Connector on Cisco Spaces

Activating Connector 3 on Cisco Spaces

This section provides information about how to activate a deployed connector on your Cisco Spaces account.

Using the following procedure, you generate a token for a deployed connector that you want to add to your Cisco Spaces account. Note that you need a separate token for each deployed connector. Each token is specific to a connector and hence enables Cisco Spaces to identify and connect to connector.

Cisco Spaces supports multiple connectors, and you can associate each connector with one or multiple wireless controllers.


Note

A Cisco Spaces: Connector instance can communicate with only one Cisco Spaces account at a time.

Before you begin

Download and deploy the Cisco Spaces: Connector OVA. See Deploying the Connector 3 OVA (Single Interface)

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to Cisco Spaces.

Note

 

The Cisco Spaces URL is region-dependent.

Step 2

From the left navigation pane, choose Setup > Wireless Networks.

Step 3

In the Get your wireless network connected with Cisco DNA Spaces area, click Add New.

Step 4

In the Cisco AireOS Controller/Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller area, click Select.

Figure 1. Choose Cisco AireOS Controller/Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller
What type of wireless network do you have?

Step 5

In the Via Spaces Connector area, click Select.

Figure 2. Via Spaces Connector

Step 6

In the Prerequisites for Spaces Connector dialog box, click Continue Setup.

Figure 3. Read Prerequisites for Spaces Connector

Step 7

Expand the Connect via Spaces Connector area using the respective drop-down arrow.

Figure 4. Expand Connect via Spaces Connector

Step 8

In the displayed list of steps, in the Configure Spaces Connector area, click Create Connector.

Figure 5. Connect via Spaces Connector > Create Connector

Step 9

In the Create connector window that is displayed, enter a name for connector, and click Version 3.0 (beta). as the Connector Version, and click Save.

Figure 6. Name and Version of Connector
Connector is successfully created. Click Go to Connector Details Page.
Figure 7. Connector Created Successfully

Step 10

In the connector details window, you can see a summary of the configurations for this connector. Click Generate Token.

Figure 8. Generate Token

Step 11

In the Token window that is displayed, click Copy Token.

Figure 9. Copy Token

Step 12

Open the connector GUI.

Step 13

(Optional) If your network is behind a proxy, configure the GUI with the proxy. See Configure a Proxy

Step 14

In the Configure Token area that is displayed, click Configure Token.

Figure 10. Configure Token

Step 15

In the window that is displayed, in the Token text, field enter the token copied from Cisco Spaces and click Configure.

Warning

 

During this step, if you face a connectivity issue between Cisco Spaces: Connector and Cisco Spaces dashboard, the Connector could hang without an error. You can still access the Connector through SSH. You may also be unable to log in the Connector GUI after this issue.

Step 16

Add the following services as required:

Monitor the Status of Service Installation

After you have initiated the installation of a service, you can monitor the status of the service installation in connector from the Cisco Spaces dashboard.

Procedure

Step 1

From Cisco Spaces dashboard, choose Setup > Wireless Networks.

  1. In the Connect via Spaces Connector area titled Step 2 Configure Spaces Connector, click View Connectors.

Step 2

From the Connectors window that is displayed, choose the connector of your choice.

Step 3

In the connector details window that is displayed, click the Instances tab.

You can click the i button and then Configuration History to monitor the status of the service installation here.
Figure 11. Monitoring the Status of Service installation