Navigate Configuration Manager
Add-on product: Configuration Manager extends Itential Platform with configuration compliance and validation capabilities. It requires Itential Platform as a prerequisite. View platform overview
Access and navigate Configuration Manager through the Itential Platform interface.
Open Configuration Manager
To access Configuration Manager:
Configuration Manager opens in your active browser tab.
Understand the interface
Configuration Manager organizes content into five main views:
Toolbar actions
The toolbar at the top provides quick access to common tasks:
- Create (+): Create new configurations, groups, or parsers
- Search (🔍): Search across device collections
- Home (🏠): Return to the Configuration Manager home page
- Documentation (📖): Open product documentation
- About (☰): View release version information
Home page features
The home page includes:
- Pinned items: Quick access to frequently used elements
- Quick Start card: Search device collections or create new ones
- Recent activity: View recent configuration operations
Work with devices
Access device details from the left navigation menu.
Device details view
The device details page displays information in two sections:
Upper card (summary):
Lower card (tabs):
Work with device groups
Device groups represent collective associations of device IDs for bulk operations.
View group details
To open a device group:
Edit device groups
From the group details page, you can:
- Add or remove devices from the group
- Update group name and description via the settings menu (vertical dots icon)
- View all devices currently in the group
Work with device backups
Device backups provide point-in-time configuration snapshots.
Backup list view
The backups view provides:
- Filtering: Narrow results by device, date, or status
- Sorting: Order backups chronologically or by other criteria
- Pagination: Navigate through large backup sets
- Batch deletion: Remove multiple backups at once
Backup details view
The backup details page displays:
Upper card:
- Backup metadata (device, timestamp, status)
Lower card tabs:
Edit backup metadata
To modify backup properties: