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Previous page: Virtual datacenters

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This document is part of the Abiquo walkthrough and it descrbes the Catalogue.
The previous page in the walkthrough is Virtual datacenters and the next page is Tenants and users.

The Catalogue is where the Admin will make it easy for the cloud users to work with the infrastructure that they are providing. In the Catalogue, the Admin will provide the VM templates for creating VMs and blueprints for creating virtual appliance (VApp) configurations.  

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Download sample templates

Abiquo supplies sample templates in a Remote Repository hosted on Amazon S3. Download some of these templates for testing.

  1. On the Catalog tab select the data center.

  2. Click the + Add button on the right hand side and select Create from remote repository

    The Abiquo Official Repository should have been added as default (http://abiquo-repository.abiquo.com/ovfindex.xml).

  3. Select the templates and click Download to save them to the local datacenter Catalogue

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 Catalogue and the privilege to Download VM templates from remote repository.

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Upload a custom VM template

To upload a custom VM template:

  1. On the Catalogue tab select the data center

  2. Click the + Add button and select the option to Create from OVA

  3. Select the OVA file. Abiquo imports OVAs created in VMware. The OVA shoulld contain a single virtual system and the disk format should be compatible with Abiquo. See Template compatibility table

  4. After you upload the OVA, edit the template as required. On the Advanced tab, check that the Operating system is set correctly

The template will be uploaded to your Catalogue and can be used to deploy VMs within a virtual appliance.
Note: Your Appliance Manager remote service must be correctly configured to allow disk uploads. Browser upload uses HTTPS protocols and larger disk files may require a different process.

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