Cisco Cisco Expressway Maintenance Manual
Field
Description
Usage tips
Password
The password that this administrator will use to
log in to the Expressway.
log in to the Expressway.
All passwords on the Expressway are
encrypted, so you only see placeholder
characters here.
encrypted, so you only see placeholder
characters here.
When entering passwords, the bar next to the
Password field changes color to indicate the
complexity of the password. You can configure
the complexity requirements for local
administrator passwords on the
Password field changes color to indicate the
complexity of the password. You can configure
the complexity requirements for local
administrator passwords on the
).
You cannot set blank passwords.
Web
access
access
Determines whether this account is allowed to
log in to the system using the web interface.
log in to the system using the web interface.
Default: Yes
API access Determines whether this account is allowed to
access the system's status and configuration
using the Application Programming Interface
(API).
using the Application Programming Interface
(API).
Default: Yes
This controls access to the XML and REST APIs
by systems such as Cisco TMS.
by systems such as Cisco TMS.
State
Indicates if the account is enabled or disabled.
Access will be denied to disabled accounts.
Access will be denied to disabled accounts.
Viewing active administrator sessions
The
Active administrator sessions
page (
Users > Active administrator sessions
) lists all administrator
accounts that are currently logged in to this Expressway.
It displays details of their session including their login time, session type, IP address and port, and when they
last accessed this Expressway.
last accessed this Expressway.
You can terminate active web sessions by selecting the required sessions and clicking Terminate session.
You may see many sessions listed on this page if a zero Session time out value is configured. This
typically occurs if an administrator ends their session by closing down their browser without first logging out
of the Expressway.
typically occurs if an administrator ends their session by closing down their browser without first logging out
of the Expressway.
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User accounts
Configuring administrator accounts