From c0771d29a9405f6469b648514385d714e93b2380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abatchx <30748026+abatchx@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 20:47:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added note to Section 2 to explain that netbox-secrets is an
 example.  Added Note in DockerFile-Plugins regarding creation of static
 folders. Added note to step 3 to explain that netbox-secrets. Added
 Dependencies section to Troubleshooting Section

---
 Using-Netbox-Plugins.md | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Using-Netbox-Plugins.md b/Using-Netbox-Plugins.md
index 27f7260..5434f50 100644
--- a/Using-Netbox-Plugins.md
+++ b/Using-Netbox-Plugins.md
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Lets start with a fresh install of netbox-docker.
 
 ## Step 2 - Modify New Files
 ### `plugin_requirements.txt`
-This file contains a list of the NetBox Plugins (as **PyPi Python Packages**) to be installed during the building of the Docker image.
+This file contains a list of the NetBox Plugins (as **PyPi Python Packages**) to be installed during the building of the Docker image. 
+
+For example if you wish to add the `netbox-secrets` plugin:
 
 Add _netbox-secrets_ If you are using Netbox > 3.5:
 ```
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ RUN DEBUG="true" SECRET_KEY="dummydummydummydummydummydummydummydummydummydummy"
 
 > NOTE: If your plugins call for any static files, remember to add another `COPY configuration/custom-plugins.py /etc/netbox/config/custom-plugins.py` line to config.
 
+> NOTE: if your plugins call for any static folders, remember to add a `RUN mkdir` in here e.g. `RUN mkdir -p /opt/netbox/netbox/static/netbox_topology_views/img` - See your plugins Wiki for specific details 
+
 ### `docker-compose.override.yml`
 As its name implies, this file can contain configuration overrides for `docker-compose.yml`
 
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ services:
 ```
 ## Step 3 - Enable plugins in the configuration
 
-To get plugins to work within NetBox you need to add some configuration to `configuration/plugins.py`.
+To get plugins to work within NetBox you need to add some configuration to `configuration/plugins.py`. For example, when adding the `netbox-secrets` plugin:
 
 For Netbox > 3.5:
 
@@ -107,4 +111,9 @@ Your new custom NetBox Docker image has been created and is now running, with th
 ### Plugin does not load
 The error is something like `django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Unable to import plugin nextbox-plugin: Module not found`.
 
-Note that the plugin name for pip can be different from the name used to load the plugin. I.e. `netbox-plugin` for pip and `netbox_plugin` (note the underscore) for the config file.
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+Note that the plugin name for pip can be different from the name used to load the plugin. I.e. `netbox-plugin` for pip and `netbox_plugin` (note the underscore) for the config file.
+
+### Dependencies
+Your environment will require the following items installed:
+`UV - https://docs.astral.sh/uv/`
+`PIP - https://pypi.org/project/pip/`
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