Unable to import plugin netbox-initializers

[jose-hernandez2]

Hi,

I'm trying to update netbox-docker from v2.1.0 to 2.2.0. I saw in the update release notes, that from v2.2.0 onwards, all initializers were moved out of the image into a plug-in. I followed the documentation on how to install the plug-in using netbox-docker, but unfortunately, that isn't working for me. When I start netbox, I get the following error:

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Unable to import plugin netbox_initializers: Module not found. Check that the plugin module has been installed within the correct Python environment.

What I did:

I built a custom image as explained in the documentation, where I install the plug-in using:

FROM ghcr.io/netbox-community/netbox:latest-2.2.0
RUN /opt/netbox/venv/bin/pip install "netbox-initializers==3.3.*"

Then I added the plug-in to configuration/plugins.py as follows:

PLUGINS = [ 'netbox_initializers', ]

If I log-in into the netbox container und execute pip list I'm able to see "netbox-initializers" in the package list with version 3.3.3. so I don't understand why is the module not being found. I also tried adding the plug-in in the plugins.py file with the name "netbox-initializers" (using dash instead of underscore) as that is the name displayed in the pip package list, but I get the same result, just the name of the module in the error message changes accordingly to "netbox-initializers". I also tried using other netbox images, such as netboxcommunity/netbox:v3.3but with the same result.

I'm also not able to execute the "manage.py copy_initializers_examples" and "manage.py load_initializer_data" commands mentioned in the doc, but I'm not sure if it's because the netbox-initializers module is not being found. I get the error:

Unknown command: 'copy_initializers_examples'

Anyhow I'm not sure how I should execute those commands? Should I do that with docker-compose exec outside the container?

Can anyone please help me with some guidance about how should I install the netbox-initializers Plug-in properly?

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

José