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This chapter provides an introduction to Cisco IOx Local Manager and describes general operations that you perform with it.
Cisco IOx Local Manager is a platform-specific application that is installed on a host system as part of the installation of the Cisco IOx framework on that device. It provides a web-based user interface that you can use to manage, administer, monitor, and troubleshoot apps on the host system, and to perform a variety of related activities. (To manage apps across different devices, you can use Cisco Fog Director. See the Cisco Fog Director documentation for additional information.)
Cisco IOx is an application enablement platform that provides uniform and consistent hosting capabilities for various types of apps across various Cisco platforms. This platform brings together Cisco IOS, the industry-leading networking operating system, and Linux, the leading open source platform. Linux-based applications can run on Cisco devices in the Cisco IOx framework, so using this platform, you can bring custom applications and interfaces to the network.
With Cisco IOx, developers can create a wide variety of IoT apps, such as data aggregation system and control systems.
Review the following guidelines and requirements before you access Cisco IOx Local Manager through a supported browser:
– The Cisco IOx network IP address and gateway are configured
– The IOS PAT entry allows traffic on port 8443 to be forwarded to the IP address that is configure for configured Cisco IOx
– VirtualPortGroup0 interface is configured and reachable
– You are configured in Cisco IOS as a “user” with privilege 15 and you know the corresponding password
– DHCP and DNS are configured in Cisco IOS
Cisco C800 series devices do not provide dedicated storage for apps. These devices have a single, soldered-on flash storage that is shared between Cisco IOS and apps. The flash storage is not field replaceable.
Flash has a finite number of P/E cycles. It is expected to last for the duration of the device lifecycle if the flash is used only for Cisco IOS configuration. If apps write to the flash frequently, flash wear out becomes a serious concern.
We recommend that developers and users monitor and throttle the frequency of writes to flash. If an app demands frequent writes or a large amount of data storage, we recommend that data be exported for off-device storage.
You can access Cisco IOx Local Manager from any supported computer that has IP connectivity to the host system on which it is installed. When you log in to Cisco IOx Local Manager, your user name and password are authenticated against your Cisco IOS username and password on the host system on which Cisco IOx Local Manager is installed.
To access Cisco IOx Local Manager, perform the following steps.
Review the information in the “Browser Guidelines and Requirements” section.
Step 1 Start a supported browser, and in the Address field, enter the following address:
On some browsers, you can see information about supported browsers by hovering your mouse over the Down-arrow icon next to “For best results use a supported browser” near the top of the Log In page.
Step 2 In the Username and PASSWORD fields, enter the user name and password that you use to log in to Cisco IOS on the host system that you identified in Step 1.
Your password is case-sensitive, so make sure to enter it exactly as it is configured.