Upgrading the OS Using an HTTP Client
You can also perform a PIX Firewall and ASA Security Appliance OS upgrade by connecting
to an HTTP server on which the image is stored. The copy http command enables you to
download a software image into the Flash memory of the firewall from an HTTP server. The
syntax for the copy http command is as follows:
copy http[s]://[user:password@] location [:port ] / http_pathname flash [: [image
| pdm] ]
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is used when the copy https command is specified. The user and
password options are used for authentication when logging into the HTTP server. The
location option is the IP address (or a name that resolves to an IP address) of the HTTP
server. The port option specifies the port on which to contact the server. The value for port
defaults to port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTP through SSL. The pathname option is
the name of the resource that contains the image or PIX Device Manager (PDM) file to copy.
The following example shows how to copy the PIX Firewall or ASA Security Appliance
software image from an HTTP server into the Flash memory of your PIX Firewall:
copy http://192.168.1.22/software/download flash:image
The following example shows how to copy the PIX Firewall or ASA Security Appliance
software image through HTTP over SSL (HTTPS), where the SSL authentication is provided
by the username dan and the password example:
copy https://dan:example@192.168.1.22/software/download flash:image