Your network deserves better than outdated spreadsheets and scattered documentation. NetBox provides a single source of truth for IP addresses, devices, cables, circuits, and racks—built by network engineers, for network engineers. With Kamatera’s reliable infrastructure, you get the documentation system that scales with your network, not your budget.
NetBox is the industry standard for modeling and documenting network infrastructure. To function as a true source of truth, it requires an infrastructure that is as resilient as the networks it manages. By deploying NetBox on Kamatera’s enterprise cloud, you ensure that your network data is always accessible, secure, and performant.
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NetBox is an open-source infrastructure resource modeling (IRM) application designed specifically for network automation and documentation. NetBox serves as a single source of truth for network infrastructure including IP address management (IPAM), data center infrastructure management (DCIM), device inventory, circuit tracking, and cable management. It provides a web interface for documenting and visualizing network infrastructure, a comprehensive REST API for automation integration, and data models that understand networking concepts natively.
Network teams use NetBox to track every IP address, device, cable, rack, and circuit in their infrastructure with relationships between objects reflecting real-world connectivity. The platform integrates with automation tools like Ansible, monitoring systems, and configuration management to enable infrastructure-as-code practices where NetBox serves as the authoritative infrastructure database.
Netbox recommends using a machine with at least 4GB of RAM and 2 cores.
For more information, refer to the Netbox quickstart guide.
NetBox is designed for network engineers, systems administrators, data center operators, and infrastructure teams managing networks of any size. It’s particularly valuable for organizations experiencing pain with spreadsheet-based documentation, facing compliance requirements for change tracking, implementing network automation, managing multiple data centers or sites, or needing reliable IPAM beyond basic tools.
Service providers managing customer circuits and IP allocations benefit from multi-tenancy features. MSPs can document multiple client networks in one instance. Even small networks benefit from having authoritative documentation that team members can trust. If you manage more than a handful of devices and need to know what’s connected where, who uses which IP addresses, or how your infrastructure is configured, NetBox provides the structure that makes this information accessible and reliable.
Kamatera is designed for growth. You can increase your storage or upgrade your server’s performance metrics at any time through the management console without having to migrate your NetBox installation to a new machine.
Yes. You can utilize Kamatera’s backup services or configure your own automated snapshots and off-site backups within the Linux environment to ensure your network documentation is never lost.
Yes, Ansible provides an inventory plugin that pulls device information directly from NetBox, creating dynamic inventories reflecting current infrastructure. Define device groups in NetBox, and Ansible automatically targets the correct devices. Store host variables in NetBox as configuration context, and Ansible retrieves them during playbook execution.
Use NetBox as the single source of truth where infrastructure definitions live, and Ansible applies configurations based on that authoritative data. Many organizations use this integration to implement infrastructure-as-code where NetBox documents intended state, Git repositories store configuration templates and playbooks, and Ansible ensures actual device configurations match documentation. This approach eliminates configuration drift and ensures documentation accuracy since the same data source drives both documentation and configuration.
Our flexible monthly and hourly pricing models allow you to keep your costs under control. If you choose an hourly server, we bill for the resources you use. You’re only charged for the time your server is running. You can see real-time usage in your dashboard, and there are no surprise charges or hidden fees.
Our 30-day free trial includes one server worth up to $100. You can set up your free VPS server, install an operating system, and select a location from one of our 20+ data centers worldwide.
If you choose monthly billing, you will receive your first invoice the month after the free trial expires. For example, if you start your free trial on November 20, the free trial will be until December 20. If you choose to continue using our services and don’t terminate your server, your first invoice will be sent out after January 1. That invoice will include a prorated charge for December 20-31, as well as the month of January.