Discovery: How to export or import credentials through command line

Knowledge Article

Article Number

000392619

Old Article Number

Article Type

FAQ/Procedural

Title

Discovery: How to export or import credentials through command line

Summary

The command lines utilities tw_vault_export and tw_vault_import can be used.

Product

BMC Discovery

Component

BMC Discovery

Applies to

Any version of Discovery >= 12.0.

Question

How to export or import credentials through command line?

Answer

The following command lines are meant to be executed in the terminal of the appliance.

1- EXPORT:
Execute the command below to export the credentials from the source appliance

tw_vault_export --output=TestExport.json --guard=file_password

Where "TestExport.json" is the name of the export, and "file_password" the password to protect the file from being used by people who should not access this data.

2- IMPORT:
execute the command below to import the credentials into the target appliance

tw_vault_import --verbose -C --guard=file_password -O -D TestExport.json

Notes:
- The KA 000202304 shows how to update or delete credentials: Discovery: How update or remove credentials with tw_vault_control?
- If the UI is available, and that the goal is not to script the import or export, the user may want to follow this documentation instead.

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