16-7
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
16






Using

Configuration

Building

Blocks
Configuring
Building

Blocks
Use
t

his

procedure

t

o

create

a

working

building

bl

ock

from

a

vi

rtual

context

configuration.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices.
The
device

tr

ee

ap

pears.
Step
2
In
the

device

tree,

choose

the

ACE

with

the
virtual
context

whose

configuration

you
want
to

use

as

a
building
block.
The
Virtual

Contexts

table

appears.
Step
3
In
the

Virtual

Contexts

table,
choose
the

context

with

the

configuration

that

you

want

to

extract,

and

click
Extract
Building

Block.
A
popup

window

appears,

asking

for

a

building

block

name.
Step
4
In
the

Name

field

of

the
popup
window,

enter

a

name

for

this
building
block,

and

click
OK.
The

window
refreshes
with

the

Primary

Attributes

window

for

the

newly

created

building

block

(Config

>

Global

>
building_block).
Step
5
Modify
the

building

block

as

desired

using

the

information
in
Ta
b

l

e
16-1
,
or

t

ag

and

deploy
it
as
described
in

“Tagging

Bui

lding

Blocks”

section

on

pa

ge

16-9

and

“Applying

Building

Blocks”

section
on
page

16-9 ).
Related
Topics

•
Enabling
the
Building
Block
Feature,
page
16-5

•
Applying
Building

Blocks,

page
16-9

•
Tagging
Building

Blocks,

page
16-9

•
Displaying
Building

Block

Use,

page
16-11
Configuring
Building

Blocks
You
can

modify

a

working

version

of


a

configuration

building

block.
Note
You
can

modify

onl

y
working
versions
of

building

blocks;

you

cannot

modify

tagged

versions
of
building

blocks.

If

you

select

a

tagged

building

block

version,

and

then

select

a

configuration
option
(such

as

Load

Balancing

>

Health

Monitoring),

you

can

view

the

entries

for

that

tagged
version,
but

you

cannot

modify

t

hem.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Building

Blocks.
The
All

Building

Blocks

table

appears.
Step
2
Choose
the

working

version

of

the

building

block

that

you

want

to

modify,

then

choose

the

attributes

that
you
want

to

configure.

For

information

about

building

block

configuration

options,

see

Ta

b

l

e


16-1 .