16-5
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
16






Using

Configuration

Building

Blocks
Enabling
the

Building

Block

Feature
Enabling
the

Building

Block

Feature
Beginning
with

ANM

software

Version

5.1,

the

building

block

feature

by

default

is

hidden

because

it

has
been
replaced

with

the

application

template

feature

introduced

in

the

same

release.

The

application
template
feature

pr

ovides

a

more

efficient

and

easier

way

of


configuring

ACE

devices

(see

Chapter

4,
“Using
Application

Template

Definitions” ).

If

you

have

used

the

building

block

feature

in

the

past

and
want
to

continuing

using

it

after

upgrading

to

ANM

5.1,

you

must

enable

it.
This
procedure

shows

how

to

enable

the

building

block

feature

on

ANM

server

and

ANM

Virtual
Appliance.
Procedure
Step
1
Enable
the

building

bl

ock

feature

as
follows:

•
ANM
Server—Open

the

/opt/CSCOanm/etc/cs-config.properties

file

in

a

text

editor
and
add
the
following
line:
web.buildingblocks.enable=true

•
ANM
Virtual

Appliance—Enter
the
following

command:
anm-property
set

web.buildingblocks.enable

true
Step
2
Restart
ANM

as


fo

llows:

•
ANM
Server—Enter

the

following

command:
/opt/CSCOanm/bin/anm-tool
restart

•
ANM
Virtual

Appliance—Enter
the
following

command:
anm-tool
restart
Step
3
From
the

ANM

client

devices,

close

all

open

ANM

browser

instances,

clear

the

browser

cache,

and

log
in
again.
Failure
to

clear

the

browser

cache

after

enabling

the

building

block

feature

can

result

in

the

Extract
Building
Block

function

buttons

not

displaying.
Creating
Building

Blocks
Use
t

his

procedure

t

o

create

a

building

bl

ock

without

using

an

existing

configuration.
To
create

a

building

block

from

an

existing

virtual

context,

see

Extracting

Building

Blocks

from

Virtual
Contexts,
page

16-6 .
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Building

Blocks.
The
All

Building

Blocks

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the

All

Building
Blocks
table,

click
Add.
The
New

Building

Bl

ock

window

appears.
Step
3
In
the

Name

field

of

the
New
Building

Block

window,

enter

a

unique

name

for

this
building
block.