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If you happen to have the fortune of needing to deploy Cisco 8861 Wi-Fi phones on an EAP-TLS network with user-installed certificates on a 10.5 Call Manager, this script shows the approach I used. Legacy note: This 2016 article targets Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.5, Cisco 8861 firmware of that era, and Python 2.7. Current CUCM releases and phone firmware may expose different supported settings. Test in a lab, consult current Cisco documentation, and never hard-code production credentials. Call Manager 10.5 has the capability to enable the Web Admin interface on the 8861, but the Call Manager GUI doesn't support enabling it. Without the Web Admin interface, there is no way to actually install your user-installed certificate. - Dietze #!/Python27/python #Environment #OSX/UCM10.5/Python2.7/ import os import requests import json import smtplib import urllib import sys #####GET INFO FROM CALL MANAGER######## cmserver = 'YOUR_CALL_MANAGER_IP_...

Let's talk about getting started with Python and Cisco AXL. Legacy note: This 2016 article targets Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.5 and Python 2.7. Current CUCM releases, WSDLs, SOAP libraries, and authentication requirements may differ. Test in a lab, validate TLS certificates, and keep credentials outside source code. AXL is an API that we can use to interact with Call Manager. I was able to get some basic scripts going to automate some more complicated tasks like setting up RDPs or creating route patterns. I won't provide examples of those in this post, but I will in the future. Firstly, the important part of these scripts is using the WSDL file for your version of CUCM. There are plenty of resources available to find these so I won't include those instructions here. My examples will be on 10.5 unless otherwise noted. Below is an example of how to get started with AXL and Python. You will need to fill out your Call Manager IP, WSDL file location, CUCM us...