Option to disable Webhooks #6513

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adam · 2025-12-29T19:41:48+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 19:41:48 +01:00

Originally created by @129828 on GitHub (May 25, 2022).

NetBox version

v3.2.3

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

An option in any of the option files that disables webhooks completely.

WEBHOOK_ENABLE= environ.get('WEBHOOK_ENABLE', 'True').lower() == 'true'

Use case

For developing on a local instance of NetBox, it is useful to import databases from production to have a similar environment. However, I do not want webhooks to run. I can inspect the database import and remove them manually, the manual process is tedious, and a simple boolean option would be nice.

Database changes

None

External dependencies

None

Originally created by @129828 on GitHub (May 25, 2022). ### NetBox version v3.2.3 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality An option in any of the option files that disables webhooks completely. ``` WEBHOOK_ENABLE= environ.get('WEBHOOK_ENABLE', 'True').lower() == 'true' ``` ### Use case For developing on a local instance of NetBox, it is useful to import databases from production to have a similar environment. However, I do not want webhooks to run. I can inspect the database import and remove them manually, the manual process is tedious, and a simple boolean option would be nice. ### Database changes None ### External dependencies None

adam added the type: feature pending closure status: under review labels 2025-12-29 19:41:48 +01:00

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adam commented

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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2022):

This seems like a pretty niche use case, especially when you have the option of simply disabling the RQ worker process.

the manual process is tedious

Select all, click "edit," set enabled to "no," and submit.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2022): This seems like a pretty niche use case, especially when you have the option of simply disabling the RQ worker process. > the manual process is tedious Select all, click "edit," set enabled to "no," and submit.

adam commented

2025-12-29 19:41:49 +01:00

@mtbutler07 commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2022):

I had a similar use case where I also needed to disable webhooks for a local & dev instance of NetBox.
It's fairly straightforward using nbshell.

webhooks = Webhook.objects.filter(enabled=True)
for hook in webhooks:
    hook.enabled = False
    hook.save()

exit()

@mtbutler07 commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2022): I had a similar use case where I also needed to disable webhooks for a local & dev instance of NetBox. It's fairly straightforward using [nbshell](https://docs.netbox.dev/en/stable/administration/netbox-shell/). ```python3 webhooks = Webhook.objects.filter(enabled=True) for hook in webhooks: hook.enabled = False hook.save() exit() ```

adam commented

2025-12-29 19:41:49 +01:00

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Reference: starred/netbox#6513