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Applying Profiles to Folders

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

When you assign a profile to a folder, it is also applied to any sub-folders and their devices. When this happens, the profile is said to be inherited. For information on excluding inherited profiles, 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 folder. This may be useful when a single folder requires specialized or additional criteria. For information on selection criteria, see Using Selection Criteria.

For Smart device profiles, the selection criteria for the profile are built in to the payloads and cannot be configured. For example, an Android payload automatically has selection criteria that means the payload only goes to devices that have an Android OS. You can use additional selection criteria when the profiles are applied, though.

For a general description of the types of profiles available, see Getting Started.

To apply a profile to a folder:

1.Navigate to the folder where you want to apply the profile and click the Profiles tab.

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

3.If desired, click the Launch Wizard button to use the Selection Criteria Wizard to create additional selection criteria to determine how the profile is applied.

4.Click Apply to apply the profile without deploying it. If you want to schedule a deployment for the folder, click Needs Deployment and select the desired deployment options.

You can also apply a profile to a folder 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 folder you want to apply the profile to.

To view where a profile has been applied:

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

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