Absolute URL's in Trace breaking Load-Balancing #11671

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opened 2025-12-29 21:48:20 +01:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @dxks on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025).

NetBox Edition

NetBox Community

NetBox Version

v4.2.9

Python Version

3.12

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Have two Hostnames that pointing to NetBox
  2. Open a trace from a interface
  3. You will see that absolute urls will use the hostname instead of the "virtual-name" in our case a load-balancer name
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Expected Behavior

All Links use the same relative notation like other links.

Observed Behavior

Especially the SVG renders with absolute URLs instead.

Originally created by @dxks on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025). ### NetBox Edition NetBox Community ### NetBox Version v4.2.9 ### Python Version 3.12 ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Have two Hostnames that pointing to NetBox 2. Open a trace from a interface 3. You will see that absolute urls will use the hostname instead of the "virtual-name" in our case a load-balancer name <img width="584" height="258" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/637dfcfc-67e4-4f34-9908-269bd199da6a" /> ### Expected Behavior All Links use the same relative notation like other links. ### Observed Behavior Especially the SVG renders with absolute URLs instead.
adam added the type: bug label 2025-12-29 21:48:20 +01:00
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 21:48:20 +01:00
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@bctiemann commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025):

This is a web server configuration issue; please see this common issue for a similar situation with an analogous solution.

@bctiemann commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025): This is a web server configuration issue; please see [this common issue](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/wiki/Common-Issues#rack-elevation-links-use-wrong-domain) for a similar situation with an analogous solution.
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Reference: starred/netbox#11671