Template File and Response File Keywords

When creating configurations for a large number of servers to implement, you can create a template configuration file that represents the common configuration elements for all servers. Using a response file with only those changes necessary for each server, you can distribute the template and response file and merge the two to create the target configuration. Template files and response files can specify the following keywords:

DELETE

The DELETE keyword causes all information associated with a keyword to be removed. When the DELETE keyword is encountered in a list, all other keywords in the list are ignored.

INCLUDE

A response file is merged into a template file by specifying the INCLUDE keyword at the end of the template file. The original template configuration file is left unchanged, if a new target file name is specified during verification.