Automatic Onboarding

Overview 
 Many agent-based standard protocols used to manage networking devices recommend using unique credentials (username/password, keys, etc.) for each managed device. This recommendation enhances security and enables individual device identification during message exchanges. However, it introduces additional complexity, as each managed device must be pre-provisioned with unique credentials before deployment. 
 The Automatic Onboarding feature in CONTROL simplifies this pre-configuration process. It allows devices to initially connect using a common set of credentials, which are then automatically replaced with individual credentials after the first successful connection. 
 Accessing Automatic Onboarding Settings 
 Automatic Onboarding options are configured per Device Profile / Type and can be accessed through: 
 Inventory > Profile / type 
 
 For detailed information about accessing Device Profile / Type configuration screens, refer to the Device Profile / Type configuration section. 
 Configuration 
 Enabling Automatic Onboarding 
 To configure and activate Automatic Onboarding for a specific Device Profile / Type : 
 
 Navigate to the Device Profile / Type configuration screen 
 Locate the Automatic onboarding section 
 
 Enable the Automatic device onboarding checkbox 
 Populate the following required fields:
 
 
 Username : The pre-defined username that devices will use during initial authentication 
 
 Password : The pre-defined password that devices will use during initial authentication 
 
 
 
 Once configured, any device connecting to the platform with these credentials will be automatically onboarded and assigned to the corresponding Device Profile / Type . 
 Device Identification Fields 
 The following optional fields provide additional validation and identification criteria for connecting devices: 
 
 
 Manufacturer : Filters devices by manufacturer name 
 
 Unique ID : Specifies a unique identifier for device matching 
 
 Product class : Filters devices by product class designation 
 
 Serial number prefix : Matches against the beginning characters of the device serial number 
 
 Identification Rules 
 
 
 Case sensitivity : All identification field matching is case-sensitive 
 
 Prefix matching : For Serial number prefix , the system matches the specified text against the left-most characters of the received serial number 
 
 Protocol dependency : Identification fields are management protocol-dependent and must be provided in the first message from the managed device (e.g., the Inform message for devices managed through TR-069 ) 
 
 Example 
 If the Manufacturer field is set to Zequenze , the Automatic Onboarding process for this Device Profile / Type will only apply to devices that identify themselves with Zequenze in their manufacturer field. 
 Advanced Configuration 
 Additional Automatic Onboarding configurations can be customized through: 
 
 
 Connection Profile objects for each Device Profile / Type 
 
 
 Connection service objects for each Device Profile / Type 
 
 
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