Device Setup

Point your switches, routers, and firewalls at DashX TACACS+. This tab gives you the vendor‑specific config to paste onto each device.

Configure a device

1. Go to Device Admin (TACACS+) → Device Setup.
2. Pick your vendor (e.g. Cisco IOS, Aruba, Juniper) — DashX shows the matching config snippet.
3. Copy the snippet and apply it on the device. It typically:
   • Points aaa authentication/authorization/accounting at the TACACS+ server.
   • Sets the tacacs-server host to your DashX relay and the shared key (from the device's NAS Client entry).
4. Save the device config and test a login.

How the connection works

Your device talks TACACS+ (TCP port 49) to a relay agent on your LAN, which forwards to DashX over the agent's outbound tunnel — so there are no inbound ports to open and no VPN.

tip

Keep one working admin session open on the device while you apply the config — if the TACACS+ setup has a typo, you don't want to lock yourself out. Confirm a test login works before closing it.