How to audit a network device using CLI
Nipper can connect directly to a network device and retrieve its configuration for auditing.
Example: auditing a Cisco IOS router over SSH:
nipper --ios-router –-input=ssh://admin:password@12.34.56.78:22?enable=privilege-password&version=system:running-config+&read-timeout=3000&connection-timeout=10000 --output=" C:\Users\Nipper\Documents\Remote IOS Audit.html"
In most cases, read-timeout and connection-timeout do not need to be specified as they default to the values show above.
The port, if not set, will also default to the default port for the protocol (e.g. 22 for ssh, 23 for telnet).
The enable password is not required on devices that do not require an enable password.
The connector version, specified by the query “version”, is defaulted to DEFAULT, but some devices require specific connector versions. These can be viewed in the GUI under Remote Connection Settings.
To list all available device plugin types, run:
nipper –help device
Important: The plugin command will need to be specified prior to the --input command.