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As the name itself implies, Custom Templates are the ones defined and created by the users themselves in accordance with their needs.
A custom template contains the commands (provided by the user) to be executed on the device. A custom template can be created to configure any feature on a device. For instance, you can create a template to configure IGRP on a cisco router. The real power of a custom template lies in reusing the template across multiple devices for bulk configuration updates.
To enhance the reusability of a template, 'Template Variables' are defined. A template variable is a placeholder for a value. It can be specified when the template is downloaded to the device. After creating the template, when you wish to download the changes to a particular device or a number of devices, you just need to provide the values for the template variables. Everything else is automatically taken care of by DeviceExpert.
Note: Creating 'Template Variables' is optional. You may create template variables if you want to enhance the reusability of the template. |
click "Configuration" tab
click "New Template"
in the UI that opens, provide a name for the template in the text field for 'Name'
in the text field for 'Description', provide details about the new template (for easy reference in future)
in the text field 'Template
Content', provide the following details:
enter the configuration commands that are to be downloaded to the device. While entering the configuration command, use %<variable_name>% to create a Template Variable.
For instance: snmp-server
community %COMMUNITY% RO
the value for the 'Template Variable' can be specified when the template is downloaded to the device
click 'Create'
the new template is added to the list of templates
The list of all templates created by various users, are listed in the 'Custom Templates' page along with other information such as who created the templates, description and timestamp of last modification.
click the 'download' link available in front of the name of the corresponding template
in the UI that opens, you will see the list of 'Template Variables', if a variable has been created/defined in the template
enter the desired value
for the respective template variables. For example, for '%COMMUNITY%',
you can provide 'public' as the value
after entering the values(s), you can preview the actual configuration with full configuration commands and value for community variable(s). To preview the configuration, click 'Preview'
you can choose a specific device or a group of devices to which the changes have to be applied
to apply changes only to specific devices, click the radio button 'Select Specific Device'. The list of devices are also listed in a box. You can choose any number of devices from that list. [To apply changes to a group of devices, click 'Select Device Group'. You can select the desired group in the drop-down. If you choose this option, the template would be downloaded to all the devices of the selected group]
after selecting the device(s), choose the 'download option'. You can either download the template immediately or schedule it for download at a future point of time
to download it immediately, select 'Download Now' and click 'Download'
the configuration as defined in the template will be downloaded to the selected devices
if you want to schedule the template to be downloaded later, select 'Download later'. In the Scheduling screen, choose the desired date and time at which the configuration has to be downloaded
click 'Download'. The configuration as defined in the template will be downloaded to the selected devices at the specified time
If you want to view the contents of an already created template or you want to edit the template,
click the name of the custom template to be viewed
in the UI that opens, click 'Edit Template'
carry out the desired change and click 'Update'
select the template(s) to be removed
click "Remove Template"
the template would be removed permanently
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