Device templates enable you to store device settings and load them into any of your devices. The benefit of device templates is that you can store commonly used settings in a template, which you can load into new or existing devices, saving you valuable time by not having to enter each setting manually.

When you save a template the following settings will be stored:

• Name and category (from the [Info] tab)
• WAN, LAN, and firewall settings (from the [Config] tab)
• HTTP, VNC, and WS service settings (from the [Services] tab)
• Users or user groups added to access to device (from the [Access] tab)
  

This article will show you how to:

• Save a template
• Load a template
• Edit a template

Save a template

The following steps will show you how to save a template.

• Go to [Devices] in the main menu, select the concerning device, press [∙∙∙] to open more options, and select [Save as template].

• Name the templateand press [Save].

Load a template

Once you saved a template you will be able to load this template into a device. The following steps will show you how.

• Go to [Devices] in the main menu, select the concerning device, press [∙∙∙] to open more options, and select [Load from template].

• Select the templateand press [Load].

Edit a template

The category and access settings in a template can be edited directly. To change other settings you'll have to create a new template.

Edit category

The following steps will show you how to edit the category setting inside the template.

• Go to [Management]in the main menu, select [Device templates], select the concerning template(s), and press [Edit info].

• Select the concerning categoryand press [Confirm].

Edit access

The following steps will show you how to edit the access to device setting in a template:

• Go to [Management]in the main menu, select [Device templates], select the concerning template(s), and press [Edit access].

• Select the concerning users and/or user groupsand press [Confirm].