Netbox - Create or Update Assets

  • Updated on Feb 27, 2025
  • Published on Sep 13, 2023
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Netbox - Create or Update Assets creates a Netbox Asset, or updates a Netbox Asset for:

  • Assets returned by the selected query or assets selected on the relevant asset page.

See Creating Enforcement Sets to learn more about adding Enforcement Actions to Enforcement Sets.

Note:

Required Fields

These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Set.

  • Action name - The name of this Enforcement Action. The system sets a default name. You can change the name.
  • Configure Dynamic Values - Toggle on to enter a Dynamic Value statement. See Creating Enforcement Action Dynamic Value Statements to learn more about Dynamic Value statement syntax.

  • Use stored credentials from the Netbox Adapter - Select this option to use Netbox connected adapter credentials. By default, the first connection is selected.
    • When you select this option, the Select Adapter Connection drop-down is available, and you can choose which adapter connection to use for this Enforcement Action.
    Note:
    To use this option, you must successfully configure a Netbox adapter connection.
  • Create Object Type - Select the type of asset to create or update.
  • Action Choice - Select the action to perform:
    • Create - Only create new assets and ignore existing ones.
    • Create and Update - Create new assets and update existing ones.
    • Update - Only update existing assets and ignore new ones.
  • Content type - Add a Content Type field in the format <app_label>.<model>.

  • Compute Node - The Axonius node to use when connecting to the specified host. For more details, see Connecting Additional Axonius Nodes.

Additional Fields

Connection and Credentials

When Use stored credentials from the adapter is toggled off, some of the connection fields below are required to create the connection, while other fields are optional.

  • NetBox Domain - The hostname of the NetBox server.

  • Authentication token - Enter the NIST controls used by the company.

  • Verify SSL (optional) - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

  • HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

  • Exclude connections -Enter connections to exclude from asset queries.

  • Map Axonius fields to adapter fields - Use the Field Mapping Wizard to map Axonius fields to fields in Netbox. In this way you can transfer data found in Axonius into Netbox. The wizard shows you which fields exist on the Axonius system, allowing you to map them easily.
    NOTE

    For details, see Axonius to External Field Mapping.

APIs

Axonius uses the NetBox REST API.

Required Permissions

The stored credentials, or those provided in Connection and Credentials, must have permission to perform this Enforcement Action.

For more details about other Enforcement Actions available, see Action Library.