Usage of Orion.Discovery Verb 'ValidateCredentials'

pramod.paul.jose

We are trying to utilise the Orion.Discovery 'ValidateCredentials' Verb to verify SNMPv3 on a given IPAddress to confirm if the Credential inside of Solarwinds will work for the given Node before updating it to the new SNMP

 

utilising the orionsdk-python library I have ran the following, however it always returns False even if I am certain that the SNMP Credential is working for the given Node:

 

dummy_ip = "1.1.1.1"

dummy_snmp_port = 161

dummy_credential_details = {"Name": "solarwinds", "Context": ""}

dummy_engine_id = 1

dummy_preferred_snmp = "SNMP3"

 

swis.invoke(

    'Orion.Discovery', 'ValidateCredentials', dummy_ip, dummy_snmp_port,"SolarWinds.Orion.Core.Models.Credentials.SnmpCredentialsV3", dummy_credential_details, dummy_engine_id, dummy_preferred_snmp

)

 

I would appreciate in any assistance on how to use this Verb, with examples if possible. Or if anyone has any other ideas on how to validate a SNMP Credential Set within solarwinds will work on a Node BEFORE updating the Nodes SNMP Credentials.

Regards,

Pramod/ Lochie

mkarak

Hello,

First of all Orion.Discovery 'ValidateCredentials' verb can be used to validate node IP Address against SNMPv2/v3 credentials specified directly within the script (and not against those that are already saved in DB).

Here are the examples for SNMPv2 and SNMPv3:

SNMPv2

SNMPv2_node_ip = "1.1.1.1"
snmp_port = 161
snmpv2_credentials = {
"Community": "public"
}

# Validate the credentials
result = swis.invoke(
'Orion.Discovery',
'ValidateCredentials',
SNMPv2_node_ip,
snmp_port,
"SolarWinds.Orion.Core.Models.Credentials.SnmpCredentialsV2",
snmpv2_credentials,
engine_id
)

print("Validation result for SNMPv2 credentials:", result)

Here is example for SNMPv3

SNMPV3_node_ip = "1.1.1.1"
snmp_port = 161

snmpv3_credentials = {
    "UserName": "SNMPv3User",
    "Context": "",
    "PrivacyType": "AES128",
    "AuthenticationType": "MD5",
    "PrivacyPassword": "PrivKey",
    "AuthenticationPassword": "AuthKey",
    "PrivacyKeyIsPassword": True,
    "AuthenticationKeyIsPassword": True
}

# Validate the credentials
result = swis.invoke(
    'Orion.Discovery',
    'ValidateCredentials',
    SNMPV3_node_ip,
    snmp_port,
    "SolarWinds.Orion.Core.Models.Credentials.SnmpCredentialsV3",
    snmpv3_credentials,
    engine_id
    )

print("Validation result for SNMPv3 credentials:", result)

Here are possible values for PrivacyType:

• "None"
• "DES56"
• "AES128"
• "AES192"
• "AES256"

Here are possible values for AutheticationType:

• "None"
• "MD5"
• "SHA1"
• "SHA256"
• "SHA512"

Hope this helps!

Milan