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Purpose Command or Action
Enters the global configuration mode. configure terminal
Example:
Switch#
configure terminal
Step 2
Enables the HTTP server. The web-based authentication feature uses
the HTTP server to communicate with the hosts for user authentication. ip http server
Example:
Switch(config)# ip http server
Step 3
Enables HTTPS. ip http secure-server
Step 4
Example:
Switch(config)#
ip http secure-server
You can configure custom authentication proxy web pages or specify
a redirection URL for successful login.
To ensure secure authentication when you enter the ip http
secure-server command, the login page is always in HTTPS
(secure HTTP) even if the user sends an HTTP request.
Note
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. end
Example:
Switch(config)# end
Step 5
Customizing the Authentication Proxy Web Pages
You can configure web authentication to display four substitute HTML pages to the user in place of the Switch
default HTML pages during web-based authentication.
For the equivalent Session Aware Networking configuration example for this feature, see the section
"Configuring a Parameter Map for Web-Based Authentication" in the chapter, "Configuring Identity Control
Policies." of the book, "
Session Aware Networking Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3SE (Catalyst
3850 Switches) ."
Follow these steps to specify the use of your custom authentication proxy web pages:
Before You Begin
Store your custom HTML files on the Switch flash memory.
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