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. You can create baseline templates by using
deployment template, reference device, importing from a file. See Manage compliance baseline templates.
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.
• Using a reference device. See Create a compliance baseline template from reference device.
• Importing from a template file. See Create a compliance baseline by importing from a file.
• Edit a compliance template. See Edit a baseline compliance template.
• Clone a compliance template. See Clone a compliance baseline template.
• 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.
• Delete a compliance template. On the Compliance Templates page, select the corresponding check box, and then click Delete.
Related information
Managing the device configuration compliance
Edit a configuration compliance baseline
Remove a configuration compliance baseline
Create a compliance baseline template from deployment template
Edit a baseline compliance template
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
Clone a compliance baseline template
Create a compliance baseline template from reference
device
To use the configuration properties of a device as a template for creating configuration baseline, the device must be already onboarded.
See Onboarding devices.
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management > Create > From Reference Device.
2. In the Create Compliance Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the baseline compliance template.
3. Select the options to create the template by cloning properties of either a server or chassis.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Reference Device section, select the device that must be used as the master for creating the template. See Select target
devices and device groups.
a) If you select 'server' as the master, also select the server configuration properties that must be cloned.
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