IOS : Enable SSH and create user on Cisco Catalyst switch

Follow this quick tutorial to enable SSH access instead of Telnet and create a unprivileged user on Cisco IOS.

1. Enter in “Privilege EXEC” mode :

enable

2. Enter in “Global Configuration” mode :

conf t

3. Use the following commands to enable SSH, generate RSA keys and create the username/password :

hostname <HOSTNAME>
domain-name <FQDN.DOMAIN.TLD>
ip ssh time-out 90
ip ssh authentication-retries 3
line vty 0 4
transport input ssh
crypto key generase rsa modulus 1024
aaa new-model
username <USERNAME>&nbsp;password <PASSWORD>

4. Write changes to memory :

wr mem