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Nautobot v1.5

This document describes all new features and changes in Nautobot 1.5.

If you are a user migrating from NetBox to Nautobot, please refer to the "Migrating from NetBox" documentation.

Release Overview

Added

Added nautobot-server generate_test_data command (#2536)

A new management command, nautobot-server generate_test_data, has been added that can be used to populate the Nautobot database with various data as a baseline for manual or automated testing. This is now used internally by Nautobot's unit testing suite to create a synthetic data set that looks and feels like real data with randomly-generated values. Most importantly, the objects are created with all of the fields fully and correctly populated, to assert that each object in the database is properly exercising all features.

Warning

Be very cautious about running this command on your server instance. It is not intended to be used in production environments and will result in data loss.

Custom Field Grouping (#899)

Custom fields can now be assigned to a free-text "grouping" to improve usability when a large number of custom fields are defined on a given model. In the UI, fields in the same grouping will be grouped together, and groupings can be expanded/collapsed for display purposes.

Custom Celery Task Queues (#2421)

A new optional job property task_queues has been introduced to allow Nautobot to leverage custom celery queues for jobs. This will allow you to send jobs to specific workers based on which queue is selected. This property can be set on the job class and overridden in the job model, similar to other overridable job fields. If task_queues is not defined on the job class or job model, the job will only be able to use the default queue. A new field has been added to the job run form to allow you to select a queue when you run the job and an optional field task_queue has been added to the REST API job run endpoint for the same purpose.

Important

The default celery queue name has been changed from celery to default. If you have any workers or tasks hard coded to use celery you will need to update those workers/tasks or change the CELERY_TASK_DEFAULT_QUEUE setting in your nautobot_config.py.

Device Redundancy Groups (#1892)

Device Redundancy Groups have been added to model groups of distinct devices that perform device clustering or failover high availability functions. This may be used to model whole device redundancy strategies across devices with separate control planes (ex: ASA failover), not devices that share a control plane (ex: stackwise switch stacks), or interface specific redundancy strategies (ex: hsrp). Device Redundancy Groups support grouping an arbitrary number of devices and may be assigned an optional secrets group and one or more optional failover strategies.

Nautobot Apps API (#2723)

Added in version 1.5.2

The new nautobot.apps module provides a common starting point for app (a.k.a. plugin) developers to find all of the functions and classes that are recommended for use in apps. For example, instead of needing to look through the entire Nautobot codebase to find the appropriate classes, and then write:

from nautobot.extras.forms import NautobotModelForm
from nautobot.utilities.forms import BulkEditForm, CSVModelForm
from nautobot.utilities.forms.fields import DynamicModelChoiceField

an app developer can now refer to nautobot.apps.forms and then write simply:

from nautobot.apps.forms import (
    BulkEditForm,
    CSVModelForm,
    DynamicModelChoiceField,
    NautobotModelForm,
)

For more details, please refer to the updated app developer documentation.

Nestable LocationTypes (#2608)

LocationType definitions can now be flagged as nestable. When this flag is set, Locations of this type may nest within one another, similar to how Regions work at present. This allows you to have a variable-depth hierarchy of Locations, for example:

  • Main Campus ("Building Group" location type)
    • West Campus (Building Group)
      • Building A ("Building" location type)
      • Building B (Building)
    • East Campus (Building Group)
      • Building C (Building)
      • Building D (Building)
    • South Campus (Building Group)
      • Western South Campus (Building Group)
        • Building G (Building)
  • Satellite Campus (Building Group)
    • Building Z (Building)

In the above example, only two LocationTypes are defined ("Building Group" and "Building") but the "Building Group" type is flagged as nestable, so one Building Group may contain another Building Group.

Required Relationships (#873)

Relationships can be marked as being required. By default, relationships are not marked as being required.

To mark a relationship as being required, select "Source objects MUST implement this relationship" or conversely " Destination objects MUST implement this relationship" from the "Required on" field when editing or creating a relationship:

  • If "Destination objects MUST implement this relationship" is selected, objects of the type selected in "Destination Type" will enforce this relationship when they are created or edited.
  • If "Source objects MUST implement this relationship" is selected, objects of the type selected in "Source Type" will enforce this relationship when they are created or edited.

Required relationships are enforced in the following scenarios:

  • Creating or editing an object via the API or the UI
  • Bulk creating objects via the API
  • Bulk editing objects via the API or the UI

Changed

Database Query Caching is now Disabled by Default (#1721)

In prior versions of Nautobot, database query caching using the django-cacheops application (aka Cacheops) was enabled by default. This is determined by the default value of the CACHEOPS_ENABLED setting being set to True.

Through much trial and error we ultimately decided that this feature is more trouble than it is worth and we have begun to put more emphasis on improving performance of complex database queries over continuing to rely upon the various benefits and pitfalls of utilizing Cacheops.

As a result, the value of this setting now defaults to False, disabling database query caching entirely for new deployments. Cacheops will be removed entirely in a future release.

Important

Users with existing nautobot_config.py files generated from earlier versions of Nautobot will still have CACHEOPS_ENABLED = True unless they modify or regenerate their configuration. If users no longer desire caching, please be sure to explicitly toggle the value of this setting to False and restart your Nautobot services.

Deprecation Warnings Silenced by Default (#2798)

Changed in version 1.5.2

Deprecation warnings raised by Nautobot itself (such as warnings about upcoming breaking changes in a future release) are no longer logged as WARNING log messages by default, but can be enabled by setting the NAUTOBOT_LOG_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS environment variable to True in your configuration. More information is available under Optional Settings.

Caution

In Nautobot 2.0, deprecation warnings will again be logged by default; a future release of Nautobot 1.5.x will also re-enable default logging of deprecation warnings.

Redesigned List Filtering UI (#1998)

Added a dynamic filter form that allows users to filter object tables/lists by any field and lookup expression combination supported by the corresponding FilterSet and API.

Renamed Mixin Classes (#2779)

Changed in version 1.5.2

A number of mixin classes have been renamed and/or relocated for improved self-consistency and clarity of usage. The former names of these mixins are still available for now as aliases, but inheriting from these aliases will now raise a DeprecationWarning, and these aliases wil be removed in a future release.

Former Name New Name
CableTerminationFilterSet CableTerminationModelFilterSetMixin
CableTerminationSerializer CableTerminationModelSerializerMixin
ConnectedEndpointSerializer PathEndpointModelSerializerMixin
ConnectionFilterSet ConnectionFilterSetMixin
CreatedUpdatedFilterSet CreatedUpdatedModelFilterSetMixin
CustomFieldModelFilterSet CustomFieldModelFilterSetMixin
CustomFieldModelSerializer CustomFieldModelSerializerMixin
DeviceComponentFilterSet DeviceComponentModelFilterSetMixin
DeviceTypeComponentFilterSet DeviceComponentTemplateModelFilterSetMixin
LocalContextFilterSet LocalContextModelFilterSetMixin
PathEndpointFilterSet PathEndpointModelFilterSetMixin
PluginBanner Banner
PluginConfig NautobotAppConfig
PluginCustomValidator CustomValidator
PluginFilterExtension FilterExtension
PluginTemplateExtension TemplateExtension
RelationshipModelFilterSet RelationshipModelFilterSetMixin
TaggedObjectSerializer TaggedModelSerializerMixin
TenancyFilterSet TenancyModelFilterSetMixin

v1.5.24 (2023-07-24)

Fixed

  • #3312 - Fixed custom fields not auto-populating when creating objects through the ORM.
  • #4127 - Fixed JavaScript error with 'Check Secret' button introduced in the previous patch release.

Security

  • #4126 - Updated cryptography to 41.0.2 due to CVE-2023-38325. As this is not a direct dependency of Nautobot, it will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.

v1.5.23 (2023-07-10)

Added

  • #3235 - Added a warning notifying users when the requested per_page on a list page exceeds the MAX_PAGE_SIZE set.
  • #3937 - Added a Nautobot 2.0 pre-migration management command aptly named pre_migrate.

Changed

  • #1854 - When sorting tables for MPTT models, nesting/indentation of the model name display is disabled as it was misleading.
  • #1854 - Disabled sorting on TreeNode model tables as TreeNode do not support sorting.
  • #4049 - Restructured non-production dependencies in pyproject.toml to comply with latest Poetry expectations.
  • #4050 - Added develop-1.6 to list of target branches to run changelog step in pull request CI workflow.

Dependencies

  • #4049 - Updated development-only dependencies for documentation rendering: mkdocstrings 0.22.0, mkdocstrings-python 1.1.2, and griffe 0.30.1.
  • #4064 - Updated Django to 3.2.20 to address CVE-2023-36053.

Fixed

  • #2374 - Revised documentation for recommended parameters to use when running nautobot-server dumpdata.
  • #2374 - Revised documentation around preparing to run nautobot-server loaddata.
  • #2374 - Added documentation to run nautobot-server trace_paths after nautobot-server loaddata.
  • #2374 - Fixed a signal handler that could cause nautobot-server loaddata to abort if certain data is present.
  • #3109 - Fixed missing trailing slash in NautobotUIViewSet urls.
  • #3422 - Fixed postgres database healthcheck error message in development environment.
  • #3524 - Fixed the unhandled exception brought on by updating Rack to a new site with a similar device sharing the same name and tenant by catching error in 'RackForm.clean`.
  • #4021 - Fixed erroneous warning banner on list views when MAX_PAGE_SIZE is set to zero.
  • #4048 - Fixed broken tab navigation in secrets.

Security

  • #4064 - Updated Django to 3.2.20 to address CVE-2023-36053.

v1.5.22 (2023-06-26)

Added

  • #3534 - Added optional args and kwargs to BaseModel.validated_save() that pass through to the model's save method.
  • #3946 - Added warning note to job scheduling documentation for the attributes that can prevent scheduling.

Fixed

  • #3534 - Fixed confusing unit test failure message when trying to run a non-existent test.
  • #3534 - Fixed unit tests sometimes clearing out the default database.
  • #3658 - Fixed a typo in the success message when removing a child Device from a Device Bay.
  • #3739 - Fixed change log entries not being created for some long running requests.
  • #3891 - Fixed a bug preventing Job buttons from supporting the FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME setting due to hard-coded URLs.
  • #3924 - Fixed a potential server hang at startup when a misconfigured GitRepository is present.
  • #3948 - Fixed device name copy button adding an extra space/return.
  • #3987 - Fixed issue where download SVG download did not actually download.

Security

  • #3796 - Updated requests to 2.31.0 to address CVE-2023-32681. This is a development dependency and will not auto-update when upgrading Nautobot. Please be sure to update your local environment.
  • #3843 - Updated cryptography to 41.0.0 due to a statically linked version of OpenSSL which contained vulnerability CVE-2023-2650. This is not a direct dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.

v1.5.21 (2023-06-12)

Added

  • #3806 - Added instructions and examples for SAML SSO using Okta as the IdP.
  • #3811 - Added a note that addresses UWSGI buffer size concerns with Azure SSO in nautobot/docs/configuration/authentication/sso.md.
  • #3897 - Adds log message when a secrets group for a git repository doesn't yield a token.

Changed

  • #3888 - Changed note for celery concurrency in the docs.

Fixed

  • #3809 - Fixed a bug that prevented __init__() function of bulk_create_form_class being overridden in NautobotUIViewSet.
  • #3882 - Removed deprecated distutils dependency.

v1.5.20 (2023-05-30)

Added

  • #3400 - Added documentation on how to enable Jobs and Job hooks.
  • #3766 - Add troubleshooting steps for Azure AD SSO Group Sync example.

Changed

  • #3680 - Changed device component instantiation to be a separate method.

Fixed

  • #3503 - Fixed FieldError when sorting VMs list by primary IP.
  • #3616 - Fixed location filter on CircuitFilterSet and ProviderFilterSet.
  • #3787 - Fixed MySQL Out of sort memory error on JobListView and JobResultListView.
  • #3789 - Fixed Exception unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'list' and 'list' for MultiObjectVar with missing UUID.

v1.5.19 (2023-05-16)

Added

  • #3695 - Added note to documentation about using {{ obj.cf }} to access custom fields in jinja templates.

Changed

  • #3617 - SearchForms on Nautobot homepage now redirect users to login page when they are not authenticated.
  • #3663 - Modified delete_button and edit_button template tags to lookup pk and slug without the need to specify the lookup key.
  • #3703 - Added generic views documentation to navigation panel.

Dependencies

  • #3549 - Updated django to ~3.2.19 to address CVE-2023-31047.
  • #3549 - Updated mkdocs to ~1.4.3.
  • #3549 - Updated psycopg2-binary to ~2.9.6.
  • #3698 - Updated social-auth-core to ~4.4.0 to permit addressing CVE-2022-2309.
  • #3753 - Updated indirect dev dependency pymdown-extensions to 10.0 to address CVE-2023-32309.

Fixed

  • #3704 - Fixed GitRepository fetching on Home Page when getting repo-based Job's name.
  • #3726 - Fixed a KeyError when filtering Cables in the UI by termination_a_type or termination_b_type.

Security

  • #3698 - Updated lxml to ~4.9.2 to address CVE-2022-2309. This is not a direct dependency so it will not auto-update when upgrading Nautobot. Please be sure to update your local environment.
  • #3724 - Updated django to ~3.2.19 due to CVE-2023-31047.
  • #3753 - Updated indirect dev dependency pymdown-extensions to 10.0 to address CVE-2023-32309. This should not be installed in a production environment by default but should be updated if you have installed it.

v1.5.18 (2023-05-01)

Added

  • #1526 - Added UI button and REST API to validate a Secret can be retrieved.
  • #3669 - Added indexes to JobResult across common fields: created, completed, and status.

Changed

  • #2800 - Add model documentation to navigation panel.
  • #3440 - Added warning admonitions for Job Hooks and Job Approvals documentation that setting Meta.approval_required is ignored on JobHookReceiver classes.
  • #3602 - Updated .gitignore to not track new UI non-source files.
  • #3621 - Changed development Docker compose commands to not leave temporary containers behind.
  • #3633 - Changed Custom Validator applicator to not require DB query.

Fixed

  • #3083 - Fixed an issue where unit tests might fail erroneously when dealing with objects whose name/display contains characters like "<>.
  • #3533 - Fixed an issue where sending a PATCH to /api/dcim/interfaces/(uuid)/ might inadvertently reset the interface's status to Active.
  • #3533 - Fixed an issue where sending a PATCH to /api/users/tokens/(uuid)/ might inadvertently change the token's value.
  • #3612 - Fixed a 500 error when filtering by content_type in Dynamic Groups list view.
  • #3660 - Fixed an issue where grouped job buttons would always be disabled due to a template rendering issue.

Security

  • #3642 - Updated sqlparse to 0.4.4 due to CVE-2023-30608. This is not a direct dependency so it will not auto-update when upgrading Nautobot. Please be sure to update your local environment.

v1.5.17 (2023-04-17)

Added

  • #3484 - Added job profiling option to job execution when in DEBUG mode.
  • #3544 - Added the ability to change the CACHES["default"]["BACKEND"] via an environment variable NAUTOBOT_CACHES_BACKEND

Changed

  • #3544 - The default database backend if METRICS_ENABLED is True is now "django_prometheus.db.backends.postgresql"
  • #3544 - The default CACHES backend if METRICS_ENABLED is True is now "django_prometheus.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache"
  • #3548 - Changed Git Repository docs to include admonition about Github Apps.
  • #3595 - Update the warning provided when a bad reverse entry is not found in serializer to point to correct import location.

Dependencies

  • #3525 - Added explicit dependency on packaging that had been inadvertently omitted.

Fixed

  • #3116 - Fixed JSON comparison of data_scheme keys in assertInstanceEqual tests.
  • #3573 - Fixed advanced filtering on interface UI list page not working.
  • #3577 - Fixed NautobotUIViewSet documentation example for case sensitive typos.
  • #3577 - Fixed NautobotUIViewSet documentation example not including imports.
  • #3598 - Fixed default sanitizer patterns to account for strings beginning with i or is.

v1.5.16 (2023-04-10)

Added

  • #3557 - Added docs page for Circuit Maintenance.

Fixed

  • #2944 - Fixed slow performance of relationships on ObjectListView.
  • #3345 - Fixed missing Relationships in DynamicFilterForm.
  • #3477 - Added a note under heading Setting ViewSet Attributes to mention the caveat of not using slug or pk.
  • #3502 - Updated upstream workflow to support testing apps next-2.0 branches against next.
  • #3550 - Fixed display name of filtered relationships on ObjectListView.

v1.5.15 (2023-04-04)

Added

  • #3446 - Added documentation links for Device Onboarding and LifeCycle Management plugins to docs.nautobot.com menu.

Changed

  • #3384 - Moved extra information stored previously in block sidebar to block header_extra in page templates (aggregate_list.html and objectchange_list.html).
  • #3384 - Documented block header_extra in docs/development/templates.md.

Dependencies

  • #3499 - Updated redis to 4.5.4. This is not a direct dependency of Nautobot so it will not auto-update when upgrading. Please update your local environment as needed.

Fixed

  • #3206 - Fixed Docker tag syntax on prerelease workflow.
  • #3480 - Fixed an error that could be seen in certain cases with IPAddress records.

Removed

  • #3384 - Removed all remaining instances of block sidebar from page templates (aggregate_list.html and objectchange_list.html).
  • #3384 - Removed documentation about block sidebar from docs/development/templates.md.

Security

  • #3499 - Updated redis to 4.5.4 due to CVE-2023-28858 and CVE-2023-28859. This is not a direct dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.

v1.5.14 (2023-03-20)

Added

  • #2618 - Added the ability to stand up a local dev env for SSO using Keycloak.
  • #3033 - Added JobButton model to create single click execution buttons in the web UI to run jobs based on a single object.
  • #3377 - Added additional choices for many data types in nautobot.dcim.

Changed

  • #3434 - Changed the recommended exception to raise to end jobs early.

Fixed

  • #3419 - Fixed test_queryset_to_csv to format data fetched from the model.

v1.5.13 (2023-03-14)

Added

  • #766 - Added option for apps to extend Nautobot's Prometheus metrics, based on nautobot_capacity_metrics.
  • #3410 - Added -time index for ObjectChange records.

Changed

  • #3410 - Changed Homepage ObjectChange query to not join User or Content Type tables, use record cache for user entries instead.
  • #3416 - Updated Windows development documentation.

Dependencies

  • #3405 - Updated version of pyopenssl in Nautobot dev environment and Docker images to 23.0.0 due to an incompatibility between older versions of pyopenssl and version 39.x of cryptography. This is not a direct dependency of Nautobot so it will not auto-update when upgrading. Please update your local environment as needed.
  • #3405 - Updated cryptography to 39.0.2. This is not a direct dependency of Nautobot so it will not auto-update when upgrading. Please update your local environment as needed.

Fixed

  • #3347 - Fixed (again) Location.parent not populating correctly in the form when editing an existing Location.

Removed

  • #3407 - Removed permission checks for ContentTypeAPIViewSet.

v1.5.12 (2023-03-03)

Added

  • #3182 - Added support for assigning Config Context objects via Dynamic Groups.
  • #3219 - Added support for custom fields to Dynamic Groups.
  • #3220 - Added support for relationships to Dynamic Groups.

Changed

  • #3369 - Changed RelationshipModelFilterSetMixin to perform a single OR query including select_related for source_type and destination_type vs. two single queries for each source/destination types.

Dependencies

  • #3388 - Updated GitPython to 3.1.31.
  • #3388 - Updated drf-yasg to 1.21.5. Note: this is automatic for the Nautobot-provided containers, but because our dependency on it goes away in 2.0, it's an optional update for other installations.
  • #3388 - Updated netutils to 1.4.1.

Fixed

  • #3295 - Fixed kombu serialization error on User object that arose when CELERY_RESULT_EXTENDED == True or when enqueue_job was called from within an existing Job.
  • #3318 - Fixed a bug in prefix factory when a /0 ipv6 network is generated by faker.
  • #3341 - Fixed missing get_route_for_model() logic for the ContentType and Group models.
  • #3353 - Fixed a bug in nautobot.extras.forms.mixins.CustomFieldModelFilterFormMixin where the list of custom field names were not being stored on self.custom_fields.
  • #3353 - Fixed a bug in nautobot.utilities.filters.MappedPredicatesFilterMixin (from which SearchFilter inherits) that was preventing q fields from being used in Dynamic Group filters.

v1.5.11 (2023-02-18)

Added

  • #3168 - Add device name to bulk interface rename header.
  • #3184 - Added Git 2.0+ as a mandatory dependency in the installation instructions.
  • #3255 - Added --cache-test-fixtures command line argument to Nautobot unit and integration tests.

Changed

  • #3134 - Migrate ModelMultipleChoiceFilters to NaturalKeyOrPKMultipleChoiceFilter.
  • #3224 - Updates to our deprecation policy: Prior-major REST API versions will be dropped upon next-major release.
  • #3264 - Changed DynamicGroup.objects.get_for_object() to be a little more efficient.
  • #3311 - Add Links to Branch Names to README.md.
  • #3314 - Updated developer documentation for user and prototype branching conventions.
  • #3314 - Updated pre-commit hook to validate user namespace prefix on branch name.

Dependencies

  • #3251 - Updated oauthlib to 3.2.2.
  • #3258 - Updated cryptography to 39.0.1.
  • #3320 - Updated django to 3.2.18.
  • #3333 - Updated netutils constraint from ~1.4.0 to ^1.4.0 to permit semver upgrades.

Fixed

  • #2580 - Fixed fragile generic view test.
  • #3187 - Fixed DynamicModelChoiceFields having a generic default label when one is provided.
  • #3274 - Fixed ObjectListViewMixin's filtering when exporting objects in NautobotUIViewSet.
  • #3277 - Fixed incorrect test data in nautobot.extras.tests.test_api.NoteTest.
  • #3278 - Fixed docker development environment error when the Nautobot container tries to start before the database is ready.
  • #3290 - Fixed an issue preventing the inclusion of netutils functions in Django templates.
  • #3308 - Fixed incorrect documentation for object permissions.
  • #3327 - Fixed Azure AD tenant configuration documentation.
  • #3332 - Fixed missing imports in Secrets Providers plugin development documentation.
  • #3335 - Fixed inability to change filtering on custom field (selection) once filter is configured.

Security

  • #3251 - Updated oauthlib to 3.2.2 due to CVE-2022-36087. This is not a direct dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.
  • #3258 - Updated cryptography to 39.0.1 due to CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-23931. This is not a direct dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.
  • #3320 - Updated django to 3.2.18 due to CVE-2023-24580.

v1.5.10 (2023-02-06)

Added

  • #3013 - Added CELERY_WORKER_PROMETHEUS_PORTS configuration setting
  • #3013 - Added prometheus HTTP server listening on the worker to expose worker metrics
  • #3013 - Added nautobot_job_duration_seconds counter metric that reports on job execution

Changed

  • #3177 - Updated VLANFactory to generate longer and more "realistic" VLAN names.
  • #3198 - Added dependencies towncrier section, removed extra newline.

Dependencies

  • #3227 - Updated django to 3.2.17.

Fixed

  • #3126 - Fixed interface not raising exception when adding a VLAN from a different site in tagged_vlans.
  • #3153 - Made integration test CableConnectFormTestCase.test_js_functionality more resilient and less prone to erroneous failures.
  • #3177 - Fixed a spurious failure in BulkEditObjectsViewTestCase.test_bulk_edit_objects_with_constrained_permission.
  • #3200 - Added dependencies to the list of valid change fragment types in the documentation.

Security

  • #3227 - Updated django to 3.2.17 due to CVE-2023-23969.

v1.5.9 (2023-01-26)

Changed

  • #3117 - Update Renovate config to batch lockfile updates to next.
  • #3144 - Updated netutils to ~1.4.0
  • #3171 - Increased maximum VLAN name length from 64 characters to 255 characters.

Fixed

  • #3114 - Fixed Navbar scroll through top-level menu in low resolution desktop screens.
  • #3155 - Aligned buttons on device component create page.
  • #3169 - Fixed data mismatch in ScheduledJob causing celery workers to fail when running scheduled jobs created in versions prior to v1.5.8. ⚠ NOTE: If your celery workers are failing on startup after upgrading to v1.5.8, you may need to purge the celery queue with nautobot-server celery purge or nautobot-server celery purge -Q <queues> to purge custom queues.

v1.5.8 (2023-01-23)

Added

  • #3103 - Added Redis troubleshooting section to installation docs.

Changed

  • #3072 - In Nautobot's unit tests, all HTTP requests are now sent with SERVER_NAME set to nautobot.example.com instead of testserver (Django's default) and the test configuration for Nautobot itself sets ALLOWED_HOSTS to expect nautobot.example.com. This is intended to protect against issues such as #3065.
  • #3077 - Updated Nautobot release checklist to reflect current branching and pull request process.
  • #3112 - Converted eligible prefetch_related() to select_related() queries. Users should note a performance gain from this change, but note that cacheops is no longer recommended in v1.5 and this change will likely result in invalid data responses if cacheops remains enabled in your environment. Cacheops will be removed entirely in a future release.
  • #3121 - Updated Config Contexts documentation to denote support for associating by Device Redundancy Group membership.

Fixed

  • #2244 - Fixed an unnecessary and sometimes problematic database access from the Celery worker before it forks off to execute an individual job.
  • #3097 - Fixed scrolling past select dropdown in modals.
  • #3104 - Fixed bug preventing filters from being removed from list views.

Security

  • #3055 - Updated setuptools to 65.5.1 to address CVE-2022-40897. This is not a direct dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.
  • #3082 - Updated gitpython to ~3.1.30 to address CVE-2022-24439.
  • #3119 - Updated future to 0.18.3 due to CVE-2022-40899. This is not a direct dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.

v1.5.7 (2023-01-04)

Fixed

  • #3065 - Rolled back the changes made in 1.5.6 by #3016 to fix a breaking issue with ALLOWED_HOSTS and change-logging.

Security

  • #3074 - Sandboxed rendering of Jinja2 templates is now enforced by default in keeping with Jinja2 best practices. To enable template sandboxing in a Nautobot instance without needing to upgrade, add the following value to your nautobot_config.py and restart your Nautobot services: TEMPLATES[1]["OPTIONS"]["environment"] = "jinja2.sandbox.SandboxedEnvironment"

v1.5.6 (2022-12-23)

Added

  • #1768 - Added the display of half-depth rack items from the rear face.
  • #2481 - Added clone_fields definition to Custom Field class.
  • #2511 - Added mouseover help text for cable connect buttons on DeviceConsolePortTable, DeviceConsoleServerPortTable, DevicePowerPortTable, DeviceInterfaceTable, DeviceFrontPortTable, DeviceRearPortTable.
  • #2951 - Added change logging when relationships are changed.
  • #2966 - Added device name to rack elevation with images.
  • #3014 - Added support for Git repositories to provide config contexts filtered by Location.
  • #3025 - Added plugin banner test back to ListObjectsViewTestCase and ensured example_plugin installation before running it.

Changed

  • #2589 - Updated all screenshots on the README.md to gifs.
  • #2970 - Updated certifi to 2022.12.7 for CVE-2022-23491. This is a nested dependency so will not auto-update when upgrading. Please be sure to upgrade your local environment.
  • #2994 - Updated mkdocs-material to 8.5.11.
  • #2995 - Updated Poetry lockfile to use new v2 version format (requiring Poetry>=1.3).
  • #2995 - Updated included poetry version in nautobot-dev container to 1.3.1.

Fixed

  • #2898 - Disabled sorting on Computed Field column.
  • #2967 - Fixed inverted device images in dark mode.
  • #2989 - Fixed legacy filters displaying UUIDs instead of user-friendly display names.
  • #2999 - Fixed several missing fields in the UI when bulk-adding components to a list of devices.
  • #3018 - Fixed rendering of Select2 widgets in modal dialogs.
  • #3028 - Fixed filter fields on advanced filter form not being alpha-sorted.
  • #3036 - Fixed MultiValueUUIDFilter's value input field in ObjectListView Advanced FilterSet Form.

v1.5.5 (2022-12-12)

Changed

  • #2663 - Changed tags field in ConfigContextForm to DynamicModelMultipleChoiceField.

Fixed

  • #2948 - Fixed incorrect assumption in test base that example_plugin would always be installed.
  • #2962 - Fixed an error raised when logging errors about a Secret with an invalid provider.
  • #2963 - Fixed 500 error when combining filtering on relationships with concrete fields.

v1.5.4 (2022-12-02)

Added

  • #86 - Added user-guide for relationships and S3 storage backends.

Fixed

  • #2154 - Fixed SwaggerUI use of Authorization Token, API calls in SwaggerUI now use appropriate token pattern and curl command match the correct pattern.
  • #2931 - Fixed title and breadcrumb rendering in NautobotUIViewSet list views.
  • #2936 - Fixed NautobotUIViewSet views not being able to delete objects.

v1.5.3 (2022-11-29)

Fixed

  • #2924 - Fix deprecation warning flag check throwing error on startup with plugins installed.

v1.5.2 (2022-11-28)

Added

  • #1273 - Added section "VS Code Remote Debugging Configuration" to development chapter in documentation.
  • #2473 - Added multipart/form-data support to Job run API.
  • #2723 - Added nautobot.apps module to provide a central location for code that is recommended for use by Nautobot apps (plugins).
  • #2723 - Added code reference documentation for the nautobot.apps module.
  • #2759 - Add prometheus metrics for health check results
  • #2798 - Added LOG_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS configuration variable and corresponding environment-variable support.

Changed

  • #2644 - Changed published accepted content types for REST API to remove unsupported types.
  • #2723 - Moved app (plugin) development documentation into its own section.
  • #2723 - Revised "plugin" development documentation to refer to "apps" instead where appropriate.
  • #2779 - Renamed many mixin classes for clarity and consistency. Aliases remain but will raise DeprecationWarning.
  • #2779 - Reorganized filterset code and created nautobot.dcim.filters.mixins, nautobot.extras.filters.mixins, and nautobot.tenancy.filters.mixins submodules.
  • #2798 - Changed logging of Nautobot deprecation warnings to be silent by default (can be enabled with DEBUG or LOG_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS settings).
  • #2814 - Update dependency netutils to ~1.3.0.
  • #2817 - Update docs to not indicate prompt, makes for better use of copy code snippet feature of MkDocs
  • #2838 - Fixed filter selection box colors in dark mode.
  • #2878 - Changed Upstream Workflow Job to continue on error for group, not each specific job.

Fixed

  • #1519 - Extending the model table columns that need to display copy button when hovered over.
  • #2477 - Fixed last login time being updated during maintenance mode when remote user authentication is used.
  • #2744 - Enforced required Relationships when bulk editing or creating objects that have required relationships. Bulk edit via API or UI. Bulk create via API.
  • #2774 - Fixed SiteFactory time_zone attribute to use only pytz.common_timezones.
  • #2795 - Fixed changelog diff data to fall back to object_data when object_data_v2 is not present for both ObjectChange instances.
  • #2816 - Fixed issue where changing the interface mode first required removing tagged_vlans in a different request.
  • #2819 - Adds appropriate invoke task for running docs locally and adds how to run manually.
  • #2833 - Fixed plugin banner issue and breadcrumb rendering issue in NautobotHTMLRenderer.
  • #2837 - Fixed incorrect logic in nautobot.utilities.utils.is_single_choice_field that was causing valid filters to report as invalid.

v1.5.1 (2022-11-14)

Added

  • #2500 - Added try/except block to catch NoReverseMatch exception in NotesSerializerMixin and return helpful message.
  • #2556 - Revised TODO/FIXME comments for more clarity.
  • #2740 - Added ObjectChangeLogView and ObjectNotesView Viewset mixins and routes.

Changed

  • #1813 - Updated Example_Plugin to use NautobotUIViewSet.

Fixed

  • #2470 - Fixed incorrect automatic generation of Location slugs in the UI.
  • #2757 - Fixed filters on default filter form replaces filters on dynamic filter form on submit
  • #2761 - Fixed failover strategy not being displayed on Device Redundancy Group page.
  • #2789 - Fixed web UI footer margin and swagger UI authorization box size.
  • #2824 - Fixed an issue when filtering on nested related fields for Dynamic Groups.

v1.5.0 (2022-11-08)

Unchanged from v1.5.0-beta.1.

v1.5.0-beta.1 (2022-11-07)

Added

  • #270 - Added custom fields user guide to documentation.
  • #873 - Made it possible to require Relationships to be included when editing or creating the related models.
  • #899 - Added support for grouping of Custom Fields.
  • #1468 - Added relationship columns to ObjectListTableView and disabled sorting.
  • #1892 - Added DeviceRedundancyGroup model for representing a logical grouping of physical hardware for the purposes of high-availability.
  • #2063 - Added documentation and initial support for custom celery queues.
  • #2064 - Added task_queues job property to support custom celery queues.
  • #2227 - Added generating performance report options to 'invoke unittest'.
  • #2227 - Added invoke performance-test to tasks.py.
  • #2281 - Added test database fixtures for Tag and Status models.
  • #2282 - Added fixture factory for Region, Site, Location, LocationType.
  • #2283 - Added test fixture factories for Prefix and IPAddress models.
  • #2460 - Added search box filter form to generic list views.
  • #2479 - Added factory-boy as development dependency. Added factories for Tenant, TenantGroup, RIR, and Aggregate models. Updated test runner global setup to use these factories to pre-populate baseline data.
  • #2514 - Added test factories for RouteTarget, VRF, Role, VLANGroup, and VLAN models.
  • #2514 - Added OrganizationalModelFactory and PrimaryModelFactory base classes.
  • #2514 - Added TenancyFilterTestCaseMixin class.
  • #2518 - Added base_site and subtree filters to LocationFilterSet, allowing for filtering Locations by their root ancestor or its Site.
  • #2536 - Added nautobot-server generate_test_data command.
  • #2536 - Added TEST_USE_FACTORIES and TEST_FACTORY_SEED optional settings.
  • #2593 - Added StatusFactory and TagFactory classes.
  • #2594 - Added factories for DCIM DeviceRole, DeviceType, Manufacturer, and Platform.
  • #2608 - Added the option for certain LocationTypes to be nestable (similar to Regions).
  • #2617 - Added dynamic filter form support to specialized list views.
  • #2686 - Added test helper method to FilterTestCases to find values suitable for testing multiple choice filters.

Changed

  • #1892 - Updated Device to have device_redundancy_group relationship, device_redundancy_group_priority numeric property.
  • #1892 - Updated ConfigContext to have ManyToManyField to dcim.DeviceRedundancyGroup for the purposes of applying a ConfigContext based upon a Devices DeviceRedundancyGroup membership.
  • #1983 - Updated django-taggit dependency to 3.0.0.
  • #1998 - Added DynamicFilterForm to list views.
  • #2064 - Changed default celery queue name from celery to default.
  • #2170 - Updated django-constance dependency to 2.9.1; updated Jinja2 dependency to 3.1.2; updated black development dependency to 22.8.0.
  • #2282 - Changed unittests to use Site, Region, Location, LocationType fixtures.
  • #2320 - Removed PKs from Tag test database fixture.
  • #2482 - Updated djangorestframework to ~3.14.0, drf-spectacular to 0.24.2.
  • #2483 - Updated mkdocs to 1.4.2 and mkdocs-material to 8.5.8.
  • #2484 - Updated django-debug-toolbar to ~3.7.0
  • #2551 - Updated development dependency on coverage to version 6.5.0.
  • #2562 - Updated django-mptt dependency to 0.14.0.
  • #2597 - Updated GitPython dependency from 3.1.27 to 3.1.29.
  • #2615 - Changed ConfigContextFilterForms schema filter form field to support added filter field on ConfigContextFilterSet.
  • #2615 - Changed BaseNetworkQuerySet and IPAddressQuerySet to search both IPv6 and IPv4 when given search string is ambiguous.
  • #2615 - Changed test_slug_not_modified to ensure no collision on new slug source value as well as changing lookup expression from __contains to __exact.
  • #2615 - Changed DeleteObjectViewTestCase.get_deletable_object to throw a helpful failure message when deletable object not found.
  • #2645 - Updated psycopg2-binary dependency from 2.9.3 to 2.9.5.
  • #2710 - Updated pyuwsgi minimum version from 2.0.20 to 2.0.21.
  • #2711 - Updated Pillow package dependency from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0.
  • #2746 - Changed LocationType test case to not attempt to re-parent a LocationType with descendant Locations.

Fixed

  • #192 - Eliminated Unit Test noisy output.
  • #2266 - Fixed navbar floating over main viewport scrollbar.
  • #2388 - Return "—" instead of "None" when relationship column is empty.
  • #2536 - Made use of test factories optional when using Nautobot test runner.
  • #2555 - Fixed broken accordion for Job list view.
  • #2615 - Fixed ConfigContextFilterSet missing schema filter but existed on form.
  • #2615 - Fixed Device(Form)TestCase flaky test setup possibly not finding a DeviceType with a Manufacturer with associated Platforms that is full depth and 1U height.
  • #2615 - Fixed Location(View)TestCase, RouteTarget(View)TestCase flaky test setup possibly finding names for csv_data that might include commas but not escaped.
  • #2615 - Fixed PrefixFactory may randomly decide to create a child of 2.2.2.2/32.
  • #2615 - Fixed BaseNetworkQuerySet and IPAddressQuerySet only searching non-abbreviated first hextet IPv6 addresses.
  • #2615 - Fixed DynamicFilterLookupExpressionTest, VirtualChassis(Filter)TestCase, Cluster(Filter)TestCase, VirtualMachine(Filter)TestCase had too narrow of a region lookup for supported tests.
  • #2615 - Fixed RackGroup(Model)Test, Prefix(Model)Test, VLANGroup(Model)Test may randomly choose to update to the same site.
  • #2615 - Fixed Tenant(View)TestCase, RIR(View)TestCase may not find deletable objects.
  • #2615 - Fixed VLAN(View)TestCase may not find enough Sites with Locations.
  • #2691 - Fixed hard coded tests that were failing after factory fixtures were integrated.
  • #2746 - Fixed Site latitude, longitude clean method for when valid string value entered.

Removed

  • #2593 - Removed static test fixtures since we're using factories now instead.