Plugin installation failed (Netbox 3.5.7)

[jamishenrique]

Hi,

Today when trying to install the plugin, I had some problems and ended up breaking the initialization of the "netbox-rq" process.

The installation steps followed were as follows:

user@netbox:~$ sudo su
root@netbox:/home/user/# source /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate
(venv) root@netbox:/home/user/# cd /opt/netbox/netbox
(venv) root@netbox:/opt/netbox/netbox# pip3 install netbox-topology-views
(venv) root@netbox:/opt/netbox/netbox# echo netbox-topology-views >> ../local_requirements.txt
(venv) root@netbox:/opt/netbox/netbox# nano netbox/netbox/configuration.py
(venv) root@netbox:/opt/netbox/netbox# python3 manage.py migrate netbox_topology_views
(venv) root@netbox:/opt/netbox/netbox#  python3 manage.py collectstatic --no-input

In the "configuration.py" file I uploaded the following confs:

PLUGINS = ['netbox_topology_views']
PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
       'netbox_topology_views': {
               'preselected_device_roles': '',
               'allow_coordinates_saving': True,
               'always_save_coordinates': False,
               'ignore_cable_type': 'power',
               'preselected_tags': '',
               'draw_default_layout': False,
               'hide_single_cable_logical_conns': True
               }
       }

The sequence of errors that returned was obtained in the penultimate line of the installation process, and is found in the attached file
return error netbox topology views.txt

After that, as I said at the beginning of the discussion, I restarted the netbox services, the "netbox-rq" service did not return. It was necessary to comment out the lines in "configuration.py", remove the plugin from "local_requirements.txt" and run "upgrade.sh".

Could you help me with resolving this?

[dreng]

In order to make it easier to have a look at your error output I post it here directly:

(venv) root@netbox:/opt/netbox/netbox# python3 manage.py migrate netbox_topology_views
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 30, in import_string
return cached_import(module_path, class_name)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 15, in cached_import
module = import_module(module_path)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/init.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 883, in exec_module
File "", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netbox_topology_views/urls.py", line 4, in
from . import models, views
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netbox_topology_views/views.py", line 42, in
from netbox_topology_views.filters import DeviceFilterSet, CoordinatesFilterSet
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netbox_topology_views/filters.py", line 10, in
class DeviceFilterSet(TenancyFilterSet, NetBoxModelFilterSet):
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django_filters/filterset.py", line 62, in new
new_class.base_filters = new_class.get_filters()
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/netbox/netbox/filtersets.py", line 222, in get_filters
additional_filters.update(cls.get_additional_lookups(existing_filter_name, existing_filter))
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/netbox/netbox/filtersets.py", line 179, in get_additional_lookups
resolve_field(field, lookup_expr) # Will raise FieldLookupError if the lookup is invalid
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django_filters/utils.py", line 204, in resolve_field
query = model_field.model._default_manager.all().query
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'model'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/netbox/manage.py", line 10, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 446, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 440, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 402, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 448, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 96, in wrapped
res = handle_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 97, in handle
self.check(databases=[database])
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 475, in check
all_issues = checks.run_checks(
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 88, in run_checks
new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 14, in check_url_config
return check_resolver(resolver)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 24, in check_resolver
return check_method()
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 494, in check
for pattern in self.url_patterns:
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 57, in get
res = instance.dict[self.name] = self.func(instance)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 715, in url_patterns
patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 57, in get
res = instance.dict[self.name] = self.func(instance)
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 708, in urlconf_module
return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/init.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 883, in exec_module
File "", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/netbox/netbox/urls.py", line 8, in
from extras.plugins.urls import plugin_admin_patterns, plugin_patterns, plugin_api_patterns
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/netbox/extras/plugins/urls.py", line 31, in
urlpatterns = import_string(f"{plugin_path}.urls.urlpatterns")
File "/opt/netbox-3.5.7/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 32, in import_string
raise ImportError(
ImportError: Module "netbox_topology_views.urls" does not define a "urlpatterns" attribute/class

You didn't tell us which version of NetBox and NTV you use, but I assume it's a version mismatch. Your NetBox version seems to be 3.5.7 if the directory name does not lead in the wrong direction. As pip and also local_requirements.txt always loads the most current package, your version of NTV should be 3.7.0. This release is supposed to work with NetBox >=3.6.0. Please try to upgrade NetBox or download an older version of Netbox Topology Views plugin.

[jamishenrique]

How can I install from older versions?
I upload the "tar.gz" file to the "/opt/netbox" directory, unzip it and run "python3 setup.py", would that be it?

[mattieserver]

You can just specify the version of the plugin in your local_requirements.txt file after the plugin name. (Like 'netbox-topology-views==3.6.0)

Or with the command seen on:
https://pypi.org/project/netbox-topology-views/3.6.0/

[dreng]

Regarding your configuration.py, it is very outdated. Most of the options you defined moved to the Individual Options section in the plugin GUI. See https://github.com/mattieserver/netbox-topology-views#individual-options