Users Guide

Create a compliance 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 on page 108.
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 compliance template.
3. Select the options to create the compliance 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 'reference' for creating the compliance
template. See Select target devices and device groups on page 103.
a. If you select a server as the reference, select the server configuration properties that must be cloned.
6. Click Finish.
A template creation job is created and run. The newly-created compliance template is listed on the Compliance Templates
page.
Create a compliance template by importing from a file
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management > Create > Import from File.
2. In the Import Compliance Template dialog box, enter a name for the compliance template.
3. Select either the server or chassis template type, and then click Select a file to browse through to the file and select.
4. Click Finish.
The compliance template is created and listed.
Clone a compliance template
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management.
2. Select the compliance template to be cloned, and then click Clone.
3. In the Clone Template dialog box, enter the name of new compliance template.
4. Click Finish.
The new compliance template is created and listed under Compliance Templates.
Related information
Create a compliance template from deployment template on page 83
Edit a compliance template on page 84
Edit a compliance template
The compliance templates can be edited on the Configuration Compliance > Compliance Templates page.
NOTE:
● Editing a compliance template that is already associated with other baseline(s), will automatically trigger a configuration
compliance for all devices across all the baselines that use the template.
● Editing a compliance template that is linked to multiple baselines having large number of devices may result in a session
timeout as the configuration compliance check for all the associated devices may take several minutes. A session
timeout does not indicate that the changes made to the compliance template had any issue.
● When editing a compliance template on large-scale systems consisting of 1,000 or configuration inventory of a maximum
of 6,000 managed devices, ensure that there are no other configuration inventory or compliance operations running at
the same time. Additionally, disable the default system generated Configuration Inventory job on the Monitor > Jobs
page (set source to System generated).
● It is recommended that you associate a maximum of 1500 devices per baseline for optimal performance.
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