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Configuration templates

A configuration template is a “templatized” version of an actual configuration file whose values have been turned into variables. Using the SA Client, you can define a template’s value sets, save them to the SA database, and then propagate those values to a real configuration file on a managed server.

Value sets are stored on the SA database. Storing all values in the SA database allows you to manage configuration values from a central location and ensures configuration consistency across applications in your data center.

Once the template version of the configuration file has been created and added to an application configuration object and you have created a value set for the template, you can push those values to configuration files on managed servers.