System Templates
The System Templates menu allows you to create and manage device profiles. A system template, or provisioning template is a subset of a model device configuration. Each device or device group will be able to be linked with a system template. When linked, the selected settings will come from the template, not from the Device Manager database.
By default, there is one generic profile defined. System templates are managed in a similar manner to policy packages. You can use the context menus to create new device profiles. You can configure settings in the widget or import settings from a specific device.
Go to the Device Manager tab, then select Provisioning Templates > System Templates > Default in the tree menu to configure system templates.
The following widgets and settings are available:
Widget | Description |
DNS | Primary DNS Server, Secondary DNS Server, Local Domain Name, IPv6 DNS settings. Configure in the system template or import settings from a specific device. |
Time Settings | Synchronize with NTP Server and Sync Interval settings. You can select to use the FortiGuard server or specify a custom server. Configure in the system template or import settings from a specific device. |
Alert Email | SMTP Server settings including server, authentication, SMTP user, and password. Configure in the system template or import settings from a specific device. |
Admin Settings | Web Administration Ports, Timeout Settings, and Web Administration. Configure in the system template. |
SNMP | SNMP v1/v2 and SNMP v3 community settings. Configure in the system template. |
Replacement Messages | Global only, you can customize per VDOM replacement messages. Configure in the system template or import settings from a specific device. |
Log Settings | Send Logs to FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager (This FortiManager, Specify IP, Managed FortiAnalyzer) and Syslog settings. Configure in the system template. |
FortiGuard | Enable FortiGuard Security Updates. Select to retrieve updates from FortiGuard servers or from this FortiManager. Configure in the system template. |
You can create, edit, or delete profiles by right-clicking on a profile name in the Provisioning Templates tree menu under the System Templates heading. You can also select the devices that will be associated with the profile by selecting Assigned Devices from the right-click menu, or selecting Edit from the Assigned Devices field in the top right corner of the content pane. A provisioning profile can also be created from a device by selecting Create From Device in the right-click menu.
You can link a device to the device profile using the Add Device Wizard, from the device’s dashboard page in the Device Manager tab, or by right-clicking and editing the profile and selecting devices.
