Configuring And Maintaining An Environment Using Configuration Templates

An apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

• defining, in a configuration template, an environment;
• defining, in the configuration template, a plurality of virtualized devices to be deployed within the environment, wherein each of the virtualized devices is configured in accordance with a device configuration that is included in the configuration template;
• and
• creating, using the configuration template, the environment and the virtualized devices that are deployed in the environment in accordance with their respective device configurations contained in the configuration template.

A computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

• defining, in a configuration template, an environment;
• defining, in the configuration template, a plurality of virtualized devices to be deployed within the environment, wherein each of the virtualized devices is configured in accordance with a device configuration that is included in the configuration template;
• and
• creating, using the configuration template, the environment and the virtualized devices that are deployed in the environment in accordance with their respective device configurations contained in the configuration template.