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Configuration Guide Template (MS Word)
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Download this MS Word Configuration Guide Template to document the configuration settings in your network, hardware, or software solution. You can easily modify this template, which includes sample text in each chapter to get you started.
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Benefits of this Configuration Guide Template
This Configuration Guide template will help you to:
- Identify the prerequisites and system requirements for the hardware, software, or network you intend to configure.
- Configure the necessary security settings
- Document the configuration tasks that need to be performed as part of the system deployment.
- Identify, define, and configure alarms and events that will be used to flag whether an activity needs attention.
- Configure access points and controllers.
- Enable, schedule, delete and schedule reports related to the over-arching deployment project.
- Describe the steps required to perform specific configuration tasks, for example, when deploying to different operating systems.
- Provide the settings for the Web.Config, Global.Config, Logging, SAML, and other configuration files.
- Describe how to verify that the deployment has been a success.
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Table of Contents
The template contains the following chapters. Each chapter comes with sample text and guidelines to get you started. In also, includes specific styles for the headings, notes, bullet lists, code and other frequently used styles. Here are the main sections in the template.
- Introduction 6
- Getting Started 9
- Configuring the Security Settings 11
- Performing Configuration Tasks 12
- Configuring Alarms and Events 13
- Configuring Controllers and Access Points 15
- Generating Reports 16
- Deploying Component #1 18
- Configuring Config Files 20
- Configuration Items 21
- Web Configuration File Settings 22
- SAML Configuration 25
- Verifying Deployment 27
Introduction and Explanatory Text
In the template file, explanatory text is enclosed in square brackets [like this] and displayed in blue italics, i.e. the Instructions style. To return to Normal text, press Enter on your keyboard after the blue text and the next paragraph will change back to Normal text.
1.1. Document Overview
Include any key points that will help place the document in context, for example, the key drivers behind this project and/or other reasons you are preparing this document. This helps readers who will come to the project at a later date to see the ‘bigger picture’ and understand your objectives.
Start the document by providing an overview. Outline the purpose, scope, goals, and also how it relates to other projects]
For example:
This document defines how to use the Configuration Guide for [name of company] projects.
[Describe what’s contained in this document and, if necessary, how the document is organized. Summarize the purpose and contents of this document and describe any security or privacy considerations associated with its use.]1.2. System Overview
Provide a brief description of the system to be configured. In addition, include the following:
- System owner
- System name
- System category
- Major applications
- Operational status
- Operational
- Under development
- Environment and special conditions
1.3. Scope
Provide a brief description of the scope of this Configuration Plan; identify other Project(s) it is associated with, and anything else that is affected or influenced by this document.
1.4. Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
Include the definitions of all terms, acronyms, and abbreviations required to properly interpret the Configuration Plan. You can reference this information in the project’s Glossary if necessary.
1.5. Documentation
Outline all documents referenced in the Configuration Plan. Identify each document by title, number (if applicable), date, and owner. Specify the sources, such as Subject Matter Experts, from which the references can be obtained. You can provide a reference to an appendix or to another document, if necessary.
2. Getting Started
Describes how to prepare [Product] for operation.
2.1. Prerequisites
Before installing the [Product], ensure that you have completed the necessary tasks.
2.2. System Requirements
Describe the system requirements. For example:
[Product] can be run on a workstation/server class system. It requires the following:3. Configuring the Security Settings
Describe how to configure the security aspect of the solution.
3.1. [Solution] Security
Describe the security solution in detail.
4. Performing Configuration Tasks
Describe how to perform certain configuration tasks.
This chapter describes how to use [Product] to perform system-level tasks.
4.1. Performing Task #1
Describe how to perform certain tasks. For example:
Follow these steps to add a controller to the [Product] database.
4.2. Performing Task #2
Describe how to perform the next task.
4.3. Performing Task #3
Describe how to perform the next task.
5. Configuring Alarms and Events
Describe alarms and events.
This chapter describes the type of events and alarms reported, how to view alarms and events by severity, and how to view signature attacks.
5.1. Definitions
Define an alarm.
An alarm is a [Product] response to one or more related events. If an event high enough severity (critical, major, minor, or warning), the [Product] raises an alarm until the condition is no longer occurring.
5.2. Alarm and Event Dictionary
Provide an alarm and event dictionary.
5.3. Alarm Notification Format
Describe the format of each notification.
6. Configuring Controllers and Access Points
Describe how to configure controllers and access points in the [Product] database.
This chapter describes how to configure controllers and access points in the [Product] database.
6.1. Adding Controllers
Describe how to perform each task.
7. Generating Reports
Describe how to run reports.
Create [Product] reports to monitor the system, and troubleshoot problems. You can generate a number of reports to run on an immediate, scheduled, or batch basis. Each report type has a number of user-defined criteria.
7.1. Choosing a Report
Describe how to perform reporting tasks, for example:
7.1.1. Enabling a Schedule
7.1.2. Disabling a Schedule
7.1.3. Deleting a Report
7.1.4. Scheduling a Report
8. Deploying Component #1
Describe how to deploy each component. Include the necessary steps to configure the component.
Installation instructions vary depending on your application server.
8.1. Installing with Apache Tomcat
Describe how to install each component, for example:
8.1.1. Procedure
Describe the steps required to perform this task.
8.2. Configuring log4j logging
Describe the steps to configure the logging.
8.2.1. Procedure
If running Tomcat X.x:
9. Configuring Config Files
Describe how to configure the necessary configuration files. For example:
9.1. Loader.config
Identify the directory and settings for this config file.
9.2. Launcher.config
Identify the directory and settings for the Launcher.config file.
10. Configuration Items
Describe the configuration items.
The configuration items are located in the following paths:
Describe the settings.
11. Web Configuration File Settings
Describe the web configuration file settings.
The web configuration file contains the following:
- configSections
- connectionStrings
- Log4net
- appSettings
- System Web
- System Web Server
11.1. configSections
11.2. Log4net
Describe the web configuration file settings.
11.3. System Web
Describe the web configuration file settings.
Specifies the system web settings.
12. SAML Configuration
Describe the SAML configuration file settings.
Specify SAML configuration information in the SAML.config file located in the root directory of the [Product] and Identity Provider applications. The Identity Provider authenticates users and provides user information to [Product] and the Partner Service Provider.
12.1. SAML Schema Settings
Identify the SAML ssettings:
12.2. Sample SAML Schema File
Add a sample SAML schema file.
13. Verifying Deployment
In the final chapter, describe how you have verified that the deployment works. This helps both you and your client agree that the deployment has been a success, and that the configuration steps are correct.
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File Format: The template is Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
Page Count: 27 Pages.
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