4-5
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
4






Using

Application

Template

Definitions
Managing
Application

Template

Instances
Note
The
Basic/Advanced
display

option
appears
only

when

a

variable

field
in
the
application
template
definition

file

uses

the

“advanced”

attribute

(see

the

“Creating

an

Application

Template
Definition
Using

the

ANM

Template

Editor”

section

on

page

4-21 ).

The

DWS

with

Nexus

7000
OTV
system

template

is

an

example

of

a

template

that

uses

the

advanced

attribute.
Step
5
From
the

Application

Template

Instances

window,

configure

the

variable

attributes.
Ta
b

l

e


4-2

describes

some

variable

attributes

that

are

associated

with

the

system

templates

included

with
ANM.
Use

the

information

provided

here

to

define

the

variables.
Ta
b

l

e


4-2
System
Template

Attributes
Field
Description
Application
Configuration
Visual
gr

ouping

of

ap

plication-specific

options.
Application
Config

Name
Name
of

the

application

that

is

used

as

a

base

name

for

many

ACE

objects,

such

as

class
maps,
policy

maps,

stickies,

or

ser

ver

farms.
VIP
Address/Exchange

VIP
Address
Application
server

VIP

address,

which

is

generally

the

IP

address

that

appears

in

DNS

for
the
application.

You

can

ent

er

an

IPv4

or


IPv6

formatted

address

here;

however,

IPv6
requires
ACE

software

Version

A5(1.0)

or

later.

Optionally,

an

IPv4

can

include

a

prefix

of
/32
or


less,

and

an

IPv6

address

can

include

a

pr

efix

of

/

128

or

less.
Real
Server

IP/
Client
Access

Servers

(CAS)/


SharePoint
Web

Front

End
Servers
Addresses
IP
addresses

of

t

he

servers

t

hat

ar

e
being
l

oad
balanced.
You

can

enter

an
IPv4

or


IPv6
formatted
address

here;

however,

IPv6

requires

ACE

soft

ware

Version

A5(1.0)

or

later.
Relative
Probe

URL
File
location

that

the

ACE

health

check

probes.
FQDN
Fully
qualified

domain

name

that

is

used

for

web

host

redirection.

The

%H

string

redirects
based
on

th

e

hos

tname

i

n

th

e

header

of

the

cl

ient

HTTP

requests.
Web
Front

End

Port
Real
server

por

t

on

which

the

ser

vice

is

running.
Secure
communications
between
Load

Balancers

and
Servers
Check
box

option

that

when

checked,

instructs

the

ACE

to

use

SSL

to

encrypt

the

traffic
between
it

and

the

real

servers.
Key
Type
SSL
key

type.

Choose

one

of


the

following

from

t

he

dr

op-down

l

ist:

•
PKCS12

•
DER

•
PEM
SSL
Key

URL
Field
that

appears

only

when

the

Key

Type

field

is

set

to
PKCS12
or

DER.

The

TFTP,
FTP,
or
SFTP

URL

including

a

key

server

IP

address.

You

must

use

two

forward

slashes

(//)

to

do
absolute
references;

ot

herwise,

the

user

home

di

rectory

i

s

used

as

the

base

path.
Key
Server

Username
Field
that

appears

only

when

the

Key

Type

field

is

set

to

PKCS12

or

DER.

The

username

to
use
for

SFTP

or

FTP

with

the

SSL

key

URL.
Key
Server

Password
Field
that

appears

only

when

the

Key

Type

field
is
set

to

PKCS12

or

DER.

The
password
to
use
for

SFTP

or

FTP

with

the

SSL

key

URL.
SSL
Key
Field
that

appears

only

when

the

Key

Type

field

is

set

to

PEM.

The

SSL

key

that

the

ACE
uses
to

decrypt

and

encrypt

traffic

from

the

client.