Use variables in configuration jobs

A configuration job is a set of configuration commands that you can run on one or more managed instances. When you run the same configuration on multiple instances, you might want to use different values for the parameters used in your configuration. You can define variables that enable you to assign different values for these parameters or run a job across multiple instances.

For example, consider a basic load balancing configuration where you add a load balancing virtual server, add two services, and bind the services to the virtual server. Now, you might want to have the same configuration on two instances but with different values for the virtual server and services names and IP addresses. You can use the configuration jobs feature to achieve this by using variables to define the names and IP addresses of the virtual server and services.

In this example, the following commands and variables are used:

add lb vserver **servername** HTTP **ipaddress portnumber**

add service **servicename1** **ipaddress1** HTTP 80

add service **servicename2** **ipaddress2** HTTP 80

bind lb vserver **servername** **servicename1**

bind lb vserver **servername** **servicename2**
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