Setting admin password via SSH

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I use a shell script to streamline the initial setup for multiple routers, which invokes ‘curl’ to POST to the ‘initpwd’ webAPI.

Check my original post from last year.

Bulk flashing process

There are webAPIs for checking and triggering firmware updates. But this would require going through the upgrade process one router at a time (serially). In my case, I run an out-of-the-box-setup script to initialize the admin password (see below), and then enroll the routers into GoodCloud management. Business users can request a “business” level GoodCloud account, which can perform firmware upgrades and apply configuration templates in bulk/parallel. #!/bin/sh # router by IP (default) ROUTE…