Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S160 User Guide

Overview of the Command Line Interface, page 27-1

Accessing the Command Line Interface, page 27-1

General Purpose CLI Commands, page 27-4

Web Security Appliance CLI Commands, page 27-6

The AsyncOS Command Line Interface (CLI) allows you to configure and monitor the Web Security 
appliance. The Command Line Interface is accessible using SSH on IP interfaces that have been 
configured with these services enabled, or using terminal emulation software on the serial port. By 
default, SSH is configured on the Management port. 

The commands are invoked by entering the command name with or without any arguments. If you enter 
a command without arguments, the command prompts you for the required information.

You can connect using one of the following methods:

Ethernet. Start an SSH session with the IP address of the Web Security appliance. The factory 
default IP address is 192.168.42.42. SSH is configured to use port 22. 

Serial connection. Start a terminal session with the communication port on your personal computer 
that the serial cable is connected to.

You can add other users with differing levels of permissions after you have accessed the CLI the first time 
using the 

 account—log in to the appliance by entering the default 

 user name and passphrase:

User name: 

Passphrase: 

The System Setup Wizard prompts you to change the passphrase for the 

 account the first time you 

log in with the default passphrase. 

You can also reset the 

 account passphrase at any time using the 

passwd

 command.