How to use WIS configuration templates?

A configuration template contains preset configurations delivered to devices based on the site. That is, configurations are sent to a device when the device goes online. After a configuration template is bound with a site, when a device goes online for the first time at the site, the device will automatically obtain the configuration preset in the template, and complete the initial configuration

1. Template List

Choose Management & Maintenance > Configuration > Template. A template list displays Template Name,  Template Description, Application Site, Creation Time, and Update Time. You can customize the number of  templates displayed on each page of the list, and sort the templates by Creation Time or Update Time



You can click a number in the Application Site column to display information about the application sites where  the template is applied





2. Creating a Template

Click Create Template to enter the new template configuration page.



Template Name: (Optional) The value can contain no more than 50 characters of letters, digits, underscore  (_), hyphen (-), at sign (@), and ampersand (&).

Template Description: (Optional) The value can contain no more than 400 characters. Click Save & Edit to edit the detailed information of the template.

3. Editing a Template

You can click Edit in the Operation column of the template list to edit the configuration of the specified template.





(1) WLAN Configuration

WLAN List

A WLAN list displays WLAN ID, SSID, Encryption Mode, SSID Hiding, Forwarding Mode, and  AssociateRadio. You can filter data in the list by Encryption Mode and Forwarding Mode.



Adding an SSID

Click Add SSID to add a new WLAN configuration to the template.



Deleting an SSID



Delivering the Configuration



Site: (Required) Select one or more sites in the site tree to apply the template.

Configuration delivery time: (Optional) You can set the time to deliver the template configuration to devices. If no time is set, the configuration is delivered immediately.

Backup: (Optional) You can select whether to back up the current configuration of the site when the configuration template is applied to the site. If you select the check box, you can view or restore backup records in Configuration Backup.

(2) CLI configuration

Click CLI List to switch to CLI configuration.



Adding a CLI Set



Device Type: (Required) Select the type of device to which the CLI command set is to be delivered.  The options include AC, AP, Switch, Gateway, and Router. You can select only one of them

Device Model: (Required) Select the model of the devices, to which the CLI command set is to be delivered. Select a device model from the drop-down list. Multiple models can be selected.

SN: (Optional) Select an existing SN from the drop-down list. If an SN is selected, the command set will be delivered only to the device matching the SN. If no SN is selected, the command set will be delivered based on the selected device model.

Delivery Mode: (Required) APs do not support the delivery mode of Replace All Config via config.txt.  In Deliver Increment via CLI mode, the device incrementally executes the customized CLI command set based on the existing configuration. This mode is applicable to scenarios requiring certain incremental configurations. In Replace All Config via config.txt mode, the device configuration file  config.txt is directly replaced. Then, the device automatically restarts to make the configuration effective.  This mode is applicable to the following scenarios: Scenarios where the entire device configuration needs to be replaced and Scenarios where incremental configuration cannot meet the requirements. For example, incremental  configuration will cause network path change (device disconnection) Scenarios where various interactions and command conversions are involved (causing interaction and  command identification timeout)

CLI Command Set: (Required) Enter the CLI command set customized for the device.

Description: (Optional) Enter a description of the command set. It can be used as a remark.

Editing a CLI Set

To change the configuration of an added CLI set, click Edit in the Operation column of the CLI list. On the  Edit CLI Command Set page, you can edit only CLI Command Set and Description. To change Device  Type and Device Model, add a new CLI command set.



Deleting a CLI Set

To delete a CLI set, click Delete in the Operation column of the CLI list



Delivering the Configuration

A new configuration takes effect only on STAs that go online after the configuration is added. To make the configuration effective on existing STAs, click Deliver Config to deliver the configuration to devices at the current site.



4. Viewing Results

You can click View Result in the Operation column of the template list to jump to the configuration task list,  which displays the detailed information and execution results of configuration delivery tasks.



5. Binding a Site

Click Bind Site in the Operation column of the template list to bind the configuration template to specific sites.  Then, when devices go online and access the sites for the first time, they will automatically obtain the configuration in the template. For existing devices, you need to manually deliver the configuration.



6. Delivering the Configuration

Click ... > Deliver Config in the Operation column of the template list to deliver the configuration to all devices  of the site. If you perform this operation after you edit a template or bind a template to sites, the configuration in  the template will be delivered to existing devices of the sites.



7. Deleting a Template

Click ... > Delete in the Operation column of the template list to delete the configuration template.