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This page describes how to modify a VM template in private cloud.
For public cloud, see Modify a VM template in public cloud

Modify a virtual machine template

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Activate hardware profiles for a VM template

When you edit a VM template, you can recommend some hardware profiles for users when they create VMs from this template

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. You can also activate only the recommended hardware profiles.

By default, users can access all hardware profiles that are active in the infrastructure (see Create a hardware profile) and allowed for their enterprise (see Configure an enterprise in a cloud location).

To activate a set of selected hardware profiles for a VM template

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  1. Go to Apps library → Public/Private → select region or datacenter → Templates

  2. Edit a template

  3. Go to Recommended

  4. Select the hardware profiles to recommend for this template. When the user creates a VM, the platform will display (Recommended) beside them.
    For shared templates, remember that the administrator must allow the user's tenant to access the hardware profiles. See Configure an enterprise in a cloud location.

  5. To activate and display the recommended hardware profiles only, select the Enable only recommended HPs option

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Activate datastore tiers for a VM template

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  1. Go to Catalogue →  Edit VM template

  2. Go to Bootstrap

  3. Paste your configuration or script in the Bootstrap script text box

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  4. Continue to configure the VM template or click Save to finish

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Edit template advanced tab
Edit template advanced tab

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Add tags to a VM template

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Add tags to a VM template
Add tags to a VM template


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Manage VM templates with the API


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API Documentation

For the Abiquo API documentation of this feature, see Abiquo API Resources and the page for this resource VirtualMachineTemplatesResource.

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