How widely is Jinja templates used in FMG for SD-WAN at enterprise/MSSP level?

[ugoor]

Hey folks,

I’ve been diving into FortiManager and noticed there’s a way to deploy SDWAN using Jinja2 templates instead of the traditional static policy/package approach.

From your experience with large scale deployments, how common is Jinja templating for SDWAN and policy automation? Is it considered standard practice among MSSPs and enterprise customers, or still more of an advanced/power-user feature?

Also curious from a career/skills perspective, is it worth investing time to learn this method for efficient SDWAN deployment at scale?

Would love to hear real-world experiences.

[fg_muc]

Hi,

I don't primarily work on large SD-WAN projects, but some of my colleagues do.
I keep hearing that Jinja is the tool of choice for very large deployments because it is much more flexible and offers more options, for example in terms of dependencies at different locations.

So, for me, Jinja seems to be a common approach for complex deployments and may also offer added value in the MSSP environment, where there are many differences.