This repository provides "dummy" data that can be used to populate a NetBox instance for the purposes of demonstration and testing. A PostgreSQL database dump is provided for each minor version of NetBox, beginning with v3.0. See below for instructions on populating your database from a SQL dump.
Once populated, the demo instance can be accessed using the username admin and password admin.
Also included in this repository are JSON data dumps that were captured using Django's dumpdata management command. While these have been retained for NetBox v3.6 and earlier for historical purposes, we no longer generate demo data in this format due to its limitations dealing with complex data models. (Specifically, it can be very difficult to ensure that model data is exported in a sequence that can be imported successfully without manual intervention.)
First, drop and recreate the PostgreSQL database. The example here assumes the database is named netbox.
Caution
This will destroy any existing database. Do not perform this operation on a database you care about.
sudo -u postgres psql -c "DROP database netbox;"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE database netbox;"Next, use the PosgtreSQL psql client to load the data from the desired file:
sudo -u postgres psql netbox < netbox-demo-data/sql/netbox-demo-$VERSION.sql# Drop & recreate the database
docker-compose exec postgres sh -c 'psql -U $POSTGRES_USER postgres -c "DROP DATABASE netbox;"'
docker-compose exec postgres sh -c 'psql -U $POSTGRES_USER postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE netbox;"'
# Load the demo data
docker cp netbox-demo-$VERSION.sql "$(docker-compose ps -q netbox)":/opt/netbox/netbox/netbox-demo.sql
docker-compose exec netbox bash -c "psql -U $POSTGRES_USER netbox < /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox-demo.sql"
The following steps are necessary only if you intend to save a snapshot of data from a demo instance. This is done using PostgreSQL's pg_dump utility. (Again, the example here assumes the database is named netbox.)
sudo -u postgres pg_dump netbox > snapshot.sql
