Importing and Exporting Configlets

You can import and export Configlets using the CloudVision graphical user interface (GUI). This enables you to easily share Configlets with others and back up specific Configlets.

For Configlets shared with you by another system user, you import Configlets from your desktop. When you share Configlets with another system user, you export Configlets to your desktop. You use the Configlets page to import and export Configlets or Configlet Builders.

Note: Both Configlets and Configlet Builders can be imported and exported using the GUI.

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Protection from Overwriting Configlets or Configlet Builders

CloudVision provides protection from accidentally overwriting exiting Configlets or Configlet Builders when importing a Configlet or Configlet Builder.

If you import a file that contains one or more Configlets or Configlet Builders that are named the same as Configlets or Configlet Builders already in CVP, the system automatically adds a suffix to the names of the items you are importing. The suffix that is added is in the format of “<number>”.

Importing Configlets or Configlet Builders

You import Configlets or Configlet Builders into CVP when another system user has shared a Configlet or Configlet Builder with you. Once you import Configlets or Configlet Builders, the imported items are available for use in CVP. You import Configlets or Configlet Builders from your desktop using the Configlets page.

Complete the following steps to import Configlets or Configlet Builders.

  1. Open the Configlets page.
  2. Click the Import icon, located in the upper right of the page.
    Figure 1. Configlets Page Showing Import Icon

    A dialog appears that you use to select the file that contains the Configlets or Configlet Builders you want to import.

    Figure 2. Selecting Configlets or Configlet Builders to be Imported
  3. Select the file that contains the items you want to import.
  4. Click Open.

    The Configlets or Configlet Builders in the file you selected are imported into CVP.

Exporting Configlets or Configlet Builders

You export Configlets or Configlet Builders when you want to share them with another system user. Once you export Configlets or Configlet Builders, the exported items are available to be sent to and then imported by the other system user. You export Configlets or Configlet Builders to your desktop using the Configlets page.

Complete the following steps to export Configlets or Configlet Builders.

  1. Open the Configlets page.
  2. Select the checkbox of each Configlet and Configlet Builder you want to export.
    Figure 3. Configlets Page Showing Items Selected to be Exported
  3. Click the Export icon (located in the upper right of the page).

    A single file (.zip archive) that contains all of the items you selected is automatically downloaded to your desktop.

  4. (Optional) You can rename the downloaded file and make a copy of it before sharing it.
  5. Share the file with one or more system users.
    Note: The items you share can be imported only on systems that support the import of Configlets and Configlet Builders (the Import icon on the Configlets page indicates support for this feature).

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