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Optimizing Configuration Management with Templates
About configuration templates
BIG-IQ® can manage multiple devices simultaneously. These devices can be located in several data centers that may be located in many different locations. To help you easily manage required configuration changes to DNS, NTP, SMTP, and Syslog for a large number of devices, you can use configuration templates.
To start, you create a configuration template, then deploy that template to certain devices. This can save a significant amount of time because you are not required to log in to each device individually to make configuration changes.
Create a device template for auto-scaled BIG-IP VE devices

You create a new device template to specify a base configuration to create devices in a service scaling group (SSG). When you deploy the SSG, BIG-IQ uses the device template settings to create new virtual devices in your cloud environment.
When you finish defining your new template, you can use it to create a new application that deploys to your BIG-IP devices.
Deploying a configuration template to managed devices
- At the top of the screen, click Devices.
- On the left, click .
- Near the top of the screen, click the Create button.
- From the Config Template list, select the template you want to deploy.
- In the Deployment Name field, specify the name for this configuration template deployment.
- From the Available list, click the devices you want to deploy the configuration template to, and then click -> to move it to the Included list.
- Click the Next button at the bottom of the screen, navigating to the components required for this template, and specifying the configuration.
- Click the Deploy button.