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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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Save a VApp configuration as a blueprint spec

See Create a virtual appliance spec

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What do VApp specs save and create

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To manage allowed locations:

  1. Go to Apps library Catalogue 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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To change the default version of a spec:

  1. Go to Apps library Catalogue → 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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