[FR] VM name mapping/relation with regex #465

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1. marvinwankersteen

   changed the title [-]VM name mapping/relation with regex[/-] [+][FR] VM name mapping/relation with regex[/+] on Jun 23, 2025
2. marvinwankersteen commented on Jun 23, 2025

   

   marvinwankersteen

   on Jun 23, 2025

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   I think I found a workaround.

   The option strip_vm_domain_name = True can be used with the following change in https://github.com/bb-Ricardo/netbox-sync/blob/main/module/sources/vmware/connection.py:

   @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    import datetime
    import pprint
    import ssl
   +import re
    from ipaddress import ip_address, ip_interface
    from urllib.parse import unquote
    from itertools import zip_longest
   @@ -2088,7 +2089,8 @@ class VMWareHandler(SourceBase):
            name = get_string_or_none(grab(obj, "name"))
    
            if name is not None and self.settings.strip_vm_domain_name is True:
   -            name = name.split(".")[0]
   +            name = re.split(r'[ \(]', name)[0]
    
            #
            # Filtering

   The dry-run looks good.
3. bb-Ricardo commented on Jun 23, 2025

   

   bb-Ricardo

   on Jun 23, 2025

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   I think I found a workaround.

   The option strip_vm_domain_name = True can be used with the following change in https://github.com/bb-Ricardo/netbox-sync/blob/main/module/sources/vmware/connection.py:

   @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   import datetime
   import pprint
   import ssl
   +import re
   from ipaddress import ip_address, ip_interface
   from urllib.parse import unquote
   from itertools import zip_longest
   @@ -2088,7 +2089,8 @@ class VMWareHandler(SourceBase):
   name = get_string_or_none(grab(obj, "name"))

        if name is not None and self.settings.strip_vm_domain_name is True:
   

   •        name = name.split(".")[0]
     

   •        name = re.split(r'[ \(]', name)[0]
     
        #
        # Filtering
     

   The dry-run looks good.

   Great that you found a workaround. Currently there is no native implementation to do this.
4. semx

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 10, 2026

   vmware: derive the NetBox VM name and description with vm_name_regex

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   This issue will close once commit b17d3f5 is merged into the 'main' branch.

   b17d3f5
5. semx commented on Oct 10, 2026

   

   semx

   on Oct 10, 2026

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   Implemented in development (#590), in the image ghcr.io/bb-ricardo/netbox-sync:development. vm_name_regex is applied to the vCenter name before anything else; the named group name becomes the NetBox name and an optional group description fills the description, so your example ^(?P<name>[^ (]+)(?: \((?P<description>.*)\))?$ turns web01 (production) into web01 with the description production. Names the regex does not match are used as they are. One thing to expect on an existing NetBox: VMs whose name changes are found again by MAC, IP or serial and renamed in place, so the first run with the option is a one-off rename.

   Could you try it against your vCenter? Run with -n first, then a real run and a second one (the second should change nothing in NetBox), and say what came out, here or in the call for testing: #592. Nothing changes unless the option is set, so pulling the image is safe. It goes into 1.10.0, the next feature release.