Overview

The Command-Line Interface (CLI) is a secondary service interface in the IP Fabric VM, which serves troubleshooting and testing purposes. For example, it is used for testing authentication credentials from the specific IP address of the IP Fabric VM in case of address-restricted access. The CLI is the main tool for servicing the system by our Support team.

The CLI also allows the use of standard networking tools, such as telnet, ssh, traceroute, ping, or tcpdump.

From the 5.0 release, the osadmin account is no longer restricted to chroot only and has access to the whole system.

The osadmin account has sudo rights with the osadmin password and a standard 5-minute retention.

Note

The osadmin password cannot be changed with cloud-init or passwd.

To change the osadmin password, please use the following command:

sudo ipf-cli-config -t

Warning

Any action on the Command-Line Interface (CLI) using the root, osadmin, or autoboss account may cause irreversible, detrimental changes to the product. Actions taken without direct communication with the IP Fabric Support or Solution Architect teams can render the system unusable.