Network discovery protocol

Server to agent message

Specification

{
    "id": ''string'',
    "type": "netdiscovery",
    "workers": ''integer'',
    "targets": [
        {
            "network": ''string'',
            "workers": ''integer'',
            "timeout": ''integer'',
            "credentials": [
                {
                    "version": ''string'',
                    "community": ''string'',
                    "username": ''string'',
                    "authprotocol": ''string'',
                    "authpassword": ''string'',
                    "privprotocol": ''string'',
                    "privpassword": ''string'',
                    "timeout": ''integer'',
                },
                ...
            ]
        },
        ...
    ]
}

Example

{
    "id": "job1"
    "type": "netdiscovery",
    "workers": 2,
    "targets": [
        {
            "network": "192.168.0.0/24",
            "workers": 10,
            "timeout": 5,
            "credentials": [
                {
                    "version": "2c",
                    "community": "public"
                },
                {
                    "version": "1",
                    "community": "public"
                },
            ],
        },
        {
            "network": "192.168.1.1-192.168.1.254",
            "workers": 5,
            "timeout": 2,
            "credentials": [
                {
                    "version": "3",
                    "username": "foo",
                    "authprotocol": "sha1",
                    "authpassword": "bar",
                },
            ],
        },
    ],
},

Agent to server message

Specification

<!ELEMENT REQUEST (CONTENT+, DEVICEID, QUERY)>

    <!ELEMENT CONTENT (DEVICE*, MODULEVERSION, PROCESSNUMBER)>

    <!-- a device -->
    <!ELEMENT DEVICE (IP, MAC?, AUTHSNMP?, TYPE?, MANUFACTURER?, MODEL?,
    DESCRIPTION?, SNMPHOSTNAME?, LOCATION?, CONTACT?, SERIAL?, FIRMWARE?,
    UPTIME?, IPS? DNSHOSTNAME?, NETPORTVENDOR?, NETBIOSNAME?, WORKGROUP?,
    USERSESSION?)>
        <!--  IP address -->
        <!ELEMENT IP (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  mac address -->
        <!ELEMENT MAC (#PCDATA)>

        <!-- Information retrieved from SNMP -->
        <!-- credentials ID -->
        <!ELEMENT AUTHSNMP (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- type
        (COMPUTER|NETWORKING|PRINTER|STORAGE|POWER|PHONE|VIDEO|KVM) -->
        <!ELEMENT TYPE (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- manufacturer -->
        <!ELEMENT MANUFACTURER (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- model -->
        <!ELEMENT MODEL (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- description (sysDescr) -->
        <!ELEMENT DESCRIPTION (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  host name -->
        <!ELEMENT SNMPHOSTNAME (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  location -->
        <!ELEMENT LOCATION (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  contact -->
        <!ELEMENT CONTACT (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  serial number -->
        <!ELEMENT SERIAL (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  firmware version -->
        <!ELEMENT FIRMWARE (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  uptime ("X days, HH:MM::SS" format) -->
        <!ELEMENT UPTIME (#PCDATA)>
        <!--  IP addresses -->
        <!ELEMENT IPS (IP+)>
        <!--  IP address -->
        <!ELEMENT IP (#PCDATA)>

        <!-- Information retrieved from Nmap -->
        <!-- host name -->
        <!ELEMENT DNSHOSTNAME (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- vendor -->
        <!ELEMENT NETPORTVENDOR (#PCDATA)>

        <!-- Information retrieved from NetBios -->
        <!-- host name -->
        <!ELEMENT NETBIOSNAME (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- user name -->
        <!ELEMENT USERSESSION (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- workgroup -->
        <!ELEMENT USERSESSION (#PCDATA)>

    <!-- netsdiscovery module version(string) -->
    <!ELEMENT MODULEVERSION (#PCDATA)> # netdiscovery module version
    <!-- server process ID (integer) -->
    <!ELEMENT PROCESSNUMBER (#PCDATA)>

    <!-- agent ID (string) -->
    <!ELEMENT DEVICEID (#PCDATA)> # agent ID (string)
    <!-- message type, ie "NETDISCOVERY" -->
    <!ELEMENT QUERY (#PCDATA)>

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<REQUEST>
  <CONTENT>
    <DEVICE>
      <AUTHSNMP>1</AUTHSNMP>
      <CONTACT>dsi.sesi.reseau@inria.fr</CONTACT>
      <DESCRIPTION>Cisco NX-OS(tm) n5000, Software (n5000-uk9), Version 5.2(1)N1(5), RELEASE SOFTWARE Copyright (c) 2002-2011 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Device Manager Version 6.1(1),  Compiled 6/27/2013 16:00:00</DESCRIPTION>
      <FIRMWARE>CW_VERSION$5.2(1)N1(5)$</FIRMWARE>
      <IP>192.168.0.8</IP>
      <LOCATION>Inria dc1 salle 07</LOCATION>
      <MAC>00:23:04:ee:be:02</MAC>
      <MANUFACTURER>Cisco</MANUFACTURER>
      <MODEL>Cisco Nexus 5596</MODEL>
      <SNMPHOSTNAME>swdc-07-01-dc1</SNMPHOSTNAME>
      <TYPE>NETWORKING</TYPE>
      <UPTIME>175 days, 11:33:37.48</UPTIME>
    </DEVICE>
    <MODULEVERSION>2.3.9901</MODULEVERSION>
    <PROCESSNUMBER>1</PROCESSNUMBER>
  </CONTENT>
  <DEVICEID>qlf-sesi-inventory.inria.fr-2013-11-14-17-47-17</DEVICEID>
  <QUERY>NETDISCOVERY</QUERY>
</REQUEST>