Chapter 21 Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images

Configuring Automatic Upgrades

•user-nameuser_name—Specifies the username for server authentication.

•user-server {disabled enabled}—Enables automatic upgrades from a user-defined server.

Configuring Automatic Upgrades

If you get an unauthorized error message while configuring an automatic update, make sure you have the correct ports open on any firewalls between the sensor and Cisco.com. For example, you need port 443 for the initial automatic update connection to www.cisco.com, and you need port 80 to download the chosen package from a Cisco file server. The IP address may change for the Cisco file server, but you can find it in the lastDownloadAttempt section in the output of the show statistics host command.

Caution The IPS address has been changed to cisco.com in the URL configuration. If you have automatic update configured on your sensor, you may need to update firewall rules to allow the sensor to connect to this new address.

Note To check the status of the last automatic update or the next scheduled automatic update, run the show statistics host command and check the Auto Update Statistics section.

To schedule automatic upgrades, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.

Step 2 Enter automatic upgrade submode.

sensor# configure terminal

sensor(config)# service host sensor(config-hos)# auto-upgrade

sensor(config-hos-aut)#

Step 3 Configure the sensor to automatically look for new upgrades either on Cisco.com or on your file server:

a.On Cisco.com. Continue with Step 4.

sensor(config-hos-aut)# cisco-server enabled

b.From your server.

sensor(config-hos-aut)# user-server enabled

c.Specify the IP address of the file server.

sensor(config-hos-ena)# ip-address 10.1.1.1

d.Specify the directory where the upgrade files are located on the file server.

sensor(config-hos-ena)#directory /tftpboot/sensor_updates

e.Specify the file server protocol.

sensor(config-hos-ena)# file-copy-protocol ftp

Note If you use SCP, you must use the ssh host-keycommand to add the server to the SSH known hosts list so the sensor can communicate with it through SSH.

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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