Users Guide

Manage compliance baseline templates
Use compliance template to create compliance baselines and then periodically check the configuration compliance status of devices that
are associated with the baseline. See Managing the device configuration compliance on page 81. You can create baseline templates by
using deployment template, reference device, importing from a file. See Manage compliance baseline templates on page 82.
By selecting Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management, you can view the list of compliance templates.
On this page:
• You can create compliance template by:
○ Using a deployment template. See Create a compliance baseline template from deployment template on page 82.
○ Using a reference device. See Create a compliance baseline template from reference device on page 82.
○ Importing from a template file. See Create a compliance baseline by importing from a file on page 83.
• Edit a compliance template. See Edit a baseline compliance template on page 83.
• Clone a compliance template. See Clone a compliance baseline template on page 83.
• Export report about a compliance template. On the Compliance Templates page, select the corresponding check box, and then click
Export. See Export all or selected data on page 47.
• Delete a compliance template. On the Compliance Templates page, select the corresponding check box, and then click Delete.
Configuration compliance is scalable to a maximum of 6,000 devices. To efficiently manage large-scale configuration compliance activity
do the following:
• Disable the default Configuration Inventory task that is triggered automatically and run it manually when needed.
• Create compliance baselines with lesser number of devices. For example, 6,000 devices must be categorized into four separate
baselines with 1,500 devices each.
• All the baselines should not be checked for compliance at the same time.
NOTE:
When you edit a compliance template, configuration compliance is automatically triggered on all the baselines
that it is associated with. If there is a use case of frequent template edits the above scale environment is unsupported,
and it is recommended that you associate a maximum of 100 devices per baseline for optimal performance.
Related information
Managing the device configuration compliance on page 81
Edit a configuration compliance baseline on page 85
Remove a configuration compliance baseline on page 85
Create a compliance baseline template from deployment template on page 82
Edit a baseline compliance template on page 83
Create a compliance baseline template from deployment
template
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management > Create > From Deploy Template.
2. In the Clone Deployment Template dialog box, from the Template drop-down menu, select a template that must be used as the
baseline for the new template.
3. Enter a name and description for the baseline compliance template.
4. Click Finish.
A compliance template is created and listed in the list of configuration compliance baselines.
Related tasks
Manage compliance baseline templates on page 82
Clone a compliance baseline template on page 83
Create a compliance baseline template from reference
device
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Managing the device configuration compliance