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Before you begin:
Log in or switch enterprises to the tenant that owns the template
To modify a VM template:
Select the template and click on the control menu button in the top-right corner and select Edit
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Privileges: Manage VM templates from Catalogue |
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Edit the general information of a template in public cloud
Enter the general details of the VM template:
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Edit a Name to identify the template. The platform will assign this name to VMs that users create from this template. Check your cloud provider naming requirements!
Optionally, select a Category. The platform will display the templates to users by category
For the Icon, enter a URL with a public IP address, not localhost or 127.0.0.1. It may contain the IP address of the API server. For more details, see the template icons expanding section below.
If your cloud provider supports hardware profiles and CPU/RAM values to configure VMs, you can configure CPU and RAM for the template. For more details, see the private cloud documentation at Modify a VM template.
The Creation date is the timestamp of when you onboarded the template from the cloud provider.
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Edit virtual machine template disk in public cloud
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To make a template private to the owner enterprise, unselect all scopes.
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Edit template advanced tab in public cloud
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Guest setup | In public cloud, by default the Guest setup option is automatically set to Cloud-init even if you do not select this option. |
Guest initial password | For Windows, select Guest initial password to request an initial password that will be sent by email or SMS. |
Cost code | Pricing cost code for this template. Requires the "Add a cost code in VM Template edition" privilege. See Pricing view |
Operating system | Select the operating system type. To use the latest version of an operating system, select a generic type, e.g. WINDOWS, and do not enter the version. The platform uses the operating system to:
For more details of VMware guest operating system types, see Guest operating system definition for VMware and Extended OVF support and template definition. |
OS version | OS version is used to:
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User | Default user for a VM created from this template for Linux SSH access and Windows RDP access
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Password | Default password for the default User of a VM created from this template for Windows systems only |
NIC driver | Abiquo always supports E1000 drivers, and other drivers may be available depending on the cloud provider |
Enable UEFI boot | When selected, disable BIOS boot and enable UEFI boot.
For VMs, the uefiEnabled attribute is read-only and it is available via the API. |
Enable hot add / reconfigure in VM | See separate section
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Creation user | SYSTEM means that the platform created the template |
Creation date | Date and time when the template was created. |
Enable hot add and hot reconfigure for VM templates
To allow users to reconfigure their VMs without powering off, set these values as described on the Advanced tab of the VM edit dialog.
Enable hot-add or hot-reconfigure in VM is valid for supported providers only with supported guest operating systems.
Check that the Operating system and OS version are correctly set for your system.
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CPU hot-add | Enable users to add CPUs in the platform while the VM is powered on |
RAM hot-add | Enable users to add RAM in the platform while the VM is powered on |
Disks hot-reconfigure | Enable users to remove disks from the boot sequence and add disks to the end of the boot sequence while the VM is powered on |
NICs hot-reconfigure | Enable users to add and remove NICs in the platform while the VM is powered on |
Remote access hot-reconfigure | Enable users to reset remote access in the platform while the VM is powered on. Not used in public cloud |
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Manage VM templates with the API
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