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This article describes how to create a site manually and by importing a CSV file that contains the site configuration information.

Create a Site

To create a site:

  1. In the left menu bar, select Deploy. The main panel displays all existing sites.

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  2. Click the add-site-icon.png icon. In the Create Site screen, enter information for the following fields.

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    Field Description
    Name (Required) Enter a name for the site.
    Region (Required) (For Releases 10.2.1 and later.) Select a region.
    Address Enter a street address for the site.
    City Enter the name of the city where the site is located.
    State Enter the name of the state where the site is located.
    Country (Required) Enter the name of the country where the site is located.
    Zip Code Enter the  postal code for the site.
    Director (Required) Select the Director node to manage the site
    Controllers Select a controller or hub controller node.
  3. Click Save.

Import a CSV File To Create Sites and Appliances

For Releases 11.4.1 and later.

To create one or more site at the same time, you can create a CSV file that contains the configuration information for the sites, and then you import the file to Concerto.

You can select a profile to use for the CSV file that is preconfigured with the columns to create a new site. After you download the new site CSV file, upload the CSV file to create new sites and appliances in bulk. Browse the file and upload for creating new sites and appliances. After the file is uploaded, check the Task page to see the progress of the site creation.

To download and upload the CSV file to create new sites:

  1. In the left menu bar, select Deploy, and then click the download-csv-icon.png icon in the main panel.

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  2. In the Download New Site CSV screen, select the master profile to use for the CSV file download, and then click Download. Use the Search box to search for the profile name.

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  3. Save the downloaded CSV file to the local disk. The filename format must be tenant-name##(BASIC | STANDARD)##master-profile-name.vversion-number.csv. For example, VERSA##BASIC##Default-Active-Active.v1.csv.

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  4. Open the downloaded CSV file, add bind data for the sites and appliances, and then save the file.

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  5. To import the saved CSV file, click the import-csv-icon.png icon in the main panel.

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  6. In the Upload Site CSV screen, click Browse, and then select the CSV file from local disk to upload.

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  7. Click Upload.

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  8. After CSV file has been uploaded, click the task-icon.png icon in the top menu bar to view the status of the create of sites and appliances.

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Supported Software Information

Releases 10.1.1 and later support all content described in this article, except:

  • Release 11.4.1 supports downloading a CSV file to create sites and appliances.