netbox/docs/release-notes/version-3.5.md

NetBox v3.5

v3.5.0 (FUTURE)

New Features

Customizable Dashboard (#9416)

The static home view has been replaced with a fully customizable dashboard. Users can construct and rearrange their own personal dashboard to convey the information most pertinent to them. Supported widgets include object statistics, change log records, notes, and more, and we expect to continue adding new widgets over time. Plugins can also register their own custom widgets.

Remote Data Sources (#11558)

NetBox now has the ability to synchronize arbitrary data from external sources through the new DataSource and DataFile models. Synchronized files are stored in the PostgreSQL database, and may be referenced and consumed by other NetBox models, such as export templates and config contexts. Currently, replication from local filesystem paths and from git repositories is supported, and we expect to add support for additional backends in the near future.

Configuration Template Rendering (#11559)

This release introduces the ability to render device configurations from Jinja2 templates natively within NetBox, via both the UI and REST API. The new ConfigTemplate model stores template code (which may be defined locally or sourced from remote data files). The rendering engine passes data gleaned from both config contexts and request parameters to generate complete configurations suitable for direct application to network devices.

NAPALM Plugin (#10520)

The NAPALM integration feature found in previous NetBox releases has been moved from the core application to a dedicated plugin. This allows greater control over the feature's configuration and will unlock additional potential as a separate project.

Enhancements

• #9073 - Enable syncing config context data from remote sources
• #9653 - Enable setting a default platform for device types
• #11254 - Introduce the X-Request-ID HTTP header to annotate the unique ID of each request for change logging
• #11440 - Add an enabled field for device type interfaces
• #11517 - Standardize the inclusion of related objects across the entire UI
• #11584 - Add a list view for contact assignments
• #11625 - Add HTMX support to ObjectEditView
• #11693 - Enable syncing export template content from remote sources

Other Changes

• #10604 - Remove unused extra_tabs block from object.html generic template
• #10923 - Remove unused NetBoxModelCSVForm class (replaced by NetBoxModelImportForm)
• #11611 - Refactor API viewset classes and introduce NetBoxReadOnlyModelViewSet
• #11694 - Remove obsolete SmallTextarea form widget
• #11737 - ChangeLoggedModel now inherits WebhooksMixin
• #11765 - Retire the StaticSelect and StaticSelectMultiple form widgets