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Preview a Configuration Template

You must be a user that is assigned the Super User or Network Admin role 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 parameters in 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 configuration you entered in the Template Configuration tab is correct and complete. If you preview when the template configuration is not correct or complete, a yellow alert icon is displayed adjacent to the name of the selected template. The alert displays a warning indicating that the configuration template is incomplete and asks you to edit the selected configuration template.

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