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The Apps Library is where the Cloud Admin will make it easy for the Cloud Users to use the infrastructure that they are providing. And it is easy for the Cloud Admin administrators to upload templates as OVAs, template disks, or ISO disks, for example.
 
In each private cloud datacenter, an Apps Library based on an NFS Repository should be configured and this is where the Cloud Admin will provide the virtual machine templates that can be deployed.  For Service Providers the Apps Library enables the provider to offer appliances and applications to their customer. For Enterprises the Apps Library provides a central, controlled image repository so that only approved images can be deployed onto the infrastructure.

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Administrators can also create application blueprints called Virtual Appliance Specs by saving the configuration of a group of virtual machines, and manage them in the Apps library. The user can automatically create a new virtual appliance directly from the blueprint.

Screenshot: public cloud templates in the Apps library


Screenshot: A template and clones of virtual machine disks created from the template (instance templates)


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