Templates

a template is a json file containing configuration settings for a litmus edge device the templates page provides a centralized location for creating, organizing, and deploying these configurations you can access all templates available for an instance, an open company, or an open project here you can create a template from an online edge device or upload a template from a file for an edge device after you have selected a company and opened a project you can upload templates for an instance from the admin console a company from a file a project from a file or create one from an edge device templates for edge devices can include devices, analytics, flows, and connectors you can make selections for these categories when creating a template from an edge device important before you can create a template, you must add one or more online edge devices in edge devices three scopes are defined for a template instance all companies for this litmus edge manager company all projects for this company project only this project you can select the scope for a template when you upload for example, if you upload a template from the company > templates pane, the template is accessible to all the projects for that company if you upload a template from a project templates pane, the template is accessible to only that project when you modify a template, you can modify the scope by selecting company or project in the edit template dialog box you can apply, modify, parameterize, download, and remove a template from the templates pane access template ui you can access company level templates and project level templates to access company level templates log in to litmus edge manager select a company the projects pane appears from the navigation panel, select templates the templates pane for the company appears to access project level templates log in to litmus edge manager select a company the projects pane appears from the projects pane, click a project tile the dashboard pane appears for the project from the navigation panel, select templates the templates pane for the project appears litmus edge manager 2 32 0 and higher from the templates page, you can use the icons at the top right to filter templates by description create a template from an edge device create a template from a file reload the template list template statistics to view detailed information about a template, click show template content in a template row to display the template & log details panel the panel contains three collapsible sections details, template content, and log details details displays basic information about the template including created and modified timestamps template content displays all components included in the template to provide a quick overview of what the template provisions when applied expand a category to see the names of individual items categories include devices connectors flows analytics digital twin models digital twin instances marketplaces marketplace applications registries labels log audit history of significant actions including edits and deployments view the time of the action, severity level, user who performed the action, and event type note starting with lem 2 33 0, litmus edge templates are synchronized with encrypted credentials by default to keep secrets out of source control in lem templates and git templates support encrypted credentials beginning with litmus edge 4 0 4 litmus edge manager 2 11 0 to 2 31 1 refer to the fo llowing actions you can take on the litmus edge manager user ui's templates pane the user interface below is for litmus edge manager version 2 11 0 and later action details \[1] show filter search by description \[2] create template from device at least one edge device must be connected to use this option \[3] load template from file upload a simple template ( json ) or parameterized template ( zip ) \[4] parameterize a template docid\ ol2rl sxp 6y4ismgzhxa see link for details \[5] actions (project view only) apply template apply a parameterized template docid\ na7fu9l0lnpo0ayr7haov apply a parameterized template during activation docid\ epsymuswz9uhwcmwmnyax edit template template scope cannot be changed from company to project parameterize a template docid\ ol2rl sxp 6y4ismgzhxa download template a json file when downloaded from the company list templates ui, the file contains information on all projects for the company when downloaded from the project list templates ui, the file contains information on only the project delete deleting a template makes it unavailable for users to apply download the template prior to removal so it can be re uploaded if necessary \[6] view template statistics next steps parameterize a template docid\ ol2rl sxp 6y4ismgzhxa apply a parameterized template docid\ na7fu9l0lnpo0ayr7haov how to guide apply a parameterized template during activation docid\ epsymuswz9uhwcmwmnyax