Onboard multiple ASAs to Security Cloud Control

Security Cloud Control allows you to bulk onboard ASA devices by providing the necessary information for all the ASA devices in a .csv file. As the ASA devices are being onboarded, you can use the filter pane to show which onboarding attempts are queued, loading, complete, or have failed.

Before you begin

  • Review Allow inbound access for direct cloud connectivity.

  • Prepare a .csv file with the connection information for the ASA devices you want to onboard. Add the information about each ASA on a separate line. To include a comment, add a # at the beginning of the line.

    • ASA location (either IP address or FQDN)

    • ASA administrator username

    • ASA administrator password

    • (Optional) Device name for Security Cloud Control

    • In the SDCName field, specify the name of a Secure Device Connector (SDC) in your network you want to use to connect Security Cloud Control to your ASA. You can also enter "none" if you are not going to connect your ASA to Security Cloud Control using an SDC. When onboarding the device, specifying "none" in SDCName field, onboards the ASA using the Cloud Connector. The Cloud Connector allows you to connect your device to Security Cloud Control without installing an SDC. Choose an option based on how you connect Security Cloud Control to your managed device.

    • (Optional) device labels for Security Cloud Control

    • To add one label, add the label name to the last CSV field.

    • To add more than one label to a device, surround the values with quotation marks. For example, alpha,beta,gamma.

    • To add a category and choice label, separate the two values with a colon (:). For example, Rack:50.

Here is a sample configuration file.


#Location,Username,Password,DeviceName,SDCName,DeviceLabel 
192.168.3.2,admin,CDO123!,ASA3,sdc1,"HA-1,Rack:50" 
192.168.4.2,admin,CDO123!,ASA4,sdc1,"HA-1,Rack:50" 
ASA2.example.com,admin,CDO123!,ASA2,none,Rack:51 
asav.virtual.io,admin,CDO123!,ASA-virtual,sdc3,Test
Caution

Security Cloud Control does not validate any of the data in the .csv file. You need to ensure the accuracy of the entries.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Security Devices.

Step 2

Click the plus button to onboard an ASA.

Step 3

On the Onboarding page, click the Multiple ASAs tile.

Step 4

Click Browse to locate the .csv file containing your ASA entries. The devices you specify appear in the ASA Bulk Onboarding table as queued and are ready for onboarding.

Caution

Stay on the ASA Bulk Onboarding page until the onboarding process is complete. If you leave the page, the onboarding process stops.

Step 5

Click Start.

The status column in the ASA Bulk Onboarding table shows the progress of onboarding. When onboarding finishes, the status displays "Complete."

What to do next

To pause bulk onboarding and resume later, refer to Pause and resume onboarding multiple ASA devices.