Using VMP Security plugin options Templates

Templates let you save a complete VMP Security plugin configuration once and apply it to any number of connected sites. Instead of clicking through each site’s admin and setting the same options over and over, you build a template, assign it to your sites, and Portal keeps them in sync.

In This Article

• The Templates page
• Creating a template
• Editing a template
• Assigning a template to sites
• Sync All Assigned Sites
• Duplicating and deleting

The Templates page

Click Templates in the Portal navigation. The page lists every template you have created, with a Create Template button at the top right.

Creating a template

Click Create Template, give the template a name, and choose whether to start from the Portal’s built-in defaults or to clone an existing template. After creation you land on the Template Detail page, where you set the actual options.

Editing a template

The Template Detail page mirrors the layout of the Configuration page: VMP Security Global Options, Firewall Options, Blocking Options, Scan Options, Tool Options, and Login Security Options — each as a collapsible section. Edit any setting and click Save Template. Restore Defaults resets the template to the Portal-defined defaults.

Assigning a template to sites

The header of the Template Detail page has three buttons:

• View Sites — lists which connected sites currently have this template assigned.
• Assign — pick one or more connected sites to apply the template to. From this point on, Portal keeps the template’s settings in sync with each assigned site.
• Delete — removes the template (sites that had it assigned revert to their previously-saved values).

Sync All Assigned Sites

Whenever you save a change to a template, Portal automatically pushes the updated settings to every assigned site. The Sync All Assigned Sites button forces an out-of-band re-sync — useful if a site was offline when you last saved or if you want to confirm a change applied cleanly.

Duplicating and deleting

The Duplicate button on the Template Detail page makes a copy of the current template under a new name — handy when you want one template for production sites and a slightly different one for staging. The Delete button removes the template; assigned sites stop receiving updates from it.