Managing Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud TDE Templates

Cisco SD-WAN coordinates with SD-Branch service pack to deploy virtual vEdge on ENCS. To simplify the deployment of the virtual branch that gets hosted on the ENCS unit, operators can use existing vEdge cloud TDE templates in MSX and collect inputs from users associated with the parameters used in the branch.

Along with the vEdge cloud templates, ensure you have the desired version of the vEdge image available within MSX or on a webserver to deploy devices on ENCS.

Generate vEdge TAR image for new Cisco SD-WAN versions or custom root certificates. The process of generating vEdge TAR image for deploying vEdge Cloud on ENCS device is available in the Cisco MSX DevNet Portal documentation.

By default, the following onboarding types will use the following template and image for both new install or upgrade:

  1. Open Network Policy:

    • Internal value: ("standard")

    • TDE Template file name: DualIP-vedge19.1.0-msx3.6.tar.gz (image)

    • NFVIS < 3.11

  2. 2 Public IP Addresses:

    • Internal value: ("standard-secure")

    • TDE Template file name: DualIP-vedge19.1.0-msx3.6.tar.gz (image)

    • NFVIS 3.11, 3.10.2+

  3. Single Public IP:

    • Internal value: ("single_ip_secure")

    • TDE Template file name: SingleIP-vedge19.1.0-msx3.6.tar.gz (image)

    • NFVIS 3.11, 3.10.2+

For more information on these onboarding types, see Step 15 in Creating a Customer Site (vEdge Cloud) for Cisco SD_WAN .

This chapter contains the topics that describe how to manage vEdge cloud templates in MSX.

Uploading a vEdge Cloud Template

Before you begin

Download the vEdge templates from DevNet Portal and save it on your local.

To upload a template:

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal.

Step 2

In the main menu, choose Settings > Service Configuration.

Step 3

Click SD-Branch and then click the Settings > Template Management. The Manage Template appears.

Step 4

To add a new template:

  1. Select Import Template. The Import Template dialog box appears.

    Figure 1. Import Template

  2. Click the Browse icon to upload the zip file that has VNF file, Service file, Topology file, or Template file. This zip file was downloaded from Cisco DevNet Portal and was saved in your local directory.

  3. Click Import.

    Note 
    The template name is defined in the template.json and topology.json file.
Step 5

To modify an existing template:

  1. Select the template that you want to modify and select Import Template.The Import Template dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Browse icon to upload the zip file that has VNF file, Service file, Topology file, or Template file. This zip file was downloaded from Cisco DevNet Portal and was saved in your local directory.

  3. Click Import.

Deleting a vEdge Cloud Template

To delete a template version:

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal.

Step 2

In the main menu, choose Settings > Service Configuration.

Step 3

Click SD-Branch and then click the Settings > Template Management. The Manage Template appears and list the existing templates.

Step 4

Select the template version that you want to delete and click the Delete (X) icon. A confirmation dialog box appears.

Note 
You cannot delete a template version if the template version is associated with a site.
Step 5

Click Delete Template.

Managing vEdge Cloud Template Access for Tenants

After the cloud service (vEdge cloud) templates are created via TDE and uploaded into MSX, use this procedure to assign these templates to a tenant user. These templates will then be visible to a tenant user while adding a site.

To assign or modify template access for tenants:

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal.
Step 2

In the main menu, choose Settings > Service Configuration.

Step 3

Click SD-Branch and then click the Settings > TemplateManagement. The Manage Template appears and list the existing templates.

Figure 2. SD-Branch Settings
Step 4

To assign the template to a tenant:

  1. Click the template that you want to assign to the tenant.

  2. Select the template version.

  3. To display the template version, click >.

  4. In the Available Tenants list, select one or more tenant users to assign the template to. To assign the template to all the tenants, click Select All.

  5. Click >.The tenant record(s) moves to the Tenant With Access list.

  6. Click Apply.

Step 5

To remove access to a template:

  1. Click the template that for which modify the access.

  2. In the Tenants with Access list, select the tenant to revoke the access.To revoke the access for all the existing and future customers, click Select All.

  3. Click <.The tenant records moves to the Available Tenant list.

    Note 
    For a tenant with active sites that use a template, the tenant user continues to appear in the Tenants with Access list, but is dimmed, if you remove access.

  4. Click Apply.