netbox-community-netbox/docs/administration/housekeeping.md

Housekeeping

NetBox includes a housekeeping management command that should be run nightly. This command handles:

• Clearing expired authentication sessions from the database
• Deleting changelog records older than the configured retention time

This command can be invoked directly, or by using the shell script provided at /opt/netbox/contrib/netbox-housekeeping.sh. This script can be copied into your cron scheduler's daily jobs directory (e.g. /etc/cron.daily) or referenced directly within the cron configuration file.

The housekeeping command can also be run manually at any time: Running the command outside of scheduled execution times will not interfere with its operation.