Deployment

Role

The enable_deployment role is required to use this feature.

"Deployment" refers to a feature and its corresponding screen in the web interface that allows the user to instantiate devices in the network design based on the actual network data (import).

The deployment page shows ports that are not assigned to a device but do exist per the network design, ARE device ports, AND have a MAC (and/or IP) in the actual network data (import rows). By pressing "Deploy", the "Create device" screen will be shown with various fields pre-filled based on the import data.

• If no device matching the IP or MAC exists, the user can create a new device based on the import data.
• If a device matching the IP or MAC exists, but it does not have any port assignment(s), the user can assign the port to the device.
• If there is a matching device (based on the IP or MAC) and it already has a port assigned (i.e. a different port), an error is shown and the user can click a button to view the corresponding device.

In order to enable the feature, the enable_deployment system setting must be set to true (this can be done by the site administrator).