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Custom Templates

Overview

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.

Creating Custom Templates

To Create Custom Templates,

 

For instance: snmp-server community %COMMUNITY% RO
 

 


 

 

To apply changes using templates,

To download the template to device,

 

 

To view/edit a custom template,

If you want to view the contents of an already created template or you want to edit the template,

 

To remove a custom template,

 

 

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