Addpossibility for cluster to contain virtual machines, not only devices #4916

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opened 2025-12-29 19:22:14 +01:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @ziggekatten on GitHub (May 17, 2021).

NetBox version

v2.11.3

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

When assigning a device to a cluster, be able to select virtual server as cluster nodes. An example on how this would look like, use of how assigning of IP to either a device, or an virtual machine would be an example

Use case

As a lot of physical devices such as FW's, ADC's etc nowadays also runs as virtual servers, modeling a cluster with virtual servers as nodes makes sense.

Database changes

I do not think any database changes are needed

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Originally created by @ziggekatten on GitHub (May 17, 2021). ### NetBox version v2.11.3 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality When assigning a device to a cluster, be able to select virtual server as cluster nodes. An example on how this would look like, use of how assigning of IP to either a device, or an virtual machine would be an example ### Use case As a lot of physical devices such as FW's, ADC's etc nowadays also runs as virtual servers, modeling a cluster with virtual servers as nodes makes sense. ### Database changes I do not think any database changes are needed ### External dependencies _No response_
adam added the type: feature label 2025-12-29 19:22:14 +01:00
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 19:22:14 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (May 17, 2021):

Clusters are used in NetBox solely to model the association of virtual machines to hardware devices. Any "clustering" of virtual servers needs to be modeled via other means.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (May 17, 2021): Clusters are used in NetBox solely to model the association of virtual machines to hardware devices. Any "clustering" of virtual servers needs to be modeled via other means.
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Reference: starred/netbox#4916