note on how to force change the community string

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Oliver Gorwits
2016-10-03 21:26:31 +01:00
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@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ A side panel appears in the web page with debug information. Be sure to turn
this off when you're done (stop and start without the environment variable)
otherwise secrets could be leaked to end users.
=head1 Change the SNMP commnuity string for a Device
If you change the SNMP community string in use on a Device, and update
Netdisco's configuration to match, then everything will continue to work fine.
However, if the Device happens to support two community strings then Netdisco
can become "stuck" on the wrong one, as it caches the last-known-good
community string to improve performance. To work around this, delete the
device (either in the web GUI or using C<netdisco-do> at the command line),
and then re-discover it.
=head1 Neighbor Relations on Juniper EX
The LLDP configuration should look like: