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This page describes how you can easily save and create a typical set of VMs using the virtual appliance specs (blueprints) feature.
This page describes blueprints for a cloud administrator or reseller administrator, including the Catalogue functionalities, and sharing.
For details of how to use these blueprints for a tenant administrator, see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/resumedraft.action?draftId=326598709.
For details of how to create a virtual appliance from a blueprint, see Create a virtual appliance based on a spec.

Introduction to virtual appliance specifications

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nameSave a VApp configuration as a blueprint spec

To save a configuration of a group of VMs as a blueprint (virtual appliance spec):

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Privileges: Manage virtual appliance specs

  1. Go to myCloud → Virtual datacenters → Virtual appliances

  2. Open the virtual appliance

  3. Go to the virtual appliance options menu → select Create new spec

  4. Enter spec details

    1. The Description should identify the spec and the current version for the user

    2. For the Icon, enter a URL

      1. This URL must have a public IP address, not localhost or 127.0.0.1. It may contain the IP address of the API server. Use the same protocol as the server to avoid mixed content errors

      2. Square icon images with a size of 128x128 pixels and a transparent background look best. The compatible image formats are PNG, JPG, and GIF.

      3. Click Validate to check the display of the Icon

  5. If your user role has the privilege to Allow user to switch enterprises, you can also do the following steps

    1. Go to Scopes and select scopes to share the spec with the tenants in those scopes

    2. Go to Locations and select datacenters and public cloud regions where users can work with the spec

  6. Click Save

The platform will create the new spec for your tenant. This spec will be the default, but an administrator can change or remove the default.

Create a new blueprint to save the configuration of a group of VMs

When designing a virtual appliance for use in more than one location, please consider the following differences between private and public cloud:

  • Private cloud datacenters allow multiple disk templates and additional disks. In public cloud, the platform may support only a single disk or use all disks

  • Public networks in private cloud will be translated to floating IPs in public cloud and vice versa

  • A range of IP addresses may be reserved by an SDN system or the cloud provider

  • The number of NICs allowed or required per VM may vary

  • Firewall and load balancer configurations may differ

To save VM disks as templates, see Create instances to save VM disks to templates.

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To create a version of a spec:

  1. Log in to the owner enterprise (that created the spec)

  2. Go to myCloud view →  Virtual datacenters 

  3. Open a virtual appliance created from the spec

  4. Make changes as required

  5. From the Virtual appliance options menu  select Create new spec version

The platform will save the spec version in the Catalogue. This latest version will be the new default unless the administrator sets a specific default version.

Create a spec or spec version

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Virtual appliance specifications (VApp specs) are saved configurations (like blueprints) to help users easily create new virtual appliances.

To display Vapp specs

  1. Go to Catalogue → Virtual appliance specs

The platform will display all the specs available in the platform.

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To define the tenants who can work with the spec do these steps.

  1. Edit the spec and go to the Scopes tab.

  2. Select your own scope and/or child scope(s) beneath your scope in the hierarchy.

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Define the locations where users can work with a spec

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To manage allowed locations:

  1. Go to Apps library → Virtual appliance specs

  2. Select the spec, click the Options button, and select Edit

  3. Go to Locations → select locations

    1. If the spec should be available in all current and future locations, select Use all locations.

    2. To restrict the spec to a group of current locations:

      1. Clear the Use all locations checkbox

      2. Select the Locations where the spec will be available for use

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Troubleshooting spec locations

  • If another user has already assigned locations that you cannot administer and access, then you can maintain or deselect these locations.

  • If you deselect locations that you cannot administer or acccess, you cannot add them again

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To change the default version of a spec:

  1. Go to Apps library → Virtual appliance specs

  2. Select the VApp spec icon, click the options button, and select Versions

  3. Click on the Version you want users to work with

  4. On the top, right-hand side of the dialog, click Mark as default version

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To unset the default, so that users will always work with the latest version:

  1. Select the VApp spec version and click the pencil Edit button

  2. Clear the Default checkbox

To delete a version of a spec, select it and click the Delete button. If you delete the default version, then the platform will return the latest version to users.

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