Updating Devices in Nautobot Using the REST API
Introduction Nautobot is a powerful network source of truth, helping organisations manage device inventory, IP addressing, circuits, locations, and other critical infrastructure data from a …
Nautobot is an open-source Network Source of Truth and automation platform designed to help organizations manage, document, and automate their network infrastructure. Built on top of the popular NetBox project, Nautobot extends its capabilities by adding a flexible, extensible framework that supports custom applications, data models, and workflows.
At its core, Nautobot stores authoritative data about network devices, circuits, IP addresses, VLANs, and other critical infrastructure elements. This central repository allows teams to maintain accurate, consistent records that serve as the foundation for network automation and orchestration.
What sets Nautobot apart is its App Platform and Data Validation Framework, enabling users to customize the system without modifying core code. It integrates seamlessly with automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Python scripts, allowing engineers to drive provisioning, configuration, and compliance tasks directly from trusted data.
Nautobot also offers version-controlled configuration data, job scheduling, and a powerful GraphQL API for flexible data queries. Whether used for small-scale lab environments or global enterprise networks, Nautobot empowers teams to reduce manual work, increase accuracy, and accelerate network changes—making it a key building block for infrastructure-as-code and modern NetDevOps practices.
Custom Fields in Nautobot Explained: Understanding Custom Fields and Using Fields Effectively
Custom fields in Nautobot unlock powerful customisation, allowing organisations to enrich their network data models without altering core functionality. By enabling users to define additional data …
How to Install Nautobot 3.1 Using Docker
Nautobot Docker Installing Nautobot 3.1 using Docker should be straightforward — but if you use the official nautobot-docker-compose repository, there are several non‑obvious …
How to Install Nautobot on Ubuntu
Install Nautobot on Ubuntu Server This post will cover how to install Nautobot, installing and configuring the Nautobot application on an Ubuntu Server. You can install Nautobot onto a RHEL (Red Hat …
What is Nautobot?
What is Nautobot? Nautobot is an open-source network automation and network source of truth platform designed to help network teams manage, model, and automate their infrastructure. At its core, …
What is Nautocon?
What is Nautocon? Nautocon is a Nautobot user group dedicated to Nautobot, an open-source Network Source of Truth and Automation Platform developed by Network to Code. Nautocon is a mini …
Understanding the Nautobot Data Model
The Nautobot Data Model models your network using a few core objects, the most important ones are Sites, Locations, Devices, Device Types, Interfaces, IP Addresses and Prefixes. Each object represents …
Nautobot Device Onboarding Tutorial
What Is Nautobot Device Onboarding? Nautobot Device Onboarding is a Nautobot app that automates the discovery and initial population of network devices into Nautobot, turning existing network …
Nautobot Golden Config
The golden config app is a Nautobot app that provides a NetDevOps approach to golden configuration and configuration compliance. Nautobot Golden Config Tutorial For the full breakdown please refer to …
Nautobot Jobs
Nautobot jobs are an efficient way to run your Python based network automation scripts / API calls within a controlled environment, enabling you to provide access to the entire team. Nautobot jobs …