Move the background tasks list from the admin UI to the primary UI

[jeremystretch]

NetBox version

v3.7.0

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

NetBox currently lists all background tasks under the admin UI (/admin/background-tasks/), in a view provided by the django-rq package. Replicate this view in the primary UI, under the "admin" menu section.

Use case

Users will be able to inspect active and completed background tasks without leaving the primary UI, and unblocks #12325.

Database changes

None

External dependencies

None

[tagur87]

@jeremystretch - I recently found an issue with viewing background tasks from the admin UI using redis sentinel according to these instructions: https://demo.netbox.dev/static/docs/configuration/required-settings/#using-redis-sentinel

I get the following error when browsing to /admin/background-tasks/:

<class 'KeyError'>

'host'

Python version: 3.11.4
NetBox version: 3.7.0
Plugins: 
  netbox_ip_reservations: 0.5.3

Not sure if I should create a separate issue, since this is being reworked as part of the removal of the Admin UI?

Thanks!

[jeremystretch]

@tagur87 please open a separate bug report including instructions to reproduce. Thanks!

[tagur87]

@tagur87 please open a separate bug report including instructions to reproduce. Thanks!

#14752