Own Plugin Instalation

[AVariot]

Hi!

I developed a plugin netbox and i finished it. But actually to install it with python3 setup.py bdsit or python3 setup.py install
did not work. What are the steps to install my own plugin ?

Thank your for your time.

[candlerb]

Was the virtualenv activated? What error did you see? What are the contents of your setup.py ?

[AVariot]

I get this

  warnings.warn(
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py:146: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
  warnings.warn(
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing netbox_info.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to netbox_info.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to netbox_info.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'netbox_info.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'netbox_info.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/navigation.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/forms.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/template_content.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/views.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/filtersets.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/urls.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/utils.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/models.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
copying build/lib/netbox_info/tables.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations
copying build/lib/netbox_info/migrations/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations
copying build/lib/netbox_info/migrations/0002_loginpassword_admin_loginpassword_domain.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations
copying build/lib/netbox_info/migrations/0001_initial.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/__init__.py to __init__.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/navigation.py to navigation.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/forms.py to forms.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/template_content.py to template_content.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/views.py to views.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/filtersets.py to filtersets.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/urls.py to urls.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/utils.py to utils.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/models.py to models.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/tables.py to tables.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations/__init__.py to __init__.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations/0002_loginpassword_admin_loginpassword_domain.py to 0002_loginpassword_admin_loginpassword_domain.cpython-311.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/netbox_info/migrations/0001_initial.py to 0001_initial.cpython-311.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying netbox_info.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying netbox_info.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying netbox_info.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying netbox_info.egg-info/not-zip-safe -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying netbox_info.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
creating 'dist/netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg
removing '/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg' (and everything under it)
creating /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg
Extracting netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg to /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages
netbox-info 0.1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg
Processing dependencies for netbox-info==0.1
Finished processing dependencies for netbox-info==0.1```

[candlerb]

Installed /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/netbox_info-0.1-py3.11.egg
Processing dependencies for netbox-info==0.1
Finished processing dependencies for netbox-info==0.1

Then what makes you think it failed?

[AVariot]

When i try to migrate i get that:

  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/netbox/netbox/settings.py", line 729, in <module>
    plugin = importlib.import_module(plugin_name)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1142, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'netbox_info'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/netbox/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 436, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 412, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 458, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 103, in wrapper
    saved_locale = translation.get_language()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 210, in get_language
    return _trans.get_language()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 65, in __getattr__
    if settings.USE_I18N:
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 102, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 89, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 217, in __init__
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1149, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/opt/netbox-3.6.1/netbox/netbox/settings.py", line 732, in <module>
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Unable to import plugin netbox_info: Module not found. Check that the plugin module has been installed within the correct Python environment.```

[candlerb]

In this case it looks like you put netbox_info in your PLUGINS configuration, but didn't install it into your virtualenv (or there was a failure installing it which you didn't show).

This keeps moving round in circles and at each point there's no clear record of what you did and what you saw, so at this point I drop out. There is good advice at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro

[AVariot]

Thank you for your time