• Basics of Cisco Defense Orchestrator
    • Create a CDO Tenant
    • Sign in to CDO
    • Migrate to Cisco Security Cloud Sign On Identity Provider
    • Launch a CDO Tenant
    • Manage Super Admins on Your Tenant
    • About CDO Licenses
    • Secure Device Connector
    • Software and Hardware Supported by CDO
    • Browsers Supported in CDO
    • CDO Platform Maintenance Schedule
    • CDO Tenant Management
    • Manage Users in CDO
    • Active Directory Groups in User Management
    • Create a New CDO User
    • User Roles in CDO
    • Add a User Account to CDO
    • Edit a User Record for a User Role
    • Delete a User Record for a User Role
    • CDO Services Page
    • CDO Device and Service Management
      • Changing a Device's IP Address in CDO
      • Changing a Device's Name in CDO
      • Export a List of Devices and Services
      • Export Device Configuration
      • External Links for Devices
        • Create an External Link from your Device
        • Create an External Link to ASDM FDM
        • Create an External Link for Multiple Devices
        • Edit or Delete External Links
        • Edit or Delete External Links for Multiple Devices
      • Bulk Reconnect Devices to CDO
      • Moving Devices Between Tenants
      • Update Meraki MX Connection Credentials
      • Write a Device Note
    • CDO Inventory Information
    • CDO Labels and Filtering
    • Use CDO Search Functionality
    • CDO Command Line Interface
    • Bulk Command Line Interface
    • Command Line Interface Macros
    • Compare ASA Configurations Using CDO
    • ASA Bulk CLI Use Cases
    • ASA Command Line Interface Documentation
    • Command Line Interface Documentation
    • Restore an ASA Configuration
    • Manage ASA and Cisco IOS Device Configuration Files
    • Objects
    • Reading, Discarding, Checking for, and Deploying Changes
    • Read All Device Configurations
    • Read Configuration Changes from an ASA to CDO
    • Read Configuration Changes from FDM-Managed Device to CDO
    • Read Changes from Cisco IOS or SSH to CDO
    • Preview and Deploy Configuration Changes for All Devices
    • Deploy Configuration Changes from CDO to ASA
    • Deploy Configuration Changes from CDO to FDM-Managed Device
    • Deploy Changes to a device
    • Bulk Deploy Device Configurations
    • Preview and Deploy On-Prem Firewall Management Center Configurations
    • Scheduled Automatic Deployments
    • Check for Configuration Changes
    • Discard Changes
    • Discard On-Prem Firewall Management Center Configuration Changes
    • Out-of-Band Changes on Devices
    • Synchronizing Configurations Between Defense Orchestrator and Device
    • Conflict Detection
    • Automatically Accept Out-of-Band Changes from your Device
    • Resolve Configuration Conflicts
    • Schedule Polling for Device Changes
    • Schedule a Security Database Update
    • Monitoring and Reporting
    • Change Logs
    • ASA Change Log Specifics
    • Change Log Entries after Deploying to an ASA
    • Change Log Entries after Reading Changes from an ASA
    • Change Log Entries after Deploying to FDM-Managed Device
    • Change Log Entries after Reading Changes from an FDM-Managed Device
    • Viewing Change Log Diffs
    • Exporting the Change Log to a CSV File
    • Change Request Management
    • FDM-Managed Device Executive Summary Report
    • Jobs Page
    • Workflows Page
    • Network Address Translation
    • Order of Processing NAT Rules
    • Network Address Translation Wizard
    • Common Use Cases for NAT
    • Onboard Devices and Services
  • Onboard Secure Firewall Threat Defense Devices
  • Onboard ASA Devices
  • Onboard an On-Prem Firewall Management Center
  • Migrate On-Prem Management Center Managed Secure Firewall Threat Defense to Cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center
  • Onboard an Umbrella Organization
  • Onboard Cisco Defense Orchestrator Integrations
  • Onboard Meraki MX Devices
  • Onboard AWS Devices
  • Onboard Duo Admin Panel
  • Upgrade Devices and Services
  • Managing On-Prem Firewall Management Center with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Devices with Cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center
  • Managing FDM Devices with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing ASA with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Migrating Firewalls with the Firewall Migration Tool in Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing Umbrella with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing Meraki with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing IOS Devices with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing AWS with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Managing SSH Devices with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
  • Integrating CDO with Cisco Security Cloud Sign On
  • Virtual Private Network Management
  • Monitor Multi-Factor Authentication Events
  • Cisco Security Analytics and Logging
  • FTD Dashboard
  • Cisco Secure Dynamic Attributes Connector
  • Troubleshooting
  • FAQ and Support
  • Security and Internet Access
  • Open Source and 3rd Party License Attribution
  • Terraform

External Links for Devices

You can create a hyperlink to an external resource and associate it with a device you manage with CDO. You could use this feature to create a convenient link to the local manager of one of your devices (Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) for ASA). You could also use it to link to a search engine, documentation resource, a corporate wiki, or any other URL that you choose. You can associate as many external links with a device as you want. You can also associate the same link with multiple devices at the same time.

The links you create can reach anywhere, but your company's security requirements do not change. For example, if you ordinarily need to be connected to your corporate network, by being on-premises or through a VPN connection to reach a particular URL, those requirements remain. If your company blocks specific URLs, those URLs continue to be blocked. URLs that are not restricted continue to not be restricted.

Location Variable

We have created the {location} variable that you can incorporate in your URLs. This variable will be populated with the IP address of your device. For example,
https://{location}
should reach the ASDM for your ASA or the FDM of your FDM-managed device.
  • Create an External Link from your Device
  • Create an External Link to ASDM FDM
  • Create an External Link for Multiple Devices
  • Edit or Delete External Links
  • Edit or Delete External Links for Multiple Devices
Related Information:
  • Write a Device Note

  • Export a List of Devices and Services


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