Clarification for setting up SSH terminal access on Cisco IOS
- by Matt Malesky
I'm attempting to set up SSH on a Cisco 2811 and having some difficulties.
The first step to this should be running crypto key generate rsa
I seem to be missing this though:
better#crypto key generate rsa
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.
better#
Furthermore, the only available commands I have in the crypto key namespace are lock and unlock, which seem to indicate a locked keypair (for which I don't know the password):
better#crypto key ?
lock Lock a keypair.
unlock Unlock a keypair.
better#crypto key unlock ?
rsa RSA keys
better#crypto key unlock rsa
%% Please enter the passphrase:
%% Unlocking failed.
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better#
More or less, I'm asking what exactly this might mean, and if I actually do have certificates already here (used router)? Otherwise, how can I solve this? It's my first time configuring this feature, but I definitely believe it's part of my IOS.
Speaking of my IOS, I'm running the image c2800nm-advsecurityk9-mz.124-24.T6.bin
I'll also note that I have my hostname and ip domain-name configured. I'll also give you a dir flash: below if it's at all of use:
better#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rw- 2748 Jul 27 2009 14:03:52 +00:00 sdmconfig-2811.cfg
3 -rw- 931840 Jul 27 2009 14:04:10 +00:00 es.tar
4 -rw- 1505280 Jul 27 2009 14:04:32 +00:00 common.tar
5 -rw- 1038 Jul 27 2009 14:04:46 +00:00 home.shtml
6 -rw- 112640 Jul 27 2009 14:05:00 +00:00 home.tar
7 -rw- 1697952 Jul 27 2009 14:05:26 +00:00 securedesktop-ios-3.1.1.45-k9.pkg
8 -rw- 415956 Jul 27 2009 14:05:46 +00:00 sslclient-win-1.1.4.176.pkg
9 -rw- 38732900 Dec 8 2011 06:28:56 +00:00 c2800nm-advsecurityk9-mz.124-24.T6.bin
64016384 bytes total (20598784 bytes free)
better#
