diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 4f29f214..2d68984a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2.041000 - 2019-03-12
+
+  [NEW FEATURES]
+
+  * netdisco-sshcollector no longer required - the functionality (arpnip via
+    ssh) will be run within netdisco's core schedule
+
+  * get_credentials replaces get_community and accepts any device_auth stanza
+    in JSON format
+
 2.040007 - 2019-03-06
 
   [BUG FIXES]
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 32b20851..0994605d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/IOSXR.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/Linux.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/NXOS.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/PaloAlto.pm
+lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/CLI.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm
+lib/App/Netdisco/Util/DeviceAuth.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/Util/DNS.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/Util/ExpandParams.pm
 lib/App/Netdisco/Util/FastResolver.pm
@@ -485,6 +487,7 @@ share/views/sidebar/report/subnets.tt
 share/views/sidebar/search/device.tt
 share/views/sidebar/search/node.tt
 share/views/sidebar/search/port.tt
+xt/00-compile.t
 xt/10-sort_port.t
 xt/11-portsort.t
 xt/20-checkacl.t
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index c19aca81..b528a7cf 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@
       },
       "runtime" : {
          "recommends" : {
-            "Expect" : "0",
             "Graph" : "0",
-            "GraphViz" : "0",
-            "Net::OpenSSH" : "0"
+            "GraphViz" : "0"
          },
          "requires" : {
             "Algorithm::Cron" : "0.07",
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@
             "Dancer::Plugin::Passphrase" : "v2.0.1",
             "Dancer::Session::Cookie" : "0.27",
             "Data::Printer" : "0",
+            "Expect" : "0",
             "File::ShareDir" : "1.03",
             "File::Slurper" : "0.009",
             "Guard" : "1.022",
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@
             "Net::DNS" : "0.72",
             "Net::Domain" : "1.23",
             "Net::LDAP" : "0",
+            "Net::OpenSSH" : "0",
             "NetAddr::IP" : "4.068",
             "NetAddr::MAC" : "0.93",
             "Opcode" : "1.07",
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
       "test" : {
          "requires" : {
             "Env::Path" : "0",
+            "Test::Compile" : "0",
             "Test::File::ShareDir::Dist" : "0",
             "Test::More" : "1.302083"
          }
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
    "provides" : {
       "App::Netdisco" : {
          "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco.pm",
-         "version" : "2.040007"
+         "version" : "2.041000"
       },
       "App::Netdisco::AnyEvent::Nbtstat" : {
          "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/AnyEvent/Nbtstat.pm"
@@ -406,6 +407,9 @@
       "App::Netdisco::SSHCollector::Platform::PaloAlto" : {
          "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/PaloAlto.pm"
       },
+      "App::Netdisco::Transport::CLI" : {
+         "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/CLI.pm"
+      },
       "App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP" : {
          "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm"
       },
@@ -415,6 +419,9 @@
       "App::Netdisco::Util::Device" : {
          "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm"
       },
+      "App::Netdisco::Util::DeviceAuth" : {
+         "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/Util/DeviceAuth.pm"
+      },
       "App::Netdisco::Util::ExpandParams" : {
          "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/Util/ExpandParams.pm"
       },
@@ -783,6 +790,9 @@
       },
       "Dancer::Template::NetdiscoTemplateToolkit" : {
          "file" : "lib/Dancer/Template/NetdiscoTemplateToolkit.pm"
+      },
+      "MySession" : {
+         "file" : "lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/CLI.pm"
       }
    },
    "release_status" : "stable",
@@ -792,7 +802,7 @@
       },
       "homepage" : "http://netdisco.org/",
       "license" : [
-         "http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php"
+         "http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
       ],
       "repository" : {
          "url" : "https://github.com/netdisco/netdisco"
@@ -800,6 +810,6 @@
       "x_IRC" : "irc://irc.freenode.org/#netdisco",
       "x_MailingList" : "https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/netdisco-users"
    },
-   "version" : "2.040007",
+   "version" : "2.041000",
    "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 2.97001"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index f7cb0c94..f7914fae 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ build_requires:
   ExtUtils::Config: '0'
   ExtUtils::Helpers: '0'
   ExtUtils::InstallPaths: '0'
+  Test::Compile: '0'
   Test::File::ShareDir::Dist: '0'
   Test::More: '1.302083'
 configure_requires:
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ name: App-Netdisco
 provides:
   App::Netdisco:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco.pm
-    version: '2.040007'
+    version: '2.041000'
   App::Netdisco::AnyEvent::Nbtstat:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/AnyEvent/Nbtstat.pm
   App::Netdisco::Backend::Job:
@@ -214,12 +215,16 @@ provides:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/NXOS.pm
   App::Netdisco::SSHCollector::Platform::PaloAlto:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/SSHCollector/Platform/PaloAlto.pm
+  App::Netdisco::Transport::CLI:
+    file: lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/CLI.pm
   App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/SNMP.pm
   App::Netdisco::Util::DNS:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/Util/DNS.pm
   App::Netdisco::Util::Device:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm
+  App::Netdisco::Util::DeviceAuth:
+    file: lib/App/Netdisco/Util/DeviceAuth.pm
   App::Netdisco::Util::ExpandParams:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/Util/ExpandParams.pm
   App::Netdisco::Util::FastResolver:
@@ -466,11 +471,11 @@ provides:
     file: lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Status.pm
   Dancer::Template::NetdiscoTemplateToolkit:
     file: lib/Dancer/Template/NetdiscoTemplateToolkit.pm
+  MySession:
+    file: lib/App/Netdisco/Transport/CLI.pm
 recommends:
-  Expect: '0'
   Graph: '0'
   GraphViz: '0'
-  Net::OpenSSH: '0'
 requires:
   Algorithm::Cron: '0.07'
   AnyEvent: '7.05'
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ requires:
   Dancer::Plugin::Passphrase: v2.0.1
   Dancer::Session::Cookie: '0.27'
   Data::Printer: '0'
+  Expect: '0'
   File::ShareDir: '1.03'
   File::Slurper: '0.009'
   Guard: '1.022'
@@ -506,6 +512,7 @@ requires:
   Net::DNS: '0.72'
   Net::Domain: '1.23'
   Net::LDAP: '0'
+  Net::OpenSSH: '0'
   NetAddr::IP: '4.068'
   NetAddr::MAC: '0.93'
   Opcode: '1.07'
@@ -547,7 +554,7 @@ resources:
   MailingList: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/netdisco-users
   bugtracker: https://github.com/netdisco/netdisco/issues
   homepage: http://netdisco.org/
-  license: http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+  license: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
   repository: https://github.com/netdisco/netdisco
-version: '2.040007'
+version: '2.041000'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco.pm
index cecfe6ae..8f53e14e 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use 5.010_000;
 
-our $VERSION = '2.040007';
+our $VERSION = '2.041000';
 use App::Netdisco::Configuration;
 
 =head1 NAME