Cisco SNMP v3 Credentials

[james.mathieson]

Evening all!

Something is bugging me because I cannot find a solution to my problem.

I have a switch template that I put together which includes SNMP v3 config.

The issue I've got is that I want to have in the template, the encrypted SNMP v3 credentials and not plain text.

For the life of me I cannot find a way of doing this.

I've tried using an online SHA1 and AES128 generator but the AES128 generator asks for a private key, and I have no idea what that would be from the Cisco switch perspective.

I'm hoping I'm just overlooking something here.

Does anyone have any ideas or pointers?

Thanks.

James

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

just to be clear what you are asking, you want the encrypted password to be part of the template ?

--> snmp-server user SNMPUser group1 remote 192.168.1.11 v3 auth md5 password1

[james.mathieson]

Hi Georg,

Correct, but for auth and priv - not just auth.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

I am running into the same issue. The online tools also apparently ask for an initialization vector (in CBC mode). I'll try and find a config example...

[james.mathieson]

I've found exactly the same as you and also wanting a private key, which isn't asked for when creating the user on the switch.

I've got a feeling this one isn't possible but we shall see.