Server templates allow you to define common, non-default attributes that you can apply to different server instances. For more information on server templates, see Using Server Configuration Templates.

When you define a server template, you specify the common attributes for a group of server instances. Since these common attributes are contained in the server template, you only need to change them in one place and they take effect in all of the server instances that use the server template. For more information, see Specifying Common Attributes in a Server Template.

You can define a macro for any string attribute in a server template. For more information, see Using Macros in Server Templates.

You configure server templates the same way as you configure Managed Servers. To configure a server template, see the following topics:

• Configure default network connections
• Create and configure clusters
• Create and configure machines
• Configure connection factories
• Configure identity and trust
• Set a server staging mode
• Configure keystores
• Configure health monitoring
• Configure startup arguments for Managed Servers