That perfectly curated NetBox instance—you know the one. Every switch, every VLAN, every interface labeled just so. It’s your clean, trusted Source of Truth. Or at least, it was. Until someone made a change at 4:57 p.m. on a Friday and forgot to update it. Or until a config drifted quietly over time. Now? You might be making automation or security decisions based on a network map that’s… not entirely true.
Welcome to the world of operational drift—where your live network and your documented network slowly slide out of sync. A mismatched IP here, an undocumented device there, a sneaky VLAN change no one told you about—it’s enough to turn smart automation into a troubleshooting nightmare. And it undermines the very reason you had a Source of Truth in the first place.
That’s why NetBox Labs introduced NetBox Assurance—a tool designed to catch your documentation in a fib. It works with NetBox Discovery, which uses agents and integrations with platforms like vCenter, Cisco Catalyst Center, and Mist to see what’s really happening on your network. Then Assurance steps in, compares reality to what’s documented in NetBox, and surfaces the discrepancies. Think of it as a real-time fact-checker for your infrastructure data.
At Intelligent Visibility, we love this. But we also know: knowing where drift exists isn’t enough. You need workflows, ownership, and a process to close the loop. That’s where we come in. We help clients deploy NetBox Assurance, yes—but more importantly, we help them operationalize it. We build the feedback loop: Who owns fixing the data? Where does it get updated? How do you integrate drift detection into everyday network ops? The result? A living, breathing, always-accurate Source of Truth that you can actually trust.
Don’t let stale data break your automation or send your troubleshooting teams on wild goose chases. NetBox Assurance gives you the visibility into what’s drifting. Intelligent Visibility helps you build the process to keep it clean. Because a Source of Truth only works if it’s actually true.
NetBox Labs -- NetBox Assurance