Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Credentials

To automate network configuration backups, you have to provide SSH/Telnet or SNMP credentials. You can choose to use the credentials that are already added to your Site24x7 account or add new ones.

You can add new credentials in two ways:

• While adding devices to NCM, click + next to Primary Credential or SNMP Credential.
• Navigate to Network > NCM > NCM Credentials > Add Credential.

SSH/Telnet credentials

On the Network Credential screen that opens, perform the following steps:

1. Credential Type: Toggle and choose either SSH for Secure Shell or Telnet based on which credential you're going to use.
2. Display Name: Provide a name to identify the credentials. This name will be saved and used to associate and fetch network configuration data.
3. Description: Provide a short description to define and differentiate between different credentials.
4. User Name: Enter the SSH or Telnet username.
5. Password: Enter the SSH or Telnet password.
6. Port: Enter the number of the port on which the SSH or Telnet service is running.
7. Timeout (in seconds): Specify the amount of time Site24x7 should wait for the SSH or Telnet response.
8. Enter the details for Prompt, Login Prompt, Password Prompt, Enable Username, Enable Password, Enable Command, and Enable Prompt.
9. Toggle Additional Parameters Required to Yes if additional parameters are required and enter them as well. Enter the Login Prefix Prompt, Login Prefix, Enable Username Prompt, and Enable Password Prompt for your respective credentials by referring to the screenshot below.
10. Click Save Credential.
    

SNMP credentials

On the Network Credential screen that opens, toggle to SNMP v1/v2 or SNMP v3.

SNMP v1/v2

1. Display Name: Provide a name to identify the credentials. The credential name cannot include spaces or special characters.
2. Description: Enter a short description to define and differentiate between different credentials.
3. SNMP Read: Enter your SNMP read-only community string.
4. SNMP Write: Enter your SNMP read-write community string.
5. SNMP Port: Enter the port that should be used for SNMP communication.
6. SNMP Timeout (in seconds): Specify the amount of time Site24x7 should wait for the SNMP response.
7. SNMP Retries: Choose the number of times a request should be sent when a timeout occurs.
8. Click Save Credential.

SNMP v3

1. Display Name: Provide a name to identify the credentials. This name will be saved and used to associate and fetch network configuration data.
2. Description: Provide a short description to define and differentiate between different credentials.
3. User Name: Enter the SNMP v3 username.
4. Context Name: Enter the context name. This is an octet string that has at least one piece of management information. Within an administrative domain, the contextID uniquely identifies an SNMP entity that may recognize an instance of a context with a particular context name.
5. Authentication Protocol: Choose the protocol used for authentication (i.e., the protocol that checks the integrity of the transferred data).
6. Authentication Password: Enter the chosen protocol's authentication password.
7. Encryption Protocol: Choose the protocol used for data encryption.
8. Encryption Password: Enter the encryption protocol's password.
9. SNMP Port: Enter the port that should be used to export flows to the Site24x7 On-Premise Poller.
10. SNMP Timeout (in seconds): Specify the amount of time Site24x7 should wait for the SNMP response.
11. SNMP Retries: Choose the number of times a request should be sent when a timeout occurs.
12. Click Save Credential.