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Cisco provides Visio stencils of all of their devices at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/visio-stencil-listing.html. As long as these are not altered, these can be freely used. Maybe other vendors also provides such links |
This would be amazing as having to add them by hand can be a real PITA. I think adding the image data in another repo would be the best way to go as URLs are prone to breaking in time, especially for smaller manufacturers. |
I would also make my own photos for it, so that there are fewer problems with image rights. This is in any case something that I really missing so far in the repository and I have always inserted in our system as an extra. I could also imagine that some manufacturers would release graphics for it. |
We must also consider that Github allows for copyrighted material under Fair Use, It may not be a problem after all to host them here, on github. |
Another option to discuss: |
I uploaded front/rear images for Nokia devices to the repo: #1210 Keeping them together with the device definitions makes most sense to me - I checked with our marketing department and got the ok, so uploading them here implies permission to use (within the context of Netbox) |
All, I have added documentation regarding the front and rear images. All device images must be placed within the manufacturer folder within the After the manufacturer folder is created, you can then start adding your images. It is required that the file name follows this format:
PR #1225 resolves this issue |
We are currently in the process of having a discussion on whether we will be able to include front and rear rack elevation images as part of this structured data. The maintainers are talking internally on how to best handle this, if possible, and consulting with legal counsel on the possible drawbacks of doing so.
We are evaluating these three following options: (feel free to comment if you have anymore)
If you have any insight or thoughts about the topic, please feel free to drop a comment.
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