Command Line Interface; Logging In And Out Of The Cli; Cli Command Modes - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0 Admin Manual

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Command Line Interface

Each vShield virtual machine contains a command line interface (CLI). This appendix details CLI usage and
commands.
User account management in the CLI is separate from user account management in the vShield Manager user
interface.
This appendix includes the following topics:
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"Logging In and Out of the CLI" on page 89
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"CLI Command Modes" on page 89
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"CLI Syntax" on page 90
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"Moving Around in the CLI" on page 90
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"Getting Help within the CLI" on page 91
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"Securing CLI User Accounts and the Privileged Mode Password" on page 91
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"Command Reference" on page 93

Logging In and Out of the CLI

Before you can run CLI commands, you must initiate a console session to a vShield virtual machine. To open
a console session within the vSphere Client, select the vShield virtual machine from the inventory panel and
click the Console tab. You can log in to the CLI by using the default user name admin and password default.
You can also use SSH to access the CLI. By default, SSH access is disabled. Use the ssh command to enable
and disable the SSH service on a vShield virtual appliance. See "ssh" on page 102.
To log out, type exit from either Basic or Privileged mode.

CLI Command Modes

The commands available to you at any given time depend on the mode you are currently in.
N vShield Edge virtual machines have Basic mode only.
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Basic: Basic mode is a read‐only mode. To have access to all commands, you must enter Privileged mode.
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Privileged: Privileged mode commands allow support‐level options such as debugging and system
diagnostics. Privileged mode configurations are not saved upon reboot. You must run the write memory
command to save Privileged mode configurations.
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