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  • We recommend square images of size 128x128 pixels with a transparent background. Compatible formats are PNG, JPG, and GIF.

  • If an administrator shares the template with other tenants, then this icon will display for their users

  • If you change the icon of a template with instance templates, when you create the next instance, it will have the new icon

  • If you do not set an Icon, the platform will use the default VM icon from the UI theme

  • If the Operating System is set on the Advanced tab, and you don't set an icon, the platform may display the icon for a specific OS type or a generic OS type. The platform will not assign this icon to VMs.
    See Configure default template icons by operating system type

Note

Troubleshooting minimum and maximum CPU and RAM values

  • The platform stores 0 as an empty value, so if you enter 0, it will disappear!

  • If users edit existing VMs that already had out-of-range values, the platform displays a warning but does not enforce the range.

  • Changes can affect recommended hardware profiles on the Advanced tab, so review them

  • Users with the Override VM constraints privilege can enter values outside this range

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nameAdd a bootstrap script to a VM template

Add a bootstrap script to a VM template and the platform will add it to all VMs created from the template to use with the Cloud-init or similar options for Guest setup. 

Before you begin:

  1. Prepare a template that is compatible with cloud-init version 0.7.9 or above, or cloudbase-init, or a similar system

  2. In private cloud, the platform will create an ISO disk for Configuration drive

To add a VM bootstrap configuration or script:

  1. Go to Catalogue →  Edit In the Catalogue, edit a VM template

  2. Go to Bootstrap

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

    Add a bootstrap script for a template

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

Note: when you save VM disks to an instance template, Abiquo copies the VM bootstrap script to the instance template.

For details of how to work with bootstrap scripts in a VM, see VM bootstrap script

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nameAdd cost codes for extra charges for a VM template

When you edit a VM template, you can add extra charges for cloud billing.

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Privileges: View virtual machine template extra charges, Manage virtual machine template extra charges

  1. Create extra charges. See Manage extra charges with cost codes

    1. For the Type select VM template or All

  2. Set values for extra charges. See Create a new pricing model

  3. Go to the Catalogue

  4. Edit a VM template

  5. Go to Extra charges with cost codes

  6. Add extra charges with cost codes as required

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Add tags to a VM template

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nameAdd tags to a VM template

When you edit a VM template, you can add tags to group resources and manage them in Control view.

To manage tags for a template:

  1. Go to Catalogue → select a datacenter or public cloud region

  2. Go to Templates

  3. Edit a template

  4. Go to Tags

  5. Add tags 

    Add tags to a VM template

    For more details see Manage tags

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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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