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Configure a WAN Edge Template

Streamline your configuration process by creating templates for your WAN Edge devices. For even quicker configuration, use pre-defined, device-specific templates.

By using WAN edge templates, you can define common spoke characteristics such as WAN interfaces, traffic-steering rules, and access policies. When you assign a template to a site, Juniper Mist sends the configuration to the devices. When changes are needed, simply change the template, and all devices receive the new configurations. With this process you can easily configure and manage a large number of devices while ensuring consistency across your network infrastructure.

Note:

For hub-and-spoke configurations, you use WAN edge templates to configure WAN edge devices at spoke sites. You use hub profiles to configure WAN edge devices at hub sites.

Create a WAN Edge Template By Defining Your Own Settings

Create a template to define common spoke characteristics that you want to deploy across your organization. Associate templates with sites, and then onboard devices to sites. When onboarded, each device automatically gets the configuration from the associated template.

Note: Follow this procedure if you want to define your own settings. If you'd prefer to use pre-defined, model-specific templates, see Create a Template with Pre-Defined Device-Specific Settings later in this topic.

To configure a WAN edge template:

  1. From the left menu, select Organization > WAN > WAN Edge Templates.
  2. Click Create Template in the top-right corner of the page.
    Note:

    You can also create a WAN edge template by importing a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file using the Import Profile option.
  3. In the New Template window, enter a name for the template (up to 64 characters), click Spoke for the type, and then click Create.
  4. At the top of the page, select the sites to be configured with this template, and enter other general settings.

    • You can apply the same template to multiple sites. If a site already had a template assigned to it, the newly assigned template will now apply instead.

    • For help with other sections at the top of the configuration page, see General WAN Edge Settings.

  5. Work your way through the remaining sections of the template, saving your work as you go.

    Tips:

    • When a configuration panel appears at the side of the screen, enter the settings, and then click the Add or Save button at the bottom of the panel.

    • If you click a button in a panel and a new sub-section opens, enter the settings, and then click the check mark in the title bar of the sub-section.

      Check mark in the Add Server Option title bar

Create a Template with Pre-Defined Device-Specific Settings

Create a template with predefined, device-specific settings to apply standard configurations for Juniper devices.

These templates are unique for each device model. After you name your template and select the device model, no additional input is needed.

The WAN Edge device specific templates provide basic network configuration in a single step. Templates also allow for re-usable and consistent configuration across your WAN edge devices. The template provides device-specific, preconfigured WAN interfaces, LAN interfaces, a traffic steering policy, and an application policy. All you have to do is name the template and select the device type.

For example, SSR120 WAN Edge template generates several values, including Ethernet interfaces for LAN and WAN with relevant DHCP and IP values:

  • wan ge-0/0/0
  • wan2 ge-0/0/1
  • wan3 ge-0/0/2
  • lan ge-0/0/3

To select a device-specific WAN Edge template:

  1. From the left menu, select Organization > WAN > WAN Edge Templates.
  2. Select Create Template in the upper right corner to open a new template page.
  3. Enter a descriptive name to identify template.
  4. Select the Create from Device Model check box.
  5. Select your device model.
  6. Click Create at the bottom of the configuration panel.
    The template is now listed on the WAN Edge Templates page. You now have a working WAN Edge template that you can apply to many sites and devices across your organization.
  7. On the WAN Edge Templates page, select the check box for the template.
  8. Click the Assign to Site button at the top of the template page.
  9. Select a site from the list where you want the template applied.
  10. Click Apply.
Onboard the device and assign it to the site.