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Preview a Configuration Template

You must be a Super User or a Network Admin with the preview privilege to preview configuration templates.

You can use the Preview option to validate a configuration template. You can enter values for the configuration template and then render the template to view the configuration.

To preview a configuration template:

  1. Select Inventory > Devices > Configuration Templates.

    The Configuration Templates page appears.

  2. Select the configuration template that you want to preview and click Preview.

    The Template Preview for Configuration-Template-Name page appears.

  3. In the CONFIGURE tab, specify values for the parameters as needed.
    Note:

    Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
  4. After you have entered the necessary parameters, click PREVIEW.

    The PREVIEW tab generates the configuration based on the values that you specified.

  5. Check if the configuration was rendered correctly.

    If the configuration was not rendered correctly, you can modify the configuration template as needed. See Edit and Delete a Configuration Template.

  6. Click Close.

    You are returned to the Configuration Templates page. You can deploy configuration template on a device.

    Tip:

    You can preview a configuration template only if the template configuration you entered in the Template Configuration tab is correct and complete. If you click the Preview button when the template configuration is not correct or complete, a yellow alert icon is displayed adjacent to the name of the selected template and a warning message indicating that the configuration template is incomplete appears asking you to edit the selected configuration template.

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