Cisco Identity Services Engine Installation Guide, Release 3.5

Cisco ISE configuration verification

Updated: May 28, 2026

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Overview

Verify configuration using a web browser
Verify configuration using the CLI

Overview

Explains the methods available for verifying Cisco ISE configuration, including differences in credential types between the CLI and web interface.

You can verify the Cisco ISE configuration using a web browser or the CLI. Each method requires a different set of username and password credentials.

Note

The CLI administrator user credentials and the web-based administrator user credentials are different in Cisco ISE.

Verify configuration using a web browser

Follow these steps to verify the configuration using a web browser:

Procedure

	1.	After the Cisco ISE appliance reboots, open a supported web browser.
	2.	In the Address field, enter the IP address or host name of the Cisco ISE appliance using this format, and press Enter.
	3.	On the Cisco ISE Login page, enter the username and password you created during setup. Click Login. For example, enter https://192.0.2.10/admin/. The Cisco ISE Login page appears. `https://<IP address or host name>/admin/` Note For first-time access to the Cisco ISE system using a web browser, the administrator username and password are the same as the credentials you configured for command-line interface access during setup.
	4.	Use the Cisco ISE dashboard to verify that the appliance is working correctly.

What to do next

Use the Cisco ISE web-based interface menus and options to configure the system to suit your needs. For details on configuring Cisco ISE,refer to Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide.

Verify configuration using the CLI

Follow these steps to verify the configuration using the CLI:

Before you begin

Download and install the latest Cisco ISE patch to keep Cisco ISE appliance up to date.

Procedure

	1.	After your Cisco ISE appliance reboots, open a supported application, such as PuTTY, to connect to your Cisco ISE appliance using Secure Shell (SSH).
	2.	In the Host Name or IP Address field, enter the hostname or IP address (in dotted decimal format) for your Cisco ISE appliance, and click Open.
	3.	At the login prompt, enter the CLI-admin username you created during setup. The default user name is admin. Press Enter.
	4.	At the password prompt, enter the CLI-admin password you created during setup. Press Enter.
	5.	At the system prompt, enter show application version ise and press Enter.
	6.	To check the status of the Cisco ISE processes, enter show application status ise and press Enter. The console output appears as shown: ise-server/admin# show application status ise ISE PROCESS NAME STATE PROCESS ID -------------------------------------------------------------------- Database Listener running 4930 Database Server running 66 PROCESSES Application Server running 8231 Profiler Database running 6022 ISE Indexing Engine running 8634 AD Connector running 9485 M&T Session Database running 3059 M&T Log Collector running 9271 M&T Log Processor running 9129 Certificate Authority Service running 8968 EST Service running 18887 SXP Engine Service disabled TC-NAC Docker Service disabled TC-NAC MongoDB Container disabled TC-NAC RabbitMQ Container disabled TC-NAC Core Engine Container disabled VA Database disabled VA Service disabled pxGrid Infrastructure Service disabled pxGrid Publisher Subscriber Service disabled pxGrid Connection Manager disabled pxGrid Controller disabled PassiveID Service disabled DHCP Server (dhcpd) disabled DNS Server (named) disabled

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