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Installing the App in Nautobot

Here you will find detailed instructions on how to install and configure the App within your Nautobot environment.

Prerequisites

  • The app is compatible with Nautobot 2.0.0 and higher.
  • Databases supported: PostgreSQL, MySQL

Note

Please check the dedicated page for a full compatibility matrix and the deprecation policy.

Warning

If upgrading from 1.x version to 2.x version of nautobot-ssot app, note that it now incorporates features previously provided by individual apps. For details, see the upgrade guide.

Install Guide

Note

Apps can be installed from the Python Package Index or locally. See the Nautobot documentation for more details. The pip package name for this app is nautobot-ssot.

The app is available as a Python package via PyPI and can be installed with pip:

pip install nautobot-ssot

To use specific integrations, add them as extra dependencies:

# To install Cisco ACI integration:
pip install nautobot-ssot[aci]

# To install Arista CloudVision integration:
pip install nautobot-ssot[aristacv]

# To install all integrations:
pip install nautobot-ssot[all]

To ensure Single Source of Truth is automatically re-installed during future upgrades, create a file named local_requirements.txt (if not already existing) in the Nautobot root directory (alongside requirements.txt) and list the nautobot-ssot package and any of the extras:

echo nautobot-ssot >> local_requirements.txt

Once installed, the app needs to be enabled in your Nautobot configuration. The following block of code below shows the additional configuration required to be added to your nautobot_config.py file:

  • Append "nautobot_ssot" to the PLUGINS list.
  • Append the "nautobot_ssot" dictionary to the PLUGINS_CONFIG dictionary and override any defaults.
# In your nautobot_config.py
PLUGINS = ["nautobot_ssot"]

# PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
#   "nautobot_ssot": {
#     "hide_example_jobs": True
#   }
# }

Once the Nautobot configuration is updated, run the Post Upgrade command (nautobot-server post_upgrade) to run migrations and clear any cache:

nautobot-server post_upgrade

Then restart (if necessary) the Nautobot services which may include:

  • Nautobot
  • Nautobot Workers
  • Nautobot Scheduler
sudo systemctl restart nautobot nautobot-worker nautobot-scheduler

App Configuration

The app behavior can be controlled with the following list of settings:

Key Example Default Description
hide_example_jobs True False A boolean to represent whether or not to display the example job.

Integrations Configuration

The nautobot-ssot package includes multiple integrations. Each requires extra dependencies defined in pyproject.toml.

Set up each integration using the specific guides: