Automox Autodiscovery
Automox cloud discovery retrieves up-to-date details about your devices, operating systems, and software packages directly into Device42, which serves as a source of truth for your IT environment.
This page outlines the Automox autodiscovery items, authentication requirements, and how to set up and schedule a discovery job.
Automox Autodiscovery Items
Device42 gets the following details when an Automox discovery job is run:
- Device name
- Serial number and UUID
- Operating System (name and version)
- Hardware make and model
- CPU model
- RAM
- Mounts
- IP and MAC addresses
- Installed software packages (display name and version)
Authentication Requirements
Your Automox username and password are required for Device42 to request a bearer token. Bearer token authentication is then used for subsequent requests.
Create an Automox Discovery Job
Navigate to Discovery > Cloud and click Create.
Name the autodiscovery job and under the Type dropdown, select Automox.
Select the Bearer Token or click on the + (plus sign) icon to create a Secret with your client credentials (bearer token).
Optional Fields
You can optionally select or add a Service Level to associate with the discovered Automox Configuration Items.
Choose an Object Category for discovered devices. If you'd like for the Object Category of existing devices to match the newly selected object, check the Overwrite existing object categories box.
Add Tags for discovered devices to categorize and later help you filter the discovered devices by your chosen tags.
Schedule the Autodiscovery Job
You can automate the autodiscovery process by choosing the day(s) and time(s) when the job runs.
Create multiple jobs using the + Add another Autodiscovery Schedule button.
Run Now
After saving, you can click the Run Now button on the job details page that is displayed.
You can also find the job on the Cloud Autodiscovery list page and click Run Now under the Quick Actions column to run the job at any time.
