From 9ed0494b4502d107f5d67f9bef05b90319a0a4f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Stretch Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:22:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify requirement for Python 3.6 or later --- docs/installation/3-netbox.md | 6 ++++-- docs/installation/upgrading.md | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation/3-netbox.md b/docs/installation/3-netbox.md index b9b68be1b..5237e617e 100644 --- a/docs/installation/3-netbox.md +++ b/docs/installation/3-netbox.md @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ # NetBox Installation -This section of the documentation discusses installing and configuring the NetBox application. Begin by installing all system packages required by NetBox and its dependencies: +This section of the documentation discusses installing and configuring the NetBox application itself. ## Install System Packages +Begin by installing all system packages required by NetBox and its dependencies. Note that beginning with NetBox v2.8, Python 3.6 or later is required. + ### Ubuntu ```no-highlight -# apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev build-essential libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libffi-dev libpq-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev +# apt-get install -y python3.6 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev build-essential libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libffi-dev libpq-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev ``` ### CentOS diff --git a/docs/installation/upgrading.md b/docs/installation/upgrading.md index 83cd59d1d..c34fef954 100644 --- a/docs/installation/upgrading.md +++ b/docs/installation/upgrading.md @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Prior to upgrading your NetBox instance, be sure to carefully review all [release notes](../../release-notes/) that have been published since your current version was released. Although the upgrade process typically does not involve additional work, certain releases may introduce breaking or backward-incompatible changes. These are called out in the release notes under the version in which the change went into effect. +!!! note + Beginning with version 2.8, NetBox requires Python 3.6 or later. + ## Install the Latest Code As with the initial installation, you can upgrade NetBox by either downloading the latest release package or by cloning the `master` branch of the git repository.