

Seamlessly across diverse and disparate hardware platforms. IOxĮnables hosting of applications and services developed by Cisco, partners, and third-party developers in network edge devices, IOx is Cisco's Application Hosting Infrastructure for Cisco IOS XE devices. Guest Shell container is managed using IOx. However, users within the Guest Shell cannot modify Shell and update scripts and software packages in the container rootfs. Users can access the Linux shell of Guest

Guest Shell shares the kernel with the host (Cisco switches and routers) system. The Guest Shell environment is intended for tools, Linux utilities, and manageability rather than networking. It is bundled with the system image and can be installed using the guestshell enable IOS command. Using Guest Shell, customers can also install, update, and operate third-party LinuxĪpplications. Information About Guest Shell Guest Shell OverviewĬontrol and management of Cisco devices. This module describes Guest Shell and how to enable it. Shell provides a secure environment, decoupled from the host device, in which users can install scripts or software packages It also includes the automated provisioning (Day zero) of systems. Guestshell is a virtualized Linux-based environment, designed to run custom Linux applications, including Python for automatedĬontrol and management of Cisco devices.
