Announcing New Diode Release: Enhanced Data Ingestion for NetBox
Today, we’re thrilled to announce a major new release of Diode, our enhanced data ingestion service designed to streamline and simplify the process of importing network data into NetBox. Leveraging valuable insights from our public preview users, this new release of Diode provides substantial improvements that greatly broadens the supported use cases. What’s New in...
Network Automation Architecture: A Complete Introduction
This comprehensive guide will delve into the intricate world of network automation architecture. From understanding the fundamentals to exploring different types and their applications, this post aims to equip you with the knowledge needed to revolutionize your network management processes.  What Is Network Automation? Network automation involves using software and hardware solutions to automate the...
NetBox Integration with Tenable Enters Private Preview
NetBox continues to establish itself as the definitive source of truth for network infrastructure, and as our community expands, so does the demand for integrations with essential security and compliance platforms. Today, we’re excited to announce the Private Preview of our newest integration: a direct connection between NetBox and Tenable’s vulnerability management solutions. Bridging the...
Announcing the NetBox 4.3 Beta
We’re excited to announce that the beta version of NetBox v4.3 is now available! This beta release focuses on enhancements to the core NetBox project, which serves as the foundation for a broad ecosystem of network automation capabilities that include branching and change management, discovery, operational drift detection, data integrations, custom modeling, and much more....
What Is Network Observability? A Complete Introduction
Network observability is the capacity to learn about the actions and functionality of a network infrastructure. To comprehend the interactions and real-time performance of different network components entails gathering, evaluating, and displaying data from those components, and getting insights into the general health, effectiveness, and security of the network requires gathering data from a variety...
NetBox Custom Objects Enters Private Preview
NetBox’s role as the network source of truth continues to expand, and as our user community grows, so too does the need for flexible, intuitive data modeling capabilities. Today, we’re excited to announce the Private Preview of a hotly anticipated new feature: NetBox Custom Objects. (Note: This is the same feature we previously introduced as...
Introducing Secrets Manager for NetBox Discovery Agent: Secure Network Discovery at Scale
As networks grow more complex, the need for secure, automated infrastructure management becomes increasingly clear. That’s why we’re excited to share a major new enhancement to the NetBox Discovery agent: Secrets Manager, a powerful integration that brings secure credential management into the heart of network discovery. A Quick Refresher: What is the NetBox Discovery agent?...
Network Validation: A Beginner’s Guide to How It Works
Network validation has emerged as a valuable mechanism for ensuring the integrity and security of data transmission. Network validation is a strong force in this space, offering a sophisticated means to verify the legitimacy of data packets traversing through networks. While the term might sound complex to beginners, its significance cannot be overemphasized in today’s...
NetBox Integration with Infoblox Enters Private Preview
NetBox’s position as the definitive network source of truth continues to strengthen, and as our user community expands, so does the demand for seamless integrations with essential network management platforms. Today, we’re excited to announce the Private Preview of our latest integration: a direct connection between NetBox and Infoblox. As one of the most widely...
On the Road Again 🎵 – PeeringDaysEU and KubeCon London
After traveling between conferences these past couple of weeks, I wanted to share some reflections. I recently had the opportunity to speak at PeeringDaysEU in Croatia and attend KubeCon London, both of which offered a ton of great conversations and interesting perspectives on where our industry is heading. PeeringDaysEU: My First Croatian Adventure Last week...