In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be doing the initial setup for automation on a Cisco IOS Device. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device.  Session Prerequisites:

• You have a Cisco Console Cable
• You have a serial port
• You have a Terminal Program that you can access your Serial Port

Session Assumptions:

• Hostname is already set
• Domain name is:  SPC.DEV
• RSA modulus is  1024 bits
• Our Admin interface is:  FA0/0
• The Interface has already had its IP Address assigned
• Enable Password is: password
• Username is : pytest
• Password is:  pytest
• We are using VTY ports 0-5

Our goals of this session are:

• Setup IP Domain Name
• Create RSA key for SSH
• Set Enable Password
• Setup Username
• Setup Password
• Turn interface FA0/0 on
• Enable SSH on VTY 0-5
• Set Login to Local Authentication

Set Domain Name:

conf t
!
ip domain name test.dev
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

Create RSA Key for SSH:

conf t
!
crypto key generate rsa general-keys modulus 1024
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

Set Enable Password:

conf t
!
enable password password
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

Set Username and Password:

conf t
!
username pytest password pytest
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

 

Turn Interface FA0/0 on:

conf t
!
interface fe0/0
!
no shut
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

Enable SSH on VTY 0-5:

conf t
!
line vty 0 5
!
transport input ssh
!
transport output ssh
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

Enable local login on VTY 0-5:

conf t
!
line vty 0 5
!
login local
!
exit
!
copy running-config startup-config

 

Entire Session:

conf t
!
ip domain name test.dev
!
crypto key generate rsa general-keys modulus 1024
! 
enable password password
!
username pytest password pytest
!
interface fe0/0
!
no shut
!
exit
!
!
line vty 0 5
!
transport input ssh
!
transport output ssh
!
login local
!
exit
! 
copy running-config startup-config

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