Downloading a Config Template
- Viktoryia Varapayeva (Deactivated)
To download a device configuration file from a config template for use in the configuration of an undiscovered network device, for editing, or for other purposes, perform the following:
- Click the Action icon and choose Run Now from the menu. The Job Wizard appears, showing the Fill Out Job Details page.
The Fill Out Job Details page differs based on whether you wish to immediately run the job (Run Now) or to schedule it for a later occasion. - Choose the Push Mode option: Text File. This tells the job engine that you are downloading a template's configuration file to a text file. No device configuration takes place if you choose this option.
- Click the Templates tab in the Fill Out Job Details page, and select the template for the Job. Enter any required input values.
- Click Next. The Select Device Groups or Devices page appears, showing a Devices tab.
- (Optional step) You may choose one or more devices to map the downloaded configuration text file.
- If you choose no device, the downloaded template is merged with the input values you defined in Step 3.
For configuring an undiscovered device using a config template, this is a perfectly acceptable option. - Choosing a single device generates and downloads the configuration text file with a name comprised of the device IP and host name.
- Choosing multiple devices produces a Zip archive file with template files generated for each device using the same inputs.
- If you choose no device, the downloaded template is merged with the input values you defined in Step 3.
6. After choosing the device to merge for the text file, if any, click Next.
7. In the Review and Run page of the Template Run Now wizard, review the steps taken for the Job.
Review the Inputs field to ensure that all necessary input values have variables or data entries assigned to them through the template.
8. (Text File Push Mode only) To download the template's configuration file to your hard disk, click Download Configuration. A configuration text file containing the inserted values or variables for the template is downloaded by your Web browser to your designated Downloads directory. Since the Push Mode is for a Text File, the job is complete at this step.
- (Text File Push Mode only) If an input value in the Wizard page remains empty, and you've chosen a device to map and merge against, the Job wizard displays a Merge with Empty Values dialog to verify the operation; in which the existing values are to be rendered 'empty,' (e.g., replaced with no setting), kept as-is in the template, or to cancel the job.
- Click Yes if the replacement of variables or data with empty values is intentional. The job executes and the new configuration text file downloads to the Downloads directory specified in your browser.
- Click No to run the job as it is now defined without empty values (you may have settings in the config template that you want to preserve for an undiscovered device). The job executes and the new configuration text file downloads to the Downloads directory specified in your browser.
- Click Cancel to return to the job wizard page.
When the Push Mode is for a text file, the Job does not execute against a device itself; instead, the configuration is downloaded from the template with the variables or value modifications added. You can then use the template to hand-configure the intended device.