From 8b1477a48260d8a6966808ce2775903443dfa7d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dimon <dimon@iron.home.local>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:43:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update setup_nautobot.sh

---
 setup_nautobot.sh | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup_nautobot.sh b/setup_nautobot.sh
index bb9df89..132e94e 100644
--- a/setup_nautobot.sh
+++ b/setup_nautobot.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,17 @@
 sh /setup_programs.sh
 
 # Setup environment
-apt install -y git python3 python3-pip
+apt install -y python3 python3.10-venv python3-pip
 
 # Create user
 useradd --system --shell /bin/bash --create-home --home-dir /opt/nautobot nautobot
+chown nautobot /opt/nautobot
+
+# Create the Virtual Environment
+su -c "python3 -m venv /opt/nautobot/" nautobot
+
+# Add NAUTOBOT_ROOT to the nautobot user .bashrc file
+echo "export NAUTOBOT_ROOT=/opt/nautobot" | tee -a ~nautobot/.bashrc
+
+# Update Python Pip and Wheel
+su -c "pip3 install --upgrade pip wheel" nautobot
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