HOWTO: Deploy NetBox as the Authoritative Platform Record

NetBox is the authoritative record for every device, prefix, VLAN, and site in a HybridOps platform. This HOWTO covers deploying NetBox through the platform/onprem/bootstrap-netbox module, seeding the initial data model aligned with ADR-0002 and ADR-0101, and wiring the live instance into the Ansible and Nornir inventory export pipeline. This is the deployment-day operation; the lifecycle module handles day-2 operations thereafter.

What this covers:

• NetBox deployment via platform/onprem/bootstrap-netbox@v1 with PostgreSQL backend and Redis
• Initial data seeding: sites, VLANs, prefixes, and device roles aligned with ADR-0101
• API token provisioning and inventory export pipeline wiring for Ansible and Nornir

Learn this in Academy: Platform Services track