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Question1 answer2,036 followingPosted 11 Mar 2023, 12:36 UTC100.4K views1,482 votes

Manual Backup Restore vs. Manual Migration Rollback: Which Safeguards NetBox Data During Failed Upgrades?

Recovering from a Failed NetBox Upgrade When a NetBox upgrade fails during the migration phase, the database may be left in a partially updated state. Administrators must decide how to recover without corrupting existing data. Two Documented Approaches Restore a pre‑upgrade database backup – revert the entire database to a known good snapshot and roll back t

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Question0 answers1 comment1,279 followingPosted 11 May 2022, 02:57 UTC99.7K views3,679 votes

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NetBox ↔ PostgreSQL Read‑Only Replica: Offloading Reads for Low‑Traffic Workloads

The goal is to determine whether NetBox can automatically direct read‑only SQL traffic to a PostgreSQL replica without requiring administrators to define a custom database router, thereby lowering hardware or managed‑service costs for low‑traffic deployments. NetBox documentation shows that a read‑only replica can be used, but it requires setting DATABASES w

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