Activating a Design/Change-Time Policy
CentraSite does not begin enforcing a Design/Change Time policy until you activate it.
To activate a policy, you change the policy's lifecycle state to the "Productive" state. This state change executes CentraSite's Automatic Policy Activation policy.
Note: | The Automatic Policy Activation policy is a hidden system policy. You cannot edit or delete this policy. |
When you activate a policy, be aware that:
You will not be allowed to activate the policy unless all of its parameters have been set. When you switch the policy to the Productive state,
CentraSite executes the
Validate Policy Activation policy. This policy will not allow you to switch a policy to the Productive state if the policy's parameters have not yet been set.
Some organizations require an approval to activate a policy. If your organization has an approval action associated with the activation of a policy,
CentraSite will not activate the policy until the required approvals are obtained. For more information about approval actions, see
Using the Initiate Approval Action.
If an earlier version of the policy is already active,
CentraSite will deactivate the old version before it activates the new one. For more information about working with versioned policies, see
Versioning a Policy.
When a policy becomes active,
CentraSite begins enforcing it immediately. You can suspend enforcement of a policy by switching it to the Suspended state, as described in
Deactivating a Design/Change-Time
Policy.
To activate a policy, you must have permission to change the policy to the Productive state.
To determine whether a policy is active or inactive, examine the policy's Active indicator on the Policies > Design/Change-Time page. The icon in the Active column indicates the policy's activation state as follows:
Icon | Description |
| Policy is active. |
| Policy is inactive. |
The activation state of a policy is also reported next to the State field in the Design/Change-Time Policy Details page.
To activate a policy
1. Display the Design/Change-Time Policy Details page for the policy that you want to activate. If you need procedures for this step, see Viewing or Changing a Policy. 2. Examine the Actions tabs and verify that all of the actions on this tab display the green icon in the Parameters Set column. If any of the actions display the red circle icon in this column, set their parameters before you continue.
3. In the Policy Information panel, click the Change State button. (If you do not see the Change State button, it is probably because you do not have permission to change the lifecycle state of a policy.)
4. In the Change Lifecycle State dialog box, select the Productive lifecycle state and click OK.
5. Examine the State field in the Policy Information panel to verify that the policy's state has been changed.
If this state change requires approval, the
State field will indicate that the policy is in the pending mode.
CentraSite will automatically switch the policy to the requested state and activate the policy after all the necessary approvals have been obtained. For information about checking the status of objects that you have submitted for approval, see
Reviewing Requests that You Have Submitted
for Approval.
Note: | While the policy is in pending mode, it cannot be edited. |
