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Connect your Juniper switch (EX or QFX running Junos 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, Ethernet switching, routing, and LLDP neighbors — read-only diagnostics on Junos.

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 Junos 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 Juniper

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Enable SSH

Enable the SSH service with set system services ssh, then commit. Junos generates the host keys automatically.
2

Create a user

Create a login user for Myrmex with set system login user, assign a login class — super-user for read-write, or a read-only class for analysis — and set a plain-text password. Commit the configuration and note the credentials.
Prefer least privilege: start with a read-only class, and grant super-user 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 → Juniper 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.