Allow filtering modules by device, location, tenant, or site

[forgottenroot]

NetBox version

v4.2.0

Feature type

New functionality

Triage priority

I'm a NetBox Labs customer

Proposed functionality

In the modules view under filter you would be able to sort by devices, locations, sites, or tenants. There are currently only 5 fields to filter the table.

Use case

The current filtering on modules is very limited. This would allow you to see where modules are located/assigned to instead of having to use an external script. Expansion of #8810

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

[jeremystretch]

FYI it is currently possible to filter modules by device_id. We should at least add that filter to the UI form. Filtering by device site/location makes sense IMO, however modules are not assigned to tenants (this is done via the parent device).

[the-seppel]

@jeremystretch the filter of modules by location does make sense if you want to generate a list with all modules which belongs to a tenant / location.

[tgrusendorf]

Adding some notes from a discussion with Mark Coleman today regarding the use case of NetBox as an asset inventory for Operational Technology (OT) / Industrial Control System (ICS) assets.

When we model OT assets in NetBox, we probably have an abnormally high usage of modules vs devices. Many of our assets are built with modules installed into passive chassis, not dissimilar to a chassis-based switch (example here). We've chosen to use module bays over device bays because the modules share a control plane.

Because we are very module-focused we often want to perform filters for a certain module type in a specific location or at a specific site. We also use Tenants to assign team responsibility and manage permissions for different assets.

All this is to say that this feature request would be very helpful to support our OT use cases.

While I understand that tenant is a device property, it would be helpful to be able to also filter modules by their parent device tenant. To me this is similar to the way that we allow the device view to be filtered by region.