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Connect your Cisco switch (IOS, IOS-XE, or NX-OS) so Myrmex can read its configuration, audit its hardening, run diagnostics, and — with approval — apply CLI changes. Myrmex reaches the device over SSH through a Collector on your network and queries it in real time.

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What Myrmex Can Do

Read & troubleshoot

Inspect interfaces, VLANs, trunks, routing, spanning tree, and MAC/ARP tables — read-only diagnostics across IOS, IOS-XE, and NX-OS.

Hardening audit

Run a Security Posture audit against the switch configuration.

Run CLI commands

Execute operational and configuration commands, with changes applied on approval.

Config & inventory

Review the running configuration and track the model and OS version — read on demand, never stored.

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Before You Start

  • A Collector that can reach the switch’s management IP over SSH. See Deploying the agent and Collector mode.
  • An account with CLI access to the device — read-only is enough for analysis; read-write is required to apply changes.

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Step 1 — Create the Credential in Cisco

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Enable SSH

On IOS and IOS-XE, set a hostname and IP domain name, generate host keys with crypto key generate rsa, then enable SSH version 2 and set the VTY lines to transport input ssh with login local. On NX-OS, enable the SSH feature with feature ssh (it is on by default).
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Create a user

Create a local account for Myrmex with a strong password. On IOS/IOS-XE, use privilege 15 for read-write access, or a lower privilege level for analysis only. On NX-OS, assign the network-admin role for read-write, or network-operator for read-only. Note the username and password — you’ll enter them in Myrmex.
Prefer least privilege: start with a read-only account, and grant read-write only when you want the agents to apply changes for you.

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Step 2 — Add the Integration in Myrmex

From the Directory, choose Add Integration → Cisco Switch, then fill in:

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Connect

Click Connect to validate the SSH connection and finish. The switch then appears under Environment → Integrations, and you can ask the Integration Specialist about it in the Workspace.
Myrmex queries the switch in real time over SSH and acts only on approval. It does not store or retain the device’s configuration or data on the Myrmex side.