Display device name in OSPF Interface table and OSPF Areas assigned in OSPF Instance view

[LuPo]

Plugin version

v0.2.3

NetBox version

v4.1.7

Feature type

Data model extension

Proposed functionality

• display Areas assigned to an instance. The areas visible in the card are naturally sorted by area_id (even if one happen to mix numeric with IP based area_id notation in one instance).
  

• display device name in the interfaces table
  

Use case

It greatly enhances visibility into OSPF configuration of every instance. Instead, device name is useful in interface table, especially when looking for interfaces belonging to a particular area.

Database changes

No database changes required. It is enough to implement get_areas() method in OSPFInstance class.

External dependencies

No additional dependency needed. Already available ipaddress module can be used to sort the areas.