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Aruba Central Command Line Interface


The command-line interface features allows you to install, setup, manage, and troubleshoot Aruba Central deployments. The CLI is accessed through a console or through a Secure Shell (SSHSecure Shell. SSH is a network protocol that provides secure access to a remote device. ) session from a remote management console or workstation.

Accessing the Aruba Central CLI

The following procedure describes how to access the SSH and start executing CLI commands:

1. From a secure shell (SSH) client, open an SSH connection.

2. Login as an administrator.

3. When prompted, enter the administrator password.

A list of commands is displayed.

For example:

login as: copadmin

admin@10.22.150.92 password:

Last login: Wed Aug 7 05:43:22 2019 from 10.20.15.180

Syntax

Enter option [0 - <option number> ] : <enter option>

For example:

1. System

2. File Operations

3. Show

...

0. exit

...

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]:

Common Command Options

The following common options are used to:

0 – Exit – Use this command option to exit the SSH connection.

b – Back – Use this command option to go back to the previous menu.

m -Main menu – Use this command option to go to the main menu.

 

Main Menu Options

When you login to the Aruba Central (on-premises) SSH, the main set of commands are displayed. Using the main menu command options, you can perform various other actions as described in the table.

1. System

2. File Operations

3. Show

4. System Configuration

5. Advanced

6. Security

7. Support

8. Temporary Root Shell

9. Search Commands

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0. exit

 

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]:

List of CLI Commands

The following table lists all the commands supported in Aruba Central (on-premises) deployment:

Option Number

Command

Description

1

System

Reboots or resets the system.

1-1

Reboot

Reboots the system.

1-2

Factory Reset

Resets the system to factory settings.

2

File Operations

Uploads a file to the host.

2-1

Upload via (SCP)

Uploads a file to the host over SCPSecure Copy Protocol. SCP is a network protocol that supports file transfers between hosts on a network..

2-2

Upload via (SFTP)

Uploads a file to the host over SFTPSecure File Transfer Protocol. SFTP is a network protocol that allows file access, file transfer, and file management functions over a secure connection..

2-3

Upload via (HTTP/HTTPS)

Uploads a file to the host over HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol. The HTTP is an application protocol to transfer data over the web. The HTTP protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and the actions that the w servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. or HTTPSHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is a variant of the HTTP that adds a layer of security on the data in transit through a secure socket layer or transport layer security protocol connection.

2-4

Download File from COP

Downloads a file that is saved on the host.

2-5

Delete File

Deletes the files that was uploaded by the upload file command.

3

Show

Show commands are used to view or display the settings or parameters configured.

3-1

Version (Detail)

Displays the version (Detail) of the Aruba Central (on-premises) deployment.

3-2

List Files

Displays the total number of files in the pod.

3-3

Backup – Restore Status

Display the backup and restore status of the pod

3-4

Configuration

Display the updated network settings, cluster details, NTPNetwork Time Protocol. NTP is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computers over a network./Timezone information.

3-5

System

Display system information like usage of memory, activate information, and uptime.

3-6

User Sessions

Displays the list of user sessions.

3-7

clock

Displays the date, week, month, time details.

3-8

App status

Pod status of any Aruba Central (on-premises) application.

3-9

Cluster Status

Displays the cluster details for Aruba Central (on-premises)

4

System Configuration

System configuration commands are used to configure system parameters like network setup, cluster setup, timezone setup and also, upgrade the setup or perform a complete factory reset.

4-1

Upgrade

Upgrades the system for either an online customer or an offline customer.

4-2

Network Setup

Sets up a network permanently or temporarily.

4-3

Proxy Setup

Setup proxy configuration for Aruba Central (on-premises)

4-4

Setup Timezone

Sets up a timezone.

4-5

Setup NTP

Sets up an NTP server.

4-6

Node Setup

Sets up a node.

5

Advanced

Advanced commands are used to ping or check connectivity.

5-1

Test Connectivity

Tests the connectivity to any URLUniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet..

5-2

Nslookup

Performs a DNSDomain Name System. A DNS server functions as a phone book for the intranet and Internet users. It converts human-readable computer host names into IP addresses and IP addresses into host names. It stores several records for a domain name such as an address 'A' record, name server (NS), and mail exchanger (MX) records. The Address 'A' record is the most important record that is stored in a DNS server, because it provides the required IP address for a network peripheral or element. lookups for any host names.

5-3

Toggle CDN

Used to enable CDN, disable CDN , or show CDN Status.

6

Security

Security commands are used to reset or update the password.

6-1

Reset Password GUI

Resets the GUI password.

6-2

Reset Password CLI

Resets the CLI password.

6-2

Reset debug apps password

Resets the debug applications password.

7

Support

Support commands are used to collect information that are useful to TACTechnical Assistance Center..

7-1

Support Connection

Starts or stops support connection for remote TAC access.

7-2

Collect All Logs

Collects Aruba Central (on-premises) diagnostic tar for debugging.

7-3

Log Snapshot Operations

Generates and downloads snapshots. It also deletes snapshots and downloads upgrade reports.

7-4

Download COP Setup Logs

Downloads the COP setup logs.

7-5

Restart Applications

Restarts the applications.

7-6

System Operations Lock Management

Restarts a particular application.

8

Temporary Root Shell

Creates a temporary user and allows access to SSH for 2 days at a time.

9

Search commands

Displays a list of available command options.

System Command

Enter the command option 1 from the main menu to either reboot the system or reset the system to factory settings.

Enter Option [1-9] : 1

1. Reboot

2. Factory Reset

 

Reboot

Enter the command option 1 from the system menu to reboot the system.

Enter Option [0-2] : 1

Are you sure you want to reboot the system (Y/N):

If you select Y,

If you select N, you will be prompted to Press [Enter] key to continue … in SSH.

Factory Reset

Enter the command option 2 from the system menu to reset the system to its factory settings. Currently, it is a complete data reset.

Enter Option [0-2] : 2

File Operations

Enter the command option 2 from the main menu to upload a file to the host.

Enter Option [1-10] : 2

 

1. Upload via (SCP)

2. Upload via (SFTP)

3. Upload via (HTTP/HTTPS)

4. Download File from COP

5. Delete file

Upload via (SCP)

Enter the command option 1 from the main menu to upload a file to the host over SCP.

Enter Option [0-5] : 1

This will scp a file from the remote server to COP server

Enter remote hostname and path (username@hostname:<filepath>): admin@192.168.1.1:def_acl

 

Copying anonymous@192.168.1.1:def_acl to COP server

anonymous@192.168.1.1.'s password:

Upload via (SFTP)

Enter the command option 2 from the main menu to upload a file to the host over SFTP.

Enter Option [0-5] : 2

This will copy a file using sftp from the remote server to COP server

Enter remote hostname and path (username@hostname:<filepath>): anonymous@192.168.1.1:new_acl

 

Copying anonymous@192.168.1.1:new_acl.rar to COP server

anonymous@192.168.1.1's password:

Upload via (HTTP/HTTPS)

Enter the command option 3 from the main menu to upload a file to the host over HTTP or HTTPS.

Enter Option [0-5] : 3

This will copy a file from the url to COP server

Enter full url path for file : https://192.168.1.1/tmp_acl

Download File from COP

Enter the command option 3 from the main menu to download a file that is saved on the host.

Enter Option [1-10] : 3

Delete File

Enter the command option 4 from the main menu to delete the files that was uploaded by the upload file command.

Enter Option [1-10] : 4

Show Commands

Show commands are used to view or display various elements of the Aruba Central (on-premises) deployment like configurations currently performed, user sessions, status, and so on.

Enter the command option 3 from the main menu to view all the show commands supported.

Enter Option [1-9]: 3

1. Version (Detail)

2. List Files

3. Backup-Restore Status

4. Configuration

5. System

6. User Sessions

7. Clock

8. App Status

9. Cluster Status

The following section describes the set of commands that can be executed under the Show commands category.

Show Version (Detail)

Use command option 1 from the show commands menu to display the version (Detail).

Enter option [0-9] :1

2.5.2.0

Show List Files

Enter command option 2 from the show commands menu to display the total number of files.

Enter option [0-9] :2

Total 2

Show Backup–Restore Status

Enter command option 3 from the show commands menu to display the backup and restore status.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 3

############################

backup/restore status

############################

{

"details": [

{

"message": "Postgres backup success",

"status": "success"

},

{

"message": "Cassandra backup success",

"status": "success"

},

{

"message": "Elasticsearch backup success",

"status": "success"

},

{

"message": "Minio backup success",

"status": "success"

},

{

"message": "Tar creation success",

"status": "success"

},

{

"message": "Transferring the backup to repository success",

"status": "success"

}

],

"endedOn": "Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:52:29 GMT",

"operation": "Backup",

"startedOn": "Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:59:43 GMT",

"status": "Completed"

}

Show Configuration

Enter command option 4 from the show commands menu to display the updated network settings, AirWave cluster details, NTP/Timezone information

Enter option [0-9] :4

1.Network-config/Cluster-info

2.NTP/Timezone Info

 

Enter option [0-2]:

 

Network-config/Cluster-info - To view the Network-Config/ Cluster-info, enter command option 1 from the show configuration menu.

Updated Network Settings

------------------------

Hostname : node182-158.arubathena.com

IP Address : 10.22.158.182

Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0

Gateway : 10.22.158.2

DNS : 10.20.50.10

Secondary DNS : 10.20.50.25

Timezone : UTC

 

COP Cluster Details

-----------------------

Cluster IP : 10.22.158.27

Cluster FQDN : node3vip.arubathena.com

Pod CIDR : 172.16.0.0/16

Service CIDR : 10.3.0.0/23

Router ID : 27

Time Zone : UTC

 

Cluster Node Count : 3

Cluster Node List :

NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION

10.22.158.181 Ready master 8h v1.14.5

10.22.158.182 Ready master 8h v1.14.5

10.22.158.77 Ready master 8h v1.14.5

NTP/Timezone Info - To view the NTP/Timezone info, enter command option 2 from the show configuration menu.

############################

NTP Info

############################

Default NTP server configured is - ntp.ubuntu.com

############################

TimeZone Info

############################

UTC

Show System

Enter command option 5 from the show commands menu to display system information like usage of memory, system information, and so on.

1. Memory/Hard disk/CPU Usage

3. Uptime

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b. back

m. main menu

0. exit

Enter option [ 0 - 2 ]:

Memory/Hard disk/ CPU Usage – To view the usage of memory, hard disk, and CPUCentral Processing Unit. A CPU is an electronic circuitry in a computer for processing instructions., enter the command option 1 in the show system menu.

Enter option [ 0 - 2 ]: 1

############################

Memory Usage

############################

total used free shared buff/cache available

Mem: 251G 113G 111G 990M 26G 137G

Swap: 0B 0B 0B

############################

Hardisk Usage

############################

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

udev 126G 0 126G 0% /dev

tmpfs 26G 17M 26G 1% /run

/dev/sdb4 15G 6.0G 8.3G 42% /

tmpfs 126G 0 126G 0% /dev/shm

tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock

tmpfs 126G 0 126G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/sdb3 465M 109M 328M 25% /boot

/dev/sdb2 241M 512 241M 1% /boot/efi

/dev/sdb5 15G 41M 15G 1% /secondary

/dev/sdb6 1.7T 82G 1.6T 5% /data

tmpfs 26G 0 26G 0% /run/user/1003

tmpfs 26G 0 26G 0% /run/user/1001

tmpfs 26G 0 26G 0% /run/user/1004

############################

CPU Usage

############################

%Cpu(s): 7.0 us, 2.2 sy, 0.0 ni, 90.1 id, 0.4 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.3 si, 0.0 st

Architecture: x86_64

CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit

Byte Order: Little Endian

CPU(s): 80

On-line CPU(s) list: 0-79

Thread(s) per core: 2

Core(s) per socket: 20

Socket(s): 2

NUMA node(s): 2

Vendor ID: GenuineIntel

CPU family: 6

Model: 85

Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6138 CPU @ 2.00GHz

Stepping: 4

CPU MHz: 2866.513

CPU max MHz: 3700.0000

CPU min MHz: 1000.0000

BogoMIPS: 4000.00

Virtualization: VT-x

L1d cache: 32K

L1i cache: 32K

L2 cache: 1024K

L3 cache: 28160K

NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-19,40-59

NUMA node1 CPU(s): 20-39,60-79

Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr

 

Uptime - To view the uptime duration of a Aruba Central (on-premises) pod, enter the command option 2 in the show system menu.

Enter option [ 0 - 2 ]: 2

############################

uptime

############################

06:44:21 up 8:49, 7 users, load average: 17.89, 11.79, 10.51

Show User Sessions

Enter command option 6 from the show commands menu to display the list of user sessions.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 6

############################

List of user sessions

############################

copadmin pts/0 2020-07-27 05:26 01:17 51432 (10.240.125.20)

ineedshell pts/1 2020-07-27 05:02 01:42 3261 (10.20.13.62)

cop_shell pts/2 2020-07-27 05:30 01:10 54299 (10.240.125.20)

copadmin pts/3 2020-07-27 05:54 . 76741 (10.240.126.221)

ineedshell pts/4 2020-07-27 06:05 00:39 47373 (10.20.13.113)

ineedshell pts/5 2020-07-27 06:11 00:32 36861 (10.20.44.187)

ineedshell pts/6 2020-07-27 06:42 00:02 68881 (10.240.130.81)

Show clock

Enter command option 7 from the show commands menu to display the date, week, month, time details.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 8

Thu Aug 8 03:33:50 UTC 2019

Show App status

Enter command option 8 from the show command menu to provide the pod status of any Aruba Central (on-premises) application. Following example shows the status of the application, Central.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 9

Enter the application name, to list all apps press Enter key:central

acp-system central-grafana-dashboard-7c845956dc-92xgj 1/1 Running 1 7h42m 172.16.2.94 10.22.158.181 <none> <none>

central acp-ae-rapids-api-deployment-b8d794d49-4sxck 1/1 Running 0 7h30m 172.16.0.172 10.22.158.182 <none> <none>

central acp-ae-rapids-bootstrap-deployment-789f85cbbd-dtjsb 1/1 Running 0 7h38m 172.16.4.131 10.22.158.77 <none> <none>

central acp-ae-rapids-deployment-588b4989b5-kc58v 1/1 Running 0 7h38m 172.16.0.134 10.22.158.182 <none> <none>

central acp-ae-rapids-deployment-588b4989b5-q7mw8 1/1 Running 0 7h38m 172.16.4.130 10.22.158.77 <none> <none>

central acp-ae-rapids-deployment-588b4989b5-xx5ks 1/1 Running 0 7h38m 172.16.2.121 10.22.158.181 <none> <none>

central acp-device-visibility-deployment-5f97648f6f-nxq28 1/1 Running 0 7h42m 172.16.4.102 10.22.158.77 <none> <none>

central admin-api-deployment-7d4f4984f7-9wq5h 1/1 Running 0 7h37m 172.16.2.150 10.22.158.181 <none> <none>

Show Cluster Status

Enter command option 9 from the show commands menu to display the cluster details for Aruba Central (on-premises).

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 9

COP Cluster Details

-----------------------

Cluster IP : 10.22.158.27

Cluster FQDN : node3vip.arubathena.com

Pod CIDR : 172.16.0.0/16

Service CIDR : 10.3.0.0/23

Router ID : 27

Time Zone : UTC

Cluster Node Count : 3

Cluster Node List :

NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION

10.22.158.181 Ready master 8h v1.14.5

10.22.158.182 Ready master 8h v1.14.5

10.22.158.77 Ready master 8h v1.14.5

System Configuration Commands

The System Configuration commands are used to configure system parameters like network setup, cluster setup, timezone setup and also, upgrade the setup or perform a complete factory reset.

Enter command option 4 to from the main menu to view all the system configuration commands supported.

1. Upgrade

2. Network Setup

3. Proxy Setup

6. Setup Timezone

7. Setup NTP

8. Node Setup

====================================

b. back

m. main menu

0. exit

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]

The following section describes the set of commands that can be executed under the system configuration category.

Upgrade

Enter command option 1 in the System Configuration menu to upgrade the system for either an online customer or an offline customer.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 1

 

COP Server Status

---------------------------------------------------------

Current Version : 2.5.2.0

Latest Version : 2.5.2.0

Online Customer : true

Upgrade Status : UP_TO_DATE

Upgrade Available : false

File Transfer Completion Percentage : 0

Upgrade Stage Completion Percentage : 0

---------------------------------------------------------

Last File Transfer Status :

Last File Transfer Message :

Last File Transfer Time :

Last Upgrade Status :

Last Upgrade Message :

Last Upgrade Time :

---------------------------------------------------------

===== COP is in latest version =====

Network Setup

Enter command option 2 in the System Configuration menu to setup a network permanently or temporarily.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 2

1. Permanent

2. Temporary

Proxy Setup

Enter command option 3 in the System Configuration menu to add, delete, or get proxy URL.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 3

1. Add Proxy

2. Delete Proxy

3. Get Proxy

 

Add Proxy - Enter command option 1 from the Proxy Setup menu to add a proxy URL.

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]: 1

Enter the proxy url:

Enter Port:

Enter username(optional):

Enter password(optional):

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]: 1

Enter the proxy url: www.techpubs.com

Enter port: 98

Enter username(optional):

Enter password(optional):

Delete Proxy - Enter command option 2 from the Proxy Setup menu to delete a proxy.

Get Proxy - Enter command option 3 from the Proxy Setup menu to get the details of a proxy.

Setup Timezone

Enter command option 4 in the System Configuration menu to setup a timezone.

To list timezones, enter 'list'

Enter timezone [UTC]:

Setup NTP

Enter command option 5 in the System Configuration menu to setup an NTP.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 5

NTP Server:

Node Setup

Enter command option 6 in the System Configuration menu to setup a node.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 6

Advanced Commands

Enter command option 5 from the main menu to check test connectivity and Ns lookup.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 5

1. Test Connectivity

2. NsLookup

3. Toggle CDN

====================================

b. back

m. main menu

0. exit

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]:

 

Test Connectivity

Enter command option 1 from the Advanced commands menu to test the connectivity to any URLs.

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]: 1

1. Ping

2. Dependent Servers Reachability

Ping - Enter command option 1 from the Test Connectivity menu to ping an IP address or hostname.

Enter option [ 0 - 2 ]: 1

Enter the IP address or hostname to ping:

Dependent Servers Reachability - Enter command option 2 from the Test Connectivity menu to check the reachability of the dependent servers.

Enter option [ 0 - 2 ]: 2

----- All dependent servers are reachable -----

NsLookup

Enter option 2 from the Advanced commands menu to get the DNS lookups for any host names.

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]: 2

Enter the hostname or IP Address for NS Lookup:

Toggle CDN

Enter command option 3 in the Advanced menu to enable CDN, disable CDN , or show CDN Status.

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]: 3

1. Enable CDN

2. Disable CDN

3. Show CDN Status

Enable CDN - Enter command option 1 from the Toggle CDN menu to enable CDN.

Disable CDN - Enter command option 2 from the Toggle CDN menu to disable CDN.

Show CDN Status - Enter command option 3 from the Toggle CDN menu to show the status of CDN.

Enter option [0-3]: 3

{

"monitoring": "//d1c50u1zbkqmph.cloudfront.net",

"configuration": "//d1c50u1zbkqmph.cloudfront.net",

"base": "//d1c50u1zbkqmph.cloudfront.net",

"enabled": false,

"guest": "//d1c50u1zbkqmph.cloudfront.net",

"msp": "//d1c50u1zbkqmph.cloudfront.net"

}

Security Commands

Enter the command option 6 from the main menu to either reset the GUI or CLI password or update the iLO password.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 6

1. Reset Password GUI

2. Reset Password CLI

3. Reset debug apps password

====================================

b. back

m. main menu

0. exit

Reset Password GUI

Enter the command option 1 from the Security Commands menu to reset the GUI password.

Enter option [ 0 - 3 ]: 1

Do you want to reset GUI admin user password(y/n) :

Update Password CLI

Enter the command option 2 from the Security commands menu to reset the CLI password:

Do you want to reset copadmin password(y/n) :

Reset debug apps password

Enter the command option 2 from the Security commands menu to reset the debug apps password:

Do you want to reset debug apps password(y/n) :

Support Commands

Enter the command option 7 to start or stop the support connection, collect logs, and restart a particular application.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 7

1. Support Connection

2. Collect All Logs

3. Log Snapshot Operations

4. Download COP Setup Logs

5. Restart Application

6. System Operations Lock Management

====================================

b. back

m. main menu

0. exit

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]:

Support Connection

Enter the command option 1 from the Support commands menu to start, stop, restart the support connection from remote TAC access or check the status of the support connection and upload the support connection file.

1. Start Support Connection - Enter option 1 from the Support Connection menu to start a support connection.

2. Stop Support Connection - Enter option 2 from the Support Connection menu to stop a support connection.

3. Restart Support Connection - Enter option 3 from the Support Connection menu to restart a support connection.

4. Support Connection Status – Enter option 4 from the Support Connection menu to check the status of the support connection.

5. Upload Support Connection File – Enter option 5 from the Support Connection menu to upload the support connection file.

6. Add Support User 'copsupport' - Enter option 6 from the Support Connection menu to add support connection for user, copsupport.

7. Delete Support User 'copsupport' - Enter option 7 from the Support Connection menu to delete support connection for the user, copsupport.

8. Show contents of copsupport.gpg - Enter option 8 from the Support Connection menu to show the contents of copsupport.gpg file.

Collect Logs

Enter the command option 2 from the Support commands menu to collect the log files into a tar.gz file.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 2

The following archive(tar.gz) contains all the log information to help debugging the problem:

/home/core/log_collection/aw10-setup91.arubathena.com_log_collection_2019-08-08_18-48-41_UTC.tar.gz

Please share it with Aruba Central (on premises) customer support team.

...

Log Snapshot Operations

Enter the command option 3 from the Support commands menu to generate and download snapshots for a category or node, generate logs for various pods, delete snapshots, and download upgrade reports.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 3

1. Generate Snapshots for a Category

2. Generate System Operation Logs

3. Generate Pod Logs

4. Generate Node Snapshot

5. Download Logs/Snapshots

6. Delete Logs/Snapshots

7. Download Upgrade Reports

1. Generate Snapshots for a Category—Enter option 1 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to collect log snapshots of specific categories (kube. nginx, alert, infra, syslog, and system).

2. Generate System Operation Logs—Enter option 2 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to collect system operation logs.

3. Generate Pod Logs—Enter option 3 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to collect pod logs.

4. Generate Node Snapshot—Enter option 4 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to collect log snapshots for specific nodes.

5. Download Logs/Snapshots—Enter option 5 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to download the log snapshot file.

6. Delete Logs/Snapshots—Enter option 6 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to delete log snapshots.

7. Download Upgrade Reports—Enter option 7 from the Log Snapshot Operations menu to download upgrade reports.

Download COP Setup Logs

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 4

Enter the command option 4 from the Support Commands menu to download the COP setup logs.

################################################################################

SCP would be used to copy the logs to a remote host

################################################################################

Enter remote hostname and path (username@hostname:<filepath>):

Restart Applications

Enter the command option 5 from the Support commands menu to restart applications.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 5

Enter an application name to restart:

 

System Operations Lock Management

Enter the option 5 from the Support Commands menu to managed the system operations lock management.

Enter option [ 0 - 6 ]: 5

1. Lock status

2. Release Lock

3. Update Lock Setting

 

Temporary Access to SSH

Enter option 8 from the main menu to create a temporary user, cop_shell with a random password and the system encrypts this password. Provide this key to the customer support. The customer support will then be able to access the Aruba Central (on-premises) SSH using the username, cop_shell for 2 days from the date of creation.

Use this option to get access to the Shell for a limited period of time for checking pods, collecting logs, or for executing other CLI commands. This is useful if you want to troubleshoot or debug an issue.

 

After the expiry, you can repeat the same process to extend the temporary root access by another 2 days.

Search Commands

Enter option 9 from the main menu to view a list of available command options.

Enter option [ 0 - 9 ]: 9

Enter the text to get the list of available command options (case insensitive) :

Following example displays the list of available cluster commands:

Enter the text to get the list of available command options (case insensitive) : cluster

1) Show -> Configuration -> Network-config/Cluster-info

2) Show -> Cluster Status

Use number to select a command and execute it, enter (stop) to quit:

Password Recovery

The password recovery system helps create a new password for the copadmin user. If you have forgotten the password, login to the console with the user, coprecovery, and the following options are displayed to generate the recovery key.

Generate Recovery Key - The recovery key is generated and stored in an encrypted .asc file. You can either copy it or use the SCP command to copy the file. Once the key is copied to the local server, contact customer support to decrypt the recovery key to get a new password.

SCP Recovery Key - The recovery key is generated and an SCP command is used to copy the file to a local server. Once the key is copied to the local server, contact customer support to decrypt the recovery key to get a new password.

Activate Recovery secret - The secret key is provided and verified by the customer support. A reset option is used to rest the password in all nodes.

Retrieve "core" Password - Aruba does not recommend using core user access. The customer support will decode the secret file provided by the user to provide access to the core user.

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