Manual Chapter :
Templates for Configuration Management
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Device
- 4.5.0
About configuration templates
BIG-IQ® Device 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 (such as changes to DNS, default gateways, route domains, NTP, or SNMP) for a large number of devices, you can use configuration templates. You define changes once in the configuration template, then push the template out to specified devices. This can save a significant amount of time because you are not required to log in to each device individually.
Creating a configuration template
You can create a configuration template to deploy a specific configuration to one
or more managed devices. Centrally managing these deployments from BIG-IQ Device
eliminates the need to log in to each device individually to specify or update a
configuration.
This template is now available for deployment to managed BIG-IP® devices.
Applying a configuration template to a managed device
You must create a configuration template before you can apply it to a discovered
device.
Applying a configuration template saves time when you want to make a similar change
to several managed BIG-IP® devices.
- Log in to BIG-IQ Device with your administrator user name and password.
- At the top of the screen, click Provisioning.
- On the Devices panel, expand the device group that contains the device to which you want to apply a configuration template by clicking the arrow next to it.
- Click the gear icon next to the device you want to apply this template, and then click Apply Config Template.
- From the Name field, select the name for this configuration template deployment.
- Click the Deploy button.
BIG-IQ® Device applies this configuration to the specified
BIG-IP devices.
