Defining CLI Credentials for Objects

You can define CLI credentials and enable password credentials for individual devices through associated IPAM objects:

• Fixed addresses

• IP reservations

• Hosts

For a quick way to locate all objects of a certain type in the Grid, you may create a smart folder with settings such as Type > Equals > IPv4 Fixed Address. Title the smart folder appropriately.

To define and test the CLI credentials for an IPAM object, complete the following:

1. From the Data Management tab, select the IPAM tab.

2. In the IPAM IP List page or the IPAM IP Map page, navigate to the required network and then to the IP associated with the object you want to edit.

   Note for each network, the IP list page provides a Type data column showing the IPAM object type that is associated with any IP address. Also, check the MAC Address column in the IP List page for information about associated objects.

3. Click the IP address. On the IP address page, click the Related Objects tab.

4. Select the checkbox for the object in the Related Objects panel and click Edit.

5. In the object editor, click the Discovery tab.

6. Click Override CLI Credentials.
   By default, CLI credential definitions use SSH at the object level. Select Allow Telnet if you want to allow both SSH and Telnet credential usage. Infoblox recommends SSH because of better security.

7. Enter the Name and Password values and the Enable Password value.

8. Click Test CLI Credentials to test the CLI discovery credential settings applied to the object.

9. When finished, click Save & Close.