Editing the Basic Properties of Cisco CSR 1000v using COT: Example
cot edit-properties csr1000v-universalk9.ova
-p "login-username=cisco"
-p "login-password=cisco"
-o csr1000v-universalk9-customized.ova
\# save modifications to a new OVA
cot info csr1000v-universalk9-customized.ova
# verify the new values of properties in the OVA
(...)
Properties:
<config-version>
"1.0"
Router Name
""
Login Username
"cisco"
Login Password
"cisco"
Management Interface
"GigabitEthernet1"
Management VLAN
""
Management Interface IPv4 Address/Mask
""
The table below shows the
cot edit-properties
command and arguments used in the above example.
Description
Script Step
Edits the basic environment properties of this OVA
(csr1000v-universalk9.ova).
cot edit propertie
s csr1000v-universalk9.ova
Sets the bootstrap login username.
-p "login-username=cisco"
Sets the bootstrap login password.
-p "login-password=cisco"
Saves a modified OVA, which contains config
commands from the text file.
-o "csr1000v-universalk9-customized.ova"
Editing the Custom Properties of Cisco CSR 1000v using COT
Before doing the procedures shown in section
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v VM using COT, on page 89
,
you can edit custom properties, for example to include Cisco IOS XE CLI commands.
To edit the custom properties of the OVA, use one of the following two commands:
•
cot edit-properties
; see
cot edit-properties, on page 86
.
•
cot inject-config
; see
cot inject-config, on page 88
.
cot edit-properties
Use the
cot edit-properties
command to pre-apply a small number of configuration commands to the OVA.
(Otherwise, for a larger number of commands, consider using the
cot inject-config
command; see
inject-config, on page 88
.)
For further details about the
cot edit-properties
command, see
http://cot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage_edit_
.
Synopsis and Description
cot edit-properties ova-filename
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in VMware ESXi Environments
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v to the VM using COT