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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Other System Settings
Managing WAAS Express Devices
The following sections describe these steps in detail.
Configuring a User
The first step in setting up your WAAS Express device and Central Manager to communicate is to
configure the same user on the WAAS Express device and the Central Manager.
To configure a user, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log in to the WAAS Express device CLI.
Step 2 Configure a local user with privilege level 15 on the WAAS Express device by using the username IOS
configuration command:
waas-express#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
waas-express(config)#username cisco privilege 15 password 0 cisco
waas-express(config)#exit
Alternatively, you can configure an external TACACS+ or RADIUS user; see details after this procedure.
Step 3 Save the running configuration:
waas-express#write memory
Building configuration...
[OK]
Step 4 From the WAAS Central Manager menu, choose Admin > Security > WAAS Express > Global
Credentials. The WAAS Express Global Credentials window appears.
On the Central Manager, you can define global WAAS Express credentials that apply to all WAAS
Express devices, or you can define credentials at the device group or individual device level. This
procedure shows how to configure global credentials. To configure device group or individual device
credentials, you must first complete the WAAS Express registration process and then configure this
setting for a WAAS Express device group or device. Device and device group credentials have
precedence over global credentials.
Step 5 In the Username field, enter the same username that you defined on the WAAS Express device.
Note The username field is optional if you are not using local or AAA authentication for the HTTP
server on the WAAS Express device; that is, if you use the default HTTP server configuration of
ip http authentication enable. (See the “Enabling the HTTP Secure Server on the WAAS
Express Device” section on page 1-32.)
Step 6 In the Password field, enter the same password that you defined on the WAAS Express device.
Step 7 Click Submit.
Note Changing the WAAS Express credentials on the Central Manager does not change the configuration on
the WAAS Express device. It affects only the credentials that are stored on the Central Manager.
To configure an external TACACS+ user on the WAAS Express device, use the following configuration
commands on the WAAS Express device: