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My agent scans my home lab nightly and keeps the inventory current

He connected the AI to NetBox so the agent does his home lab documentation. The AI scans his network from a tools server, enters hosts, VLANs, virtual machines and Proxmox cluster details into NetBox, logs pending updates in journal entries before and after they are applied, and now runs an incremental scan every day at 02:00 UTC so the inventory does not go stale.

How it works

  1. He gives the AI its own NetBox account and API token and a tools VM with nmap
  2. The AI scans the subnets and enters the hosts into NetBox
  3. He hands it a CSV export of VLANs from phpIPAM and it records them
  4. Through the Proxmox MCP server the AI records VM and cluster details and writes journal entries around updates
  5. A daily 02:00 UTC incremental scan keeps it current

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent does not just answer questions about the lab. It holds its own NetBox account, scans the network itself, and writes the change log for his Proxmox updates before and after they happen.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on virtualizationhowto.com. See the original ↗

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