4-3
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
4






Using

Application

Template

Definitions
Managing
Application

Template

Instances
Managing
Application

Template

Instances
Application
template

instances

are

ACE

configurations

that

you

create

based

on

a

specific

application
template
definition.

ANM

maintains

a

table

of

the

template

instances

that

you

create

using

ANM,

which
you
can

view

by

doing

one

of

the

following:

•
To
display

the

template

instances

of

all

devices,

display

the

global

view

by
doing
one
of

the
following:

–

Choose

Home

and

from

the

Configuration

category,

choose

Application

Template

Instances.

–

Choose

Config

>

Global

>

Application

Template

Instances.

•
To
display

only

the
template
instances

associated

with

a

specific

device,

choose
Config
>

Devices
>
context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Application

Template

Instances.
The
Application

Template

Instances

window

appears,

displaying

the

information

described

in

Ta

b

l

e


4-1 .
From
the

Application

Template

Instances

window,

you

can

perform

such

tasks

as

creating,

editing,
deploying,
or

deleting

a

template

instance.
Note
ANM
tracks

only
application
template
i

nstances

t

hat

you

create
and
deploy
usi

ng

ANM.
It

does

not


discover
template

instances

that

may

reside

on

an

ACE.

For

example,

if

you

use

the

CLI

to

configure

an
ACE
with

a

configuration

that

matches

an

installed

application

template

configuration,

you

will

not

see
this
configuration

listed

as

a

template

instance

in

the

ANM

GUI

(Config

>

Global

>

Application
Template
Instances).
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
Creating
an

Application

Template
Instance,
page
4-4

•
Deploying
a

Staged

Application

Template

Instance,

page
4-7
Ta
b

l

e


4-1
Application
Template

Instances

Window
Field
Description
Name
Application
template

instance

name.
Application
Type
Name
of

the

application

template

definition

used

to

create

the

template
instance.
Device
Virtual
context

associated

with

the

template

instance.
Ty
p

e
Template
instance

type

as

follows:

•
Staged—Template
instance

is
saved
but

has

not
been
deployed.

•
Deployed—Template
instance

is
saved
and

deployed

to
the
device.
Status
Current
status

of

the

template

instance

as

follows:

•
Complete—Template
instance

attributes

have

all

been

defined

and

the
template
instance

can

be

deployed

if

the

Ty

p

e


field

displays

Staged

(see

the
“Deploying
a

Staged

Application

Template

Instance”

section

on

page

4-7 ).

•
Incomplete—Template
instance

attributes

have

not

all

been

defined

so

it
cannot
be

deployed.

This

status

is

possible

only

when

the

Type

fi

eld


displays
Staged.
Last
Updated

Time
Last
time

that

ANM

retrieved

the

status

information.