Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components and Device Management Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Create a CLI add-on feature template

Updated: June 9, 2026

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Describes how to create a CLI add-on feature template.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Templates > Feature Templates > Add Template to select an appropriate device model.

Note

In Cisco SD-WAN Release 20.7.x and earlier releases, Feature Templates is titled as Feature.
2.

From Select Devices, select the devices for which you are creating the template.
3.

From Select Template, scroll down to the OTHER TEMPLATES section.
4.

Click CLI Add-On Template.
5.

In the mandatory Template Name field, enter a name for the feature template; In the mandatory Description field, enter a description for the device template.

This Template Name field can contain only uppercase and lowercase letters, the digits 0 through 9, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). It does not support spaces or any other characters. The Description field can only contain any characters and spaces.
6.

In CLI Configuration, enter the configuration either by typing it, cutting and pasting it, or uploading a file.
7.

To convert an actual configuration value to a variable, select the value and click Create Variable. Enter the variable name, and click Create Variable. You can also type the variable name directly, in the format {{variable-name}}.
8.

Click Save. The new feature template is displayed in the Feature Template table.
9.

To use the CLI add-on feature template, edit the device template as follows:

  1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Templates.

  2. Click Device Templates.

    In Cisco SD-WAN Release 20.7.x and earlier releases, Device Templates is titled as Device.