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Connect your Huawei switch (VRP / CloudEngine and S-series) 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, routing, MAC/ARP tables, and LLDP neighbors — read-only diagnostics on VRP.

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 VRP 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 Huawei

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Enable SSH (STelnet)

Generate a local key pair with rsa local-key-pair create, enable the STelnet server with stelnet server enable, and set the VTY user interfaces to authentication-mode aaa with protocol inbound ssh.
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Create a user

In the aaa view, create a local user for Myrmex with a strong password, set its service type to SSH, and assign a privilege level — level 15 for read-write, or a lower level for analysis only. Then bind the SSH user with password authentication and the STelnet service type. Note the username and password.
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 → Huawei 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.