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Deploy a local user admin using CE-Deploy

Abstract

A local user admin account allows direct access to the device without needing to go through its web portal via Control Hub or the cloud xAPI. Some tasks and configuration options are not available via the cloud, so having a local admin account provides a way to set configurations and manage personal mode devices. Typically, setting up a new cloud device removes local admin accounts, making the device's web portal accessible only through Control Hub. In this lab, you will add a new local admin account to the device via the cloud xAPI using CE-Deploy.

dep-2.7 Labs

dep-2.7.1 Open CE-Deploy and load your environment you created in the previous lab

Loading Environments

To load an environment, use the dropdown in the Environment loading section and select your new Environment and select Load Environment.

Then select Users from the deployment panel

Users

Device Users

Device users allows us to add, delete and modify device users via the cloud xAPI in CE-Deploy. If you doing integrations with 3rd party's, setting configurations or doing device backups having a local admin account on the device may be critical for day to day operations. CE-Deploy can access a device by the IP address to take advantage of the local admin account.

dep-2.7.2 Set the following setting.

Setting
Device User Action Add
Username adminUserxx(yourPodNo.)
Passphrase Cisco12345
User Role Admin, User, Integrator
PassPhase Change No
Shell Login Yes
Activate Account Yes

User Options

dep-2.7.3 Under deployment Options use the dropdown to select Tags and enter your pod tag for your device.

Tag Options

dep-2.7.4 Ensure the Video Devices Only checkbox is checked.

dep-2.7.5 Press button Start Deployment.

dep-2.7.6 Ensure the Scheduler has the Run Deployment Now check box selected and click Next.

dep-2.7.7 The Message Console will now appear, you can follow along the deployment process.

Network IP Address Challenge

In the next portion of the lab you will need the IP address of your pods endpoint. Using the command below in CE-Deploy can you retrieve your IP?

    xStatus Network[1] IPv4 Address

dep-2.7.8 To test the local admin account we are going to switch CE-Deploy into local mode from cloud and run an xAPI command directly to the device.

Select the cloud/local toggle in the main navigation bar.

Toggle

Ensure that it is set to local and the interface updates:

Local Interface

Now we can use the IP address of the device to send commands.

dep-2.7.9 Using the IP address from the IP challenge and your new local admin username and password enter the details as shown along with the command:

xCommand time datetime get

xCOmmand

dep-2.7.10 Click on Start Deployment

dep-2.7.11 Ensure the Scheduler has the Run Deployment Now check box selected and click Next.

dep-2.7.12 The Message Console will now appear, you can follow along the deployment process.

Message Console

Success

All done. Congrats, you have now seen the most commonly used functions in CE-Deploy, but there is still plenty to explore. Stay on the local tab as we dive in deep to some lesser known features.