New Tab for Object Images in DCIM

[AaronJamesMyers]

NetBox version

V4.1.10

Feature type

Other

Proposed functionality

Adding a Tab to DCIM objects where you can view thumbnails of images attached to said objects.

I dont think there would be a huge amount of development involved in this, and I had thought about trying to develop a plugin with a template extension to do it, but feel like it might be something that others using netbox might appreciate.

Use case

We are using pictures to "site audits" currently, then using those pictures to reference in the future instead of having to send a technician out to the site to see exactly what is going on.
We have also proposed having technician take pictures of individual devices after they make changes to the physical interfaces, and try and use computer vision to determine which interfaces have cables and which don't, but until we can get a AI computer vision solution working, it would be nice if we could view these images in a thumbnail.

Database changes

no db changes needed

External dependencies

No response

[arthanson]

This should be for all models that have images, not just DCIM objects.

[llamafilm]

You can already attach images to any model. We do this for locations, device types, and racks and it works well for me. You can see a thumbnail by hovering the mouse, or click it to see the full size image. What's the benefit of moving it to a separate tab?

We also use the netbox-attachments plugin for PDF docs, so that appears on a separate "Attachments" tab.

[jeremystretch]

You can already attach images to any model.

Just FYI image attachments are supported only for specific models.

[AaronJamesMyers]

the hover over thing only works good on PC, and while the majority of our users are on PC's we do have field technicians using mobile devices.

Some of our lineups are close together which doesn't allow us to get a full rack in a single image, so you need to view 2 images to see the entire rack. Which makes the thumbnails a bit more awkward to view

It would also be nice if i could go into a site object and view the images from all the racks in that location instead of having to go into each rack individually. The majority of our sites have anywhere from 8-15 racks but we have some that have 40 or more(1 site with over 100 racks!)

Also gallery view is cool