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Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7 Configuring Call Home
How to Configure Call Home
Configuring a Destination Profile to Send HTTP Messages
To configure Call Home to send HTTP (or HTTPS) messages, complete the following tasks:
•
Configuring the HTTP Source Interface, page 7-10
•
Configuring a Destination Profile for HTTP, page 7-10
•
Configuring a Trustpoint Certificate Authority, page 7-12
Configuring the HTTP Source Interface
If you are using HTTP or HTTPS to send Call Home messages, then you must configure the VRF
management interface as the HTTP client source interface.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
configure
terminal
2.
ip http client source-interface
type
number
3.
end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring a Destination Profile for HTTP
To configure a destination profile for http transport, complete the following steps:
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
configure
terminal
2.
call-home
3.
profile
name
4.
destination transport-method http
5.
destination address http
url
6.
destination preferred-msg-format
{
long-text
|
short-text
|
xml
}
Command or Action
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Example:
Router#
configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
ip http client source-interface
type
number
Example:
Router(config)#
ip http client source-interface
gigabitethernet 0
Configures the source interface for the HTTP client.
Note
On the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router, this interface
should be the VRF management interface.
Step 3
end
Example:
Router(cfg-call-home)#
end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
