How to convert Site Templates into Component Templates

Owned by Florian Hoenigschmid (Deactivated)
Last updated: Feb 01, 2017 by Sebastian Koch
2 min read

In some cases, you may want to use a specific Site Template (with all revisions you have done so far) in another instance of the azeti Engine (e.g. migrating the site configuration to another instance).

Converting a Site Template to a Component allows to reuse it globally for your installations. The conversion can be done quickly by altering the XML of the Site Template and declaring it to become a Component template. After an upload it will be recognized as a Component.

Check out the article /wiki/spaces/SSCL/pages/47775864 which explains tech differences between Site Templates and Components.

Step-by-step guide

  1. Log into the Dashboard. Go to Config/Provisioning → Sensor Templates → Site Templates and click on edit next to the location you wish to edit.
  2. Click on the Dropdown Menu of 'Show as XML' (right arrow next to the button), which is right next to the red 'Toggle SU / Normal Mode' button, and choose 'with server nodes'. The XML file of the Site Template will appear.

  3. Click on the 'Download' button and save the XML file. 
  4. In the XML file, two sections have to be edited in order to convert the Site Template to a Component Template. The following Code Blocks will provide an example of what needs to be changed.

    Beginning of the XML

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<sensor_configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
config_name="azeti Demo Box" config_version="1.84" schema_version="1.0" 
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="sensor_config.xsd">   
  <sensors>
    <sensor sensor_id="cloud_connected">
      <sensor_class>unknown</sensor_class>
    </sensor>


    In the Code Block above (Site Template), lines 2, 3 and 4 have to be edited. The following Code Block (Component Template) shows the changes in line 2, 3, 4 and 5. 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no">
<component_template config_version="1.0" schema_version="1.0"> 
<description>azeti Demo Box</description> 
<vendor>azeti</vendor> 
<version>1</version>
  <sensors>
    <sensor sensor_id="cloud_connected">
      <sensor_class>unknown</sensor_class>
    </sensor>

    End of the XML

    As mentioned before, also a slight change at the end of the XML file is necessary. 

    0 or 1" sensor_id="Chute_Check" value_type="string"/>
            </result_list>
          </false>
        </condition>
      </conditions>
    </rule>
  </ac_rules>
</sensor_configuration>

    Only the last line (1104) of the Site Template has to be changed. The change is visible in the Code Block below at the last line.

    0 or 1" sensor_id="Chute_Check" value_type="string"/>
            </result_list>
          </false>
        </condition>
      </conditions>
    </rule>
  </ac_rules>
</component_template>

    5. Save the changes and upload the Template as a Component Template at Config/Provisioning → Sensor Templates → Component Templates