Table Of Contents

Launching WBM

Setting Up the WBM

Enabling WBM on the Guard

Launching WBM

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This chapter provides an overview of the basic procedures in Web-Based Management (WBM). It provides an explanation on how to set up the WBM in the Guard and how to connect to the WBM.

Setting Up the WBM

Before setting up the Web-Based Management (WBM), you must configure the Guard from the Command Line Interface (CLI). In order to manage the Guard, you must have the following information:

•The IP address of the Guard

•Admin or Config privileged user-name and password

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Note Admin and config privileged users can configure WBM access for users with dynamic and show privileges.

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Enabling WBM on the Guard

For detailed information on the Guard's CLI, refer to the Cisco Guard User Guide.

To enable the Guard web-based management service, WBM, perform the following steps:

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Step 1 Enable the WBM service. Enter the following:

service wbm

Step 2 Permit access to the Guard from the remote manager's IP address. Enter the following:

permit wbm ip-addr [ip-mask]

The arguments ip-addr and ip-mask define the remote manager's IP address.

For example:

admin@GUARD-conf# service wbm

admin@GUARD-conf# permit wbm 192.168.30.32

Step 3 Open the browser and enter the following address:

https://Guard-ip-address/ 

The argument Guard-ip-address is the IP address of the Guard.

The Guard WBM login window appears.

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Caution Note that HTTPS and not HTTP is used to enable web based management control.

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Step 4 Enter your username and password and click OK.

After you enter the user name and password correctly, the Guards's home page is displayed (see Figure 1-1).

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For example:

admin@GUARD-conf# service wbm

admin@GUARD-conf# permit wbm 192.168.30.321

If you fail to connect to the Guard:

•Make sure that you entered the correct user name and password.

•Make sure that you entered the correct IP address and that you connected using HTTPS.

•Check the network connections of both the manager's station and the Guard.

•Check whether you can connect to the Guard using SSH.

•Verify that the WBM service is enabled and that access from the remote manager's IP address is permitted.