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title: "Downloading a Config Template"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/NetMRI753/41912848/Downloading%20a%20Config%20Template"
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To download a device configuration file from a config template for use in the configuration of an undiscovered network device, for editing, or for other purposes, perform the following:

1. Click the Action icon and choose **Run** **Now** from the menu. The **Job** **Wizard** appears, showing the *Fill Out Job Details* page.   
The *Fill Out Job Details* page differs based on whether you wish to immediately run the job (**Run** **Now**) or to schedule it for a later occasion.
2. Choose the **Push** **Mode** option: **Text** **File**. This tells the job engine that you are downloading a template's configuration file to a text file. No device configuration takes place if you choose this option.
3. Click the **Templates** tab in the *Fill Out Job Details* page, and select the template for the Job. Enter any required input values.
4. Click **Next**. The *Select Device Groups or Devices* page appears, showing a **Devices** tab.
5. (*Optional* *step*) You may choose one or more devices to map the downloaded configuration text file.
  - If you choose no device, the downloaded template is merged with the input values you defined in Step 3.  
For configuring an undiscovered device using a config template, this is a perfectly acceptable option.
  - Choosing a single device generates and downloads the configuration text file with a name comprised of the device IP and host name.
  - Choosing multiple devices produces a Zip archive file with template files generated for each device using the same inputs.

6. After choosing the device to merge for the text file, if any, click **Next**.

7. In the *Review and Run* page of the *Template Run Now* wizard, review the steps taken for the Job.

Review the **Inputs** field to ensure that all necessary input values have variables or data entries assigned to them through the template.

8. (*Text* * File* * Push* * Mode* * only*) To download the template's configuration file to your hard disk, click **Download** ** Configuration**. A configuration text file containing the inserted values or variables for the template is downloaded by your Web browser to your designated Downloads directory. Since the Push Mode is for a Text File, the job is complete at this step.

> Macro (legacy-content)

When the Push Mode is for a text file, the Job does not execute against a device itself; instead, the configuration is downloaded from the template with the variables or value modifications added. You can then use the template to hand-configure the intended device.