4_start_netbox.sh fails with NETBOX_TOKEN required before NetBox is running

While following the autocon4-workshop, I encountered an issue where running 4_start_netbox.sh exits with the following error:

Error: Required environment variable 'NETBOX_TOKEN' is not set.


This occurs before NetBox is started, at a point where it is not yet possible to generate a NetBox API token.

Trying to Run this workshop on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat).