Product Request – Enhanced VLAN and Policy Templates in WatchGuard System Manager

Daniel_Florean

Description:
I extensively use WatchGuard System Manager templates to standardize customer deployments.
One limitation I encounter is the inability to create a template that includes:

Preconfigured VLANs already assigned to a physical interface (e.g., eth1).

Predefined intra-VLAN policies, so I don’t have to manually configure the From and To fields for each VLAN combination during every deployment.

Use Case:
For customer standardization, I would like to:

Create a template with predefined VLANs (e.g., LAN, Guest, IoT, Server, etc.) already mapped to an interface.

Have all the required intra-VLAN policies already in place within the template (e.g., LAN ↔ Server, LAN ↔ IoT, etc.).

At deployment time, only adjust customer-specific parts (e.g., External interface, SSO, etc.), without having to manually rebuild all intra-VLAN policies.

Benefits:

Increased efficiency in deploying configurations.

Reduced risk of human error when recreating policies.

Stronger standardization across customer environments.

Request:
Please add the ability to include in a template:

VLANs already preconfigured on an interface.

Predefined intra-VLAN policies that can be reused without manual reconfiguration of the From and To fields.

james.carson

Hi @Daniel_Florean
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