setup new system using API

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Permanently deleted user

October 16, 2020 20:23

I am confused how to set up a new system using the API.

Looking at the docs and wireshark, it appears I need /web/api/setupLocalSystem.  But that seems to require authentication, and I have not set username or password yet, since the system is at factory settings.

I see some /web/api/cookieLogin action going on, and the algorithm for this includes:

digest = md5_hex(user_name + ":" + realm + ":" + password)

I assume user_name should be "admin".

What is password?  Blank?  So digest is 

md5_hex(admin:VMS:)

?

Am I on the right track?  Is there some easier way to initially setup a new system without going through the auth steps?  If there is no password yet, why do I have to authenticate?

 

 

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  Andrey Terentyev

  • Network Optix team

  October 19, 2020 14:43 Edited

  Hello Jim,

  The default password is "admin", the username has to be "admin"

  Here is a curl command for configuring a system.

  curl -X POST --digest "http://admin:admin@localhost:7001/api/setupLocalSystem" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @system_settings.json

  Here is the content of the system_settings.json file

  {
    "password":"<new password>",
    "systemName":"<a name of a system>",
    "systemSettings":{
      "statisticsAllowed": "false"
    }
  }
  
  

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  Permanently deleted user

  October 19, 2020 18:40

  Perfect, thanks!

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