Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent Integration Guide

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Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent Integration Guide

Integrate an on-premises Cisco ISE deployment with Cisco Cloud Control

Updated: November 12, 2026

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Provides step-by-step instructions on how to integrate on-premises Cisco ISE deployment to Cisco Cloud Control.

Use this procedure to create the Cisco ISE integration, download the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent package, and complete Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent setup.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have configured a supported Cisco ISE deployment and can access its Admin portal. During installation, the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent enables pxGrid if needed. If setup creates a new pxGrid client, approve it in Cisco ISE at Administration > pxGrid Services Services. Installation pauses until you approve the client.

For release-specific configuration instructions, see the Cisco ISE Administrator Guide for your release.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Cisco Cloud Control and choose your tenant with necessary Cisco ISE entitlements.

    Authenticate to log in to your tenant. For information on new product or tenant setup, refer to Cisco Cloud Control.

  2. Click Identity and choose Integrations. Click + Add Integration.

    Cisco Cloud Control displays the available integration providers.

  3. In the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) tile, click + Add Integration.

    The New Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Integration page appears.

  4. Enter a name and an optional description for the Cisco ISE integration, and click Generate tethering token. Ensure that you have the prerequisites ready before generating the token.

    The page displays setup instructions to integrate your on-premises Cisco ISE deployment with Cisco Cloud Control.

  5. Click Copy tethering token.

    Note

    The tethering token is valid for 24 hours and can be used only once. Copy it before leaving this page. If it expires or you leave the page without copying it, open the integration’s edit page and reset the agent credentials to generate a new token.TThe tethering token

  6. Click Download agent bundle to download the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent package from Cisco Cloud Control.

  7. Install and configure the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent using the step-by-step instructions provided in Install and configure the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent.

  8. After the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent is installed successfully and the agent configuration status is displayed as Running, return to the New Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Integration page in Cisco Cloud Control and click Finish setup.

    Click Yes, finish setup in the displayed popup.

Your on-premises Cisco ISE deployment is integrated with Cisco Cloud Control through the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent.

What to do next

Verify the connection. Refer to Verify the Cisco ISE Cloud Central Agent connection.