Scan my home lab network and build my Netbox inventory

A home-lab operator gave his AI access to a tools VM that runs nmap scans, then had the AI push the discovered devices, IPs, VLANs and virtualization components into Netbox through its API. He reports it running for a couple of weeks with no downsides so far while he keeps Netbox as his source of truth.

How it works

Stand the AI up on an isolated network segment
Grant access to a tools VM
Run nmap scans of the network
Collect devices, IPs, VLANs and virtualization components
Update Netbox through its API

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent physically maps a real home network and writes it into an inventory system.

Where it’s from

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

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