Once the Appliance configuration is complete, you can access the Controller's admin UI through the admin/API TLS connection on port 8443. Please ensure that your Controller and your own device can properly resolve any hostnames you configured, otherwise these next steps may not work properly.
Sign in to the Controller UI
| If you are using the hosted ZTP environment, then the initial user identity you are given for your ZTP account will also give you access to the Controller's admin UI. |
For all other environments, go to the URL provided during configuration and add https:// to the front and :8443 to the end of the URL for the Controller. For example, https://newcontroller.com:8443 You will have to accept use of the built-in certificate because it is self-signed, so your browser/operating system will not know about it. When the sign-in screen appears, provide values in the following fields:
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Once signed in you will see the Dashboard. See the Admin UI tools section to help you understand what you can do in the admin UI. When you are ready, the next task is to create one or more system administrators.