NetBox Labs launches tools to combat network configuration drift [Video]

“NetBox is a source of truth for networks and infrastructure – the system of record for how your infrastructure is connected, configured, and the like – and is a data model for capturing the intended state of the infrastructure,” Kristopher Beevers, CEO of NetBox Labs, told Network World. “NetBox Discovery is an observability tool for gathering operational state, and NetBox Assurance enables operators to bring the operational state in line with the intended state and keep it that way.”

How discovery and assurance extend network automation

NetBox Discovery, the first of the two new products, addresses the fundamental challenge of network documentation by automatically gathering and ingesting network as well as infrastructure information into NetBox’s data model. The tool employs an agent-based approach with a zero-trust architecture, making it particularly suitable for organizations with segmented networks and strict security requirements.

Beevers explained that NetBox Discovery makes it easy for operators to do two things:

1. Get data into NetBox …