Enable the Web Management Interface
About this task
Note
DEMO FEATURE - Read Only User for EDM is a demonstration feature on some products. Demonstration features are provided for testing purposes. Demonstration features are for lab use only and are not for use in a production environment. For more information, see VOSS Feature Support Matrix.
Enable the web management interface to provide management access to the switch using a web browser.
HTTP and HTTPS, and FTP support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, with no difference in functionality or configuration.
Important
If you want to allow HTTP access to the device, then you must disable the web server secure-only option. If you want to allow HTTPS access to the device, the web server secure-only option is enabled by default. The TFTP server supports both IPv4 and IPv6 TFTP clients.
Procedure
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Configure the
username and the access password:
web-server password rwa WORD<1–20>
Important
The default passwords and community strings are documented and well known. Change the default passwords and community strings immediately after you first log on.
Example
Enable the secure-only web-server. Configure the Read-Write-All access level username to smith2 and the password to 90Go2437. Enable read-only-user for the web server. Configure the read-only-user username to jones6 and the password to G69s8672.
Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#configure terminal
Switch:1(config)#web-server enable
Switch:1(config)#web-server secure-only
Switch:1(config)#web-server read-only-user enable
Switch:1(config)#web-server password rwa smith2
Enter the New password : ********
Re-enter the New password : ********
Password changed.
Switch:1(config)#web-server password ro jones6
Enter the New password : ********
Re-enter the New password : ********
Password changed.
Switch:1(config)#show web-server
Web Server Info :
Status : on
Secure-only : enabled
TLS-minimum-version : tlsv12
RO Username Status : enabled
RO Username : jones6
RO Password : ********
RWA Username : smith2
RWA Password : ********
Def-display-rows : 30
Inactivity timeout : 900 sec
Html help tftp source-dir :
HttpPort : 80
HttpsPort : 443
NumHits : 0
NumAccessChecks : 0
NumAccessBlocks : 0
NumRxErrors : 0
NumTxErrors : 0
NumSetRequest : 0
Minimum password length : 8
Last Host Access Blocked : 0.0.0.0
In use certificate : Self signed
Variable Definitions
Use the data in the following table to use the web-server command.
|
Variable |
Value |
|---|---|
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def-display-rows <10-100> |
Configures the number of rows each page displays, between 10 and 100. |
|
enable |
Enables the Web interface. To disable the web server, use the no form of this command: no web-server [enable] |
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help-tftp <WORD/0-256> |
Configures the TFTP or FTP directory for Help files, in one of the following formats: a.b.c.d:/| peer:/ [<dir>]. The path can use 0–256 characters. The following example paths illustrate the correct format:
|
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http-port <80-49151> |
Configures the web server HTTP port. The default port is 80. |
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https-port <443-49151> |
Configure the web server HTTPS port. The default port is 443. |
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inactivity-timeout<30–65535> |
Configures the web-server session inactivity timeout. The default is 900 seconds (15 minutes). |
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password {ro | rwa} WORD<1-20> |
Configures the logon and password for the web interface. |
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password min-passwd-len<1–32> |
Configures the minimum password length. By default, the minimum password length is 8 characters. |
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read-only-user |
Enables read-only user for the web server. Note:
read-only-user enable is available for demonstration purposes on some products. For more information, see VOSS Feature Support Matrix. |
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secure-only |
Enables secure-only access for the web server. |
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tls-min-ver<tlsv10|tlsv11|tlsv12> |
Configures the minimum version of the TLS protocol supported by the web-server. You can select among the following:
The default is tlsv12. |