Cisco IOS
Release 1.0
Last updated
Release 1.0
Last updated
This guide details the steps necessary to connect Cisco appliances to the Epiphany Intelligence Platform. The Epiphany Intelligence Platform leverages data from network appliances to provide greater visibility into the network exposure in your environment.
Cisco IOS configuration data can be collected securely via SSHv2 connections to the various appliances operating throughout a network.
Epiphany requires read-only access to Cisco appliances, which can be configured using creating user privileges.
There are two options to this end; either method is acceptable:
Option 1: Create a new user, who is designated for use by Epiphany, and provide the user the proper privileges.
Option 2: Leverage an existing user and follow the steps to ensure the user has the correct privileges to collect all necessary data.
Epiphany has the capability to extract network appliance information via Secure Shell Protocol (SSH). The SSH collectors will establish a SSHv2 session with the appliances and run the needed show commands for data collection. There is also a process for of the network configurations.
Epiphany Site Collector: Epiphany Collector version 1.0 and later.
SSHv2.