Arista CloudVision

CloudVision Portal (CVP) is the web-based GUI for the CloudVision platform, which enables network-wide workload orchestration and workflow automation.

Asset Types Fetched

  • Devices, Aggregated Security Findings, Software, SaaS Applications

Before You Begin

Ports

  • TCP port 80/443

Authentication Method

  • User Name/Password for Cloud

APIs

Axonius uses the CloudVision Inventory API.

Axonius uses the following endpoints:

  • POST cvpservice/login/authenticate.do
  • GET cvpservice/inventory/devices - Arista V1.
  • GET resources/inventory/v1/Device/all - Arista V2.
  • GET resources/bugexposure/v1/BugExposure/all - Arista V2. Used when Fetch Vulnerabilities (Arista V2 only) is selected.
  • GET resources/endpointlocation/v1/EndpointLocation - Arista V2. Used when Fetch Location (Arista V2 only) is selected.
  • GET resources/studio_topology/v1/DeviceState/all - Arista V2. Used when Fetch Topology Neighbors (Arista V2 only) is selected.

Permissions

Consult with your vendor for permissions for reading the objects.

Supported From Version

Supported from Axonius version 4.5

Connecting the Adapter in Axonius

To connect the adapter in Axonius, provide the following parameters:

Required Parameters

  1. Host Name or IP Address - The hostname or IP address of the Arista CloudVision server.
  2. Authentication can be either User Name and Password or Token.
  • User Name and Password (required for this option) - The credentials for a user account that has the permissions to fetch assets.
  1. Version (default: Arista V2) - Select the API version, either Arista V1 or Arista V2.
CloudVision

Optional Parameters

  1. Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

  2. HTTPS Proxy - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

  3. HTTPS Proxy User Name - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.

  4. HTTPS Proxy Password - The password to use when connecting to the server using the HTTPS Proxy.

To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Advanced Settings

Note

Advanced settings can either apply to all connections for this adapter, or to a specific connection. Refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

  1. Fetch Vulnerabilities (Arista V2 only) - Select this option to fetch vulnerabilities as assets.
  2. Fetch Location (Arista V2 only) - Select this option to fetch location data.
  3. Fetch Topology Neighbors (Arista V2 only) (default: false) - Select this option to retrieve topology-neighbor information and add connected-device details to Arista CloudVision devices, including the remote device name, local interface, and remote interface. This option applies only to Arista V2.

Note

To learn more about Adapter Configuration tab advanced settings, see Adapter Advanced Settings.


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