4-11
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
4






Using

Application

Template

Definitions
Managing
Application

Template

Instances

–

Choose

Config

>

Global

>

Application

Template

Instances.

•
To
display
only
the

application

configurations
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 .
Step
2
From
the

Application

Template

Instances

window,

choose

the

template

instance

to

duplicate

and
click
the
Duplicate

icon

(
).
The
Duplicate

Application

Config

dialog

box

appears.
Step
3
In
the

dialog
box,
enter
the

prefix

to

use

for
the
duplicate

and
click
OK.
The
di

alog

box

c

loses

and

t

he

Application

Template

Inst

ances

window

appears,

di

splaying

the
configuration
attributes

of

the

original

template

instance.
Step
4
(Optional)
From

the

Application

Template

Instances

window,

edit

the

variable

attributes

if
needed.
For
i

nformation

about

configuring

the

at

tributes,

see

Ta

b

l

e


4-2 .
Step
5
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
Deploy
to

deploy

the

template

instance

to
the
device.

The

deployment
verification
popup
window
appears.

Go

to

Step

6 .

•
Click

Stage

to

save

the

template

instance

without

deploying

it

to

the

specified
virtual
context.

•
Click
Cancel
to

exit
the
configuration

window

without

saving

your


changes.
Step
6
From
the

popup

window,

do

one


of

the

following:

•
Click
OK
to
deploy
the

t

emplate
instance.

The

Deploy

di

alog

box

appears,

which
displays
t

he
list
of
configuration

attributes

to

be

deployed.

Go

to

Step

6

.

•
Click
Cancel
to

exit

this

procedure

without

deploying

the

template

instance.
Step
7
In
the

dialog

box,

do

the

following:
a.
(Optional)
Check

the
Create
Named

Checkpoint

check

box

to

create

a

checkpoint

that

ANM

does
not
delete

after

a

suc

cessful

deployment.
This
check

box

works

as

follows:

–

Unchecked—ANM

creates

a

checkpoint

that

you

can

revert

back

to

if

the

deployment

of

the
staged
application

template

is

unsuccessful.

ANM

assigns

a

random

name

to

the

checkpoint

and
deletes
the

checkpoint

after

a

suc

cessful

deployment.

–

Checked—ANM

creates

a

checkpoint

that

you

name

and

can

revert

back

to

at

any

time

because
ANM
does

not

delete

it

even

after

a

successful

deployment.
Note
ACE
virtual

contexts

have
a
limit
of

10
checkpoints.
If

you

attempt

to

exceed

this

limit,
ANM
does

not

deploy

the

template

instance.
b.
Do
one

of

the

following:

–

Click

Deploy

Now.

The

template

instance

is

applied

to

the

device

running-configuration

and
startup-configuration
files.

The

Results

window

appears

with

the

deployment

status

as

follows:
-
Deployment

Successful
-
Error

in

deploying

template:

error_details

–

Click

Cancel

t

o

cancel

the

deployment.