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API key not related to Netbox user, but for system account to automate stuff #15561

Closed RemcoVroman closed 3 months ago

RemcoVroman commented 3 months ago

NetBox version

v3.7.2

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

Let the admin users create a api key for automation purposes and is not related to a netbox user. With the API key there should be a description possebility to register what the key is for. Also the rights and experation date should be possible.

Use case

We will use this for automation purposes. The api kesy are now related to a person who might leave the organisation and then the key becomes invallid. However the automation process will need to continue.

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

jeremystretch commented 3 months ago

This is not feasible: All permission controls and change logging in NetBox is built on the user & group models. You simply need to create a "system" account to which API tokens can be assigned.