Applying Profiles to Locations

Once you have established your locations and created profiles, you can apply profiles to your network. A profile applies settings for your devices or server. If you do not assign the profiles you create to locations, the settings in those profiles will not be applied.

When you assign a profile to a location, it is also applied to any sub-locations and their devices. When this happens, the profile is said to be inherited. For information on excluding profiles that have been inherited, see Editing Exclusions.

Profiles are applied to the devices based on the selection criteria for the profile and the priority in which the profiles are listed in the Avalanche Console. Each profile can have selection criteria that define which devices can use the profile. A profile can be assigned additional selection criteria when it is applied to a location. This may be useful when a single location requires specialized or additional criteria. For information on selection criteria, see Using Selection Criteria.

To apply a profile to a location:

Navigate to the location where you want to apply the profile and click the Profiles context link.

In the Available Profiles panel, select the check box next to the name of the profile you want to apply and click Apply.

Click Apply to apply the profile without deploying it. If you want to schedule a server synchronization for the location, click Schedule Synchronization and select the desired synchronization options.

Note: You can also apply a profile to a location from the Profile Details page. From the Profiles tab, click the name of the profile you want to apply. In the Applied Locations panel, click New and select the location you want to apply the profile to.

To view where a profile has been applied:

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From the Profiles tab, click the name of the profile you want to view.

The home location for the profile appears in the profile details. You can also view the locations where the profile has been applied in the Applied Locations panel.