Base64 encoded password can be entered into the Device Rules section of Config Crawler. Base64 encoded password need to have base64 before the encoded password. The below is based on AKIPS v22.6.
Base64 encoded passwords were introduced in 20.2, though there is no reference in the release notes.
# Cisco Core Router Device Backup
name: Cisco-Core-Router-Daily
group: 2-Core-LAN
user: akips
pass: base64 bXlQbGFpblRleHRQYXNzd29yZA==
script: cisco-cfg-ios
strip: "/^ntp clock\-period/"
Encode a plain text password into Base64 using AKIPS CLI
This converts "myPlainTextPassword" into bXlQbGFpblRleHRQYXNzd29yZA==
akips@dev12-21$ echo -n "myPlainTextPassword" | b64encode -
begin-base64 644 -
bXlQbGFpblRleHRQYXNzd29yZA==
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Decode a Base64 encoded password from Config Crawler back into plain text using the AKIPS CLI.
This converts "bXlQbGFpblRleHRQYXNzd29yZA==" into myPlainTextPassword .
akips@<akips-server>$ echo -n "bXlQbGFpblRleHRQYXNzd29yZA==" | b64decode -mr; echo
myPlainTextPassword
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