Working with credentials encrypted credentials on Aruba / HP switches

Question

I come more from a cisco back ground and there when i show the running configuration i can see the encrypted / hased local user password.

This makes it more secure to have in a automation tool where I dont have to store it in plain text.

With the aruba switchs i have it used the "password manager admin ...." comand to set a password but i cant see how to enter the password in its hased / encrypted form like i can in CISCO.

IE when you set up the user on cisco you can chose to enter a plain text, or type 5, 7 9 encrypted / hashed passsword string.

I actuly run TACACS for normal admin access this is jsut for the local admin last resorce access.

Can any one tell me if there is a simular feature on Aruba to what i am use to on CISCO.

Thank you

Answer 1

You can SHA1 encrypt the local password, e.g.

password manager admin sha1 <hash>

I have extensively used RSA authentication for SSH and SFTP access - imho the best option since there's no shared password. This is initially set up with

aaa authentication ssh enable public-key

You upload the public key ring to /ssh/mgr_keys and can check if the keys are working properly using

show crypto client-public-key