Fixes #18887: Allows VMInterface object custom field on Prefix (#18945)

netbox/virtualization/api/serializers_/virtualmachines.py

@@ -112,10 +112,27 @@ class VMInterfaceSerializer(NetBoxModelSerializer):
         brief_fields = ('id', 'url', 'display', 'virtual_machine', 'name', 'description')
 
     def validate(self, data):
-
         # Validate many-to-many VLAN assignments
+        virtual_machine = None
+        tagged_vlans = []
+
+        # #18887
+        # There seem to be multiple code paths coming through here. Previously, we might either get
+        # the VirtualMachine instance from self.instance or from incoming data. However, #18887
+        # illustrated that this is also being called when a custom field pointing to an object_type
+        # of VMInterface is on the right side of a custom-field assignment coming in from an API
+        # request. As such, we need to check a third way to access the VirtualMachine
+        # instance--where `data` is the VMInterface instance itself and we can get the associated
+        # VirtualMachine via attribute access.
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
             virtual_machine = self.instance.virtual_machine if self.instance else data.get('virtual_machine')
-        for vlan in data.get('tagged_vlans', []):
+            tagged_vlans = data.get('tagged_vlans', [])
+        elif isinstance(data, VMInterface):
+            virtual_machine = data.virtual_machine
+            tagged_vlans = data.tagged_vlans.all()
+
+        if virtual_machine:
+            for vlan in tagged_vlans:
                 if vlan.site not in [virtual_machine.site, None]:
                     raise serializers.ValidationError({
                         'tagged_vlans': f"VLAN {vlan} must belong to the same site as the interface's parent virtual "

netbox/virtualization/tests/test_api.py

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+from django.test import tag
 from django.urls import reverse
+from netaddr import IPNetwork
 from rest_framework import status
 
+from core.models import ObjectType
 from dcim.choices import InterfaceModeChoices
 from dcim.models import Site
-from extras.models import ConfigTemplate
+from extras.choices import CustomFieldTypeChoices
+from extras.models import ConfigTemplate, CustomField
 from ipam.choices import VLANQinQRoleChoices
-from ipam.models import VLAN, VRF
+from ipam.models import Prefix, VLAN, VRF
 from utilities.testing import APITestCase, APIViewTestCases, create_test_device, create_test_virtualmachine
 from virtualization.choices import *
 from virtualization.models import *
@@ -350,6 +354,39 @@ class VMInterfaceTest(APIViewTestCases.APIViewTestCase):
             },
         ]
 
+    @tag('regression')
+    def test_set_vminterface_as_object_in_custom_field(self):
+        cf = CustomField.objects.create(
+            name='associated_interface',
+            type=CustomFieldTypeChoices.TYPE_OBJECT,
+            related_object_type=ObjectType.objects.get_for_model(VMInterface),
+            required=False
+        )
+        cf.object_types.set([ObjectType.objects.get_for_model(Prefix)])
+        cf.save()
+
+        prefix = Prefix.objects.create(prefix=IPNetwork('10.0.0.0/12'))
+        vmi = VMInterface.objects.first()
+
+        url = reverse('ipam-api:prefix-detail', kwargs={'pk': prefix.pk})
+        data = {
+            'custom_fields': {
+                'associated_interface': vmi.id,
+            },
+        }
+
+        self.add_permissions('ipam.change_prefix')
+
+        response = self.client.patch(url, data, format='json', **self.header)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+        prefix_data = response.json()
+        self.assertEqual(prefix_data['custom_fields']['associated_interface']['id'], vmi.id)
+
+        reloaded_prefix = Prefix.objects.get(pk=prefix.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(prefix.pk, reloaded_prefix.pk)
+        self.assertNotEqual(reloaded_prefix.cf['associated_interface'], None)
+
     def test_bulk_delete_child_interfaces(self):
         interface1 = VMInterface.objects.get(name='Interface 1')
         virtual_machine = interface1.virtual_machine