwidth, and termination points. Tie circuits to interfaces and SLA tickets.
VLAN & VRF Management
Catalogue every VLAN by site, group, and role. Prevent VLAN ID collisions across data centres and campus networks.
Track VRFs, route targets, BGP communities, and route policies — model your routing topology as data, not diagrams.
Automation Integration
Native inventory plugin pulls devices, interfaces, and IPs directly into Ansible playbooks — no static inventory files to maintain.
Codify NetBox state in Terraform. Provision IP allocations, prefixes, and VLAN reservations through the same workflow as cloud resources.
REST & GraphQL API
Every NetBox object is API-addressable with token-based auth and granular permissions. Build dashboards, NOC tools, and ticket integrations.
Query exactly the fields you need with GraphQL — ideal for custom portals and high-cardinality reporting.
Webhooks & Event Rules
Fire webhooks on any object change to drive Ansible Tower, GitHub Actions, or your configuration management pipeline.
Enforce naming conventions, IP allocation rules, and lifecycle policies through Python-based custom validators.
Change Management
Every create, update, and delete is journaled with user, timestamp, and diff. Satisfy SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS audit requirements.
Attach maintenance notes, outage RCAs, and change tickets directly to the devices and circuits they relate to.
Illumia Delivery
Import existing inventory from Excel, SolarWinds, Infoblox, or live device polling. Reconcile, deduplicate, and enrich — so day one of NetBox is also day one of clean data.
Run NetBox in Illumia's private cloud with HA Postgres, Redis, automated backups, and version upgrades under SLA — or deploy on your own infrastructure with full handover documentation.
Illumia delivers NetBox as a fully-integrated network operations platform — not just a documentation tool. We import your existing inventory from spreadsheets, IPAM legacy tools, or live device polling; integrate NetBox into your Ansible and Terraform pipelines; and operate it under SLA as a managed service. The result: a single, queryable, API-driven source of truth your NOC, engineering, and audit teams can all trust.