Getting Started with IOS-XE Guestshell (Cisco Catalyst - On-box Python & Linux Shell)

[@arturofm1477]

Something like this is basically what is done for testing the switches in manufacturing stage.

[@microsoftsurfacegeekdetail5739]

You have done a cracking web page, a very well edited KZbin video and I found it very informative so thank you very much. I will now have a play with getting this box to shut down and bring up my VM Environment on the xDSL 1117-4P router I have.

[@petemorales6270]

This is one of the coolest things I have seen! Great video

[@0x2142]

Hey Thanks! I appreciate the comment & glad you liked it!

[@VandersonT_]

awesome vid, and awesome feature! thanks :)

[@geons.]

Fantastic video! Thanks

[@johnmiskulin4751]

Love your channel!

[@0x2142]

Thanks for the comment! Happy to hear you like it!!

[@sa6kad]

Great video, thanks. It would be even more helpful if you explained what exactly some configuration line do. For example it is a little unclear what is what in this line: #app-vnic gateway0 virtualportgroup 0 guest-interface 0

[@0x2142]

Got it! Thanks for the feedback. I'm still trying to figure out what formats & how much/little detail works for my videos - so I definitely appreciate the comment! So my understanding is that with that command you're configuring the guest container interface. "app-vnic gateway0" means that you're configuring a new "gateway0" virtual NIC for the guest container - then you're linking that to a virtual port group on the switch & assigning the virtual interface number on the container. Which means that we create a new gateway0 interface, which will show up as eth0 (guest-interface 0) on the container - and that's linked to the virtualportgroup 0 network, which we created just a little earlier in the video. Hope that helps!

[@cardborlord]

Cool video. Can this also host a webserver to create your own API? Is it possible to nat to this app ? And is there anyway to make it persistant with a local database?

[@0x2142]

Hi there, thanks for the comment! Yes, you could build & host a local web server if you wanted. Depending on the configuration, you could NAT to it as well. With what I've shown here, we're just using a default / built-in container called "guestshell" - which I don't think supports persistent storage. However, you can create your own custom IOX app (container), and build it with requirements for persistent storage. More detail on building custom apps here: developer.cisco.com/docs/app-hosting-ap/#!create-an-iox-application-package/create-an-iox-application-package