Closes #7650: Add support for local account password validation

docs/configuration/optional-settings.md

@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ ADMINS = [
 
 ---
 
+## AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS
+
+This parameter acts as a pass-through for configuring Django's built-in password validators for local user accounts. If configured, these will be applied whenever a user's password is updated to ensure that it meets minimum criteria such as length or complexity. An example is provided below. For more detail on the available options, please see [the Django documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/auth/passwords/#password-validation).
+
+```python
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'min_length': 10,
+        }
+    },
+]
+```
+
+---
+
 ## BASE_PATH
 
 Default: None

docs/release-notes/version-3.2.md

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 * The `asn` query filter for sites now matches against the AS number of assigned ASNs.
 * The `contact_name`, `contact_phone`, and `contact_email` fields have been removed from the site model. Please use the new contact model introduced in NetBox v3.1 to store contact information for sites.
 
+### Enhancements
+
+* [#7650](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/7650) - Add support for local account password validation
+
 ### Other Changes
 
 * [#7731](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/7731) - Require Python 3.8 or later

netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py

@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ ADMINS = [
     # ('John Doe', 'jdoe@example.com'),
 ]
 
+# Enable any desired validators for local account passwords below. For a list of included validators, please see the
+# Django documentation at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/auth/passwords/#password-validation.
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    # {
+    #     'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    #     'OPTIONS': {
+    #         'min_length': 10,
+    #     }
+    # },
+]
+
 # Base URL path if accessing NetBox within a directory. For example, if installed at https://example.com/netbox/, set:
 # BASE_PATH = 'netbox/'
 BASE_PATH = ''

netbox/netbox/settings.py

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = getattr(configuration, 'SECRET_KEY')
 
 # Set static config parameters
 ADMINS = getattr(configuration, 'ADMINS', [])
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = getattr(configuration, 'AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS', [])
 BASE_PATH = getattr(configuration, 'BASE_PATH', '')
 if BASE_PATH:
     BASE_PATH = BASE_PATH.strip('/') + '/'  # Enforce trailing slash only