Customized Guest Web login page in Cisco WLC

This Document explains step by step procedure to upload Web login page used for web authentication. All WLCs has a default cisco login page. This method is used to upload the customised login page for web authentication.

1.     Before proceeding to upgrade process, please make sure that you take back up of configuration and license file. Please check the documents for configuration and license backup procedure.

2.     Please test the connectivity of FTP server from WLC.

(Cisco Controller) >ping 192.168.1.10 Send count=3, Receive count=3 from 192.168.1.10

 

If there is any firewall in between controller and FTP server, please open the FTP ports between them.

3.     Select the FTP server

(Cisco Controller) >transfer download serverip 192.168.1.10

4.     Configure the FTP username to be used to contact FTP server. We have used Cisco as username.

(Cisco Controller) >transfer download username Cisco

5.     Configure the FTP password to be used to contact FTP server. We have used Cisco as password.

(Cisco Controller) >transfer download password Cisco

6.     We have two options i.e FTP or TFTP to download the image to WLC from server. We have selected the FTP as file transfer mode.

(Cisco Controller) >transfer download mode ftp

7.     Select the file type webauthbundle.

(Cisco Controller) > transfer download datatype webauthbundle

8.     Choose the filename.

(Cisco Controller) > transfer download filename login.tar

9.     Start the FTP download.

(Cisco Controller) >transfer download start Mode............................................. FTP   Data Type........................................ Webauth Bundle FTP Server IP.................................... 192.168.1.10 FTP Server Port.................................. 21 FTP Path......................................... FTP Filename..................................... login.tar FTP Username..................................... ftp-user FTP Password..................................... ********* This may take some time. Are you sure you want to start? (y/N) y FTP transfer of Web authentication bundle starting. FTP receive complete... extracting webauth files. Customized Webauth files have been installed

10.  Reset the system to take new webauth page in affect.

(Cisco Controller) >reset system The system has unsaved changes. Would you like to save them now? (y/N) y     ----------------------------<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Configuration Saved! System will now restart!