Updating datasource from git repo fails: "No module named 'dulwich'"

[fallenfuzz]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

Triage priority

N/A

NetBox Version

4.1.4

Python Version

3.10

Steps to Reproduce

Configure a new data source of the type "Git"
Update the data source by clicking the "Sync" button

Expected Behavior

The job should complete without errors.

Observed Behavior

The job fails with the following error:

SyncError("There was an error initializing the backend. A dependency needs to be installed: No module named 'dulwich'")
The issue can be worked-around by entering the venv and installing the module 'dulwich' manually with:

pip install dulwich

[candlerb]

The issue can be worked-around by entering the venv and installing the module 'dulwich' manually

If that error message isn't clear enough: you need to run

/opt/netbox/venv/bin/pip install dulwich

(possibly as root) to fix the problem. To make the solution permanent (including through future upgrades), edit or create /opt/netbox/local_requirements.txt, add the line dulwich.

The documentation also mentions this here although without telling you exactly how to install the package.

[fallenfuzz]

@candlerb I fixed it, yes and local_requirements is also a way to fix, but shouldn't it be included?
It is not customer plugin, but part of the system no?

I see that from v3.6.0 (2023-08-30) it isn't installed by default, will include in local_requirements then.

The boto3 and dulwich packages are no longer installed automatically. If needed for S3/git remote data backend support, add them to local_requirements.txt to ensure their installation.