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Abiquo supplies sample templates in a Remote Repository hosted on Amazon S3. Download some of these templates for testing.
Note that by default the Cloud Admin has the privilege to Manage repository (to add and delete remote repositories) and Admins have access to the Apps library and the privilege to Download VM templates from remote repository. |
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Users can create clones of their VM disks as instance templates. In private cloud, instances are stored with the master templates in the Apps library.
Screenshot: A template and clones of VM disks created from the template (instance templates)
In private cloud datacenters, Cloud Admins can set allocation limits to ensure that no single enterprise uses all the repository space. The platform meters Repository usage and you can bill each tenant for it.
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Screenshot: In public cloud the Apps library imports the details of templates from the provider and links to the provider's disk files.
In both private and public cloud, Admins can also create application blueprints called virtual appliance specs by saving the configuration of a group of VMs to the Apps library. The user can then automatically create a new virtual appliance directly from the blueprint.