Deploy Site Using a Template

1. Select ConfigurationPrisma SD-WANProfiles and TemplatesSite Templates.
2. Select the site template using which you want to deploy sites.
3. Click the Deploy Site with Template.
4. Upload the CSV site data file you want to import and click Import

   Optionally, you can manually enter the site data.

   If the serial number of the device is added in the template, then it will always be mapped to the device and you cannot assign the serial number to any other device. If the serial number is not entered in the template, then you can assign it to any device of the same model before deploying the site. After deployment, you cannot make any changes to the serial number.
5. Select the sites to deploy using the template. You can add or delete a particular site from the list.

   When importing sites, the color codes indicate the type of site data:

   • Alert: If a site is missing a mandatory variable data, an alert icon is shown.
   • Existing site: If a site already exists and you are using the same name, an existing icon is shown.
   • New site: For all new site names, a new icon is shown.
   • Duplicate site: If any of the rows have a site name which already exists, a duplicate alert is shown.

   You can export site variables and site data for reuse, making it easier to populate them for future branch deployments. Click Export to export the selected rows or all the rows. Select if you want to export site data or site variables. Site variables and site data are downloaded in CSV format.

   The template is downloaded, by default, in a Jinja format.

   The device serial numbers in the site templates are optional. If you do not have a device serial number, the system will create a device shell, a virtual configuration file that can be assigned to a device when the device is available.
6. Click Deploy Sites.

   It takes a few minutes to deploy the sites, you can view the status of the deployment on the Job History page. A separate job is created for each site deployed.

   Sites deployed using the template are listed on the Site Template page, and the original configuration values can be downloaded using the download Site Data option.

   After deploying the site, you can't edit the template. However, if you want to reuse the template, download the template, edit it as per your need, and import the edited template to reuse it.

   You can download a copy of the current site configuration (yaml) from the site view by clicking the Download icon. Downloading the site configuration helps to keep template backups to re-provision or make a site modification. The template is downloaded in a Jinja format. If there is no data, you get a notification that there is no data to export.

   As part of day 2 operation, you can update site and device configurations using a template after a site is deployed. You can modify a site deployment using either an existing or a new template. This enables you to update all site-level configurations for an existing deployment or use these configurations to create a new deployment.

   During an update, if a site and device resources exist, those will be updated. If a resource does not match any existing resource, a new site or device shell will be created.

   When updating site configurations as day 2 operation,

   • software version and serial number of a device will not be updated.
   • You cannot change the device name that is already assigned to a site after deployment.
   • You cannot change the device from L2 to L3 mode, to do so, unassign the device before changing the mode.