Manual Chapter :
Manage and create policy templates
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 8.0.0
Manage and create policy templates
Create, delete, or export Web Application Security
policy templates. You can create a custom template by using an existing Web Application
Security policy. This allows you to reduce configuration time required for a new
protection policy.
The following is the recommended procedure for managing your
policy templates. You can create a template directly from the policies list by
selecting a policy, clicking
More
and then Save as
Policy Template
.- Navigate to the Policy Templates screen,A list of all policy templates are displayed. Custom templates are marked asYesin the User Defined column.
- To add a new template clickAdd.
- (Required) On the New Policy Template screen enter a name to identify your new policy template.
- (Optional) Add a policy description to better identify the template’s settings.
- From theTemplate sourcefield you can selectPolicyto create a template from a policy that is already configured to the system, or you can selectFileto import a policy from your local files.
- ClickSave & Close.The new template can now be applied to a new Web Application Security policy. Any changes made to the original policy, following template creation, will not affect the template's settings.
- To export any template as an XML file, select a template and clickExport.
- To delete a custom template, select a user-defined template, and clickDelete.The following action deletes the template, but it does not delete the original policy or policies created using the template.
Policy template management is immediately reflected in the list on the Policy
Templates screen.
