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Guest setup

In public cloud, by default the Guest setup option is automatically set to Cloud-init even if you do not select this option.
It also assumes that your templates are compatible with Cloud-init.
In AWS, for Windows templates, you can also select from: Cloudbase-init, EC2Config, EC2Launch, and EC2Launch v2.

Guest initial password

For Windows, select Guest initial password to request an initial password that will be sent by email or SMS.
Remember to set the User field below to an appropriate user, such as administrator.

Cost codes

The cost codes for extra charges for this template are now on a separate tab. See Add cost codes for extra charges for a VM template in Modify a VM template

Operating system

Select the operating system type.

To use the latest version of an operating system, select a generic type, e.g. WINDOWS, and do not enter the version. 

The platform uses the operating system to:

• load the default icon defined for the OS or the generic OS type, if you have not set an icon

• enable users to search for the template (e.g. Ubuntu 64-bit template)

• determine the correct remote access method

For more details of VMware guest operating system types, see Guest operating system definition for VMware and Extended OVF support and template definition .

OS version

OS version is used to:

• add operating systems not included in the list of codes

• provide details of operating systems

User

Default user for a VM created from this template for Linux SSH access and Windows RDP access

• Enter the appropriate user for the operating system, for example, root or administrator

• The user will need to enter their SSH public key in their user account and use their SSH private key to access the VM

Password

Default password for the default User of a VM created from this template for Windows systems only

NIC driver

Abiquo always supports E1000 drivers, and other drivers may be available depending on the cloud provider

Enable UEFI boot

When selected, disable BIOS boot and enable UEFI boot.

• Requires templates with UEFI firmware and operating system support for UEFI boot.

• Abiquo recommends that users:

  • Do not change the template's disk controllers

  • Meet the minimum hardware requirements for the OS

  • Correctly indicate the 32/64 bit architecture

For VMs, the uefiEnabled attribute is read-only and it is available via the API.

Enable hot add / reconfigure in VM

See separate section

• For Google Cloud Platform, the VM must be powered on for reconfigure

Creation user

SYSTEM means that the platform created the template

Creation date

Date and time when the template was created.

CPU hot-add

Let users

add CPUs in the platform while the VM is powered on

RAM hot-add

Let users

add RAM in the platform while the VM is powered on

Disks hot-reconfigure

Let users

remove disks from the boot sequence and add disks to the end of the boot sequence while the VM is powered on

NICs hot-reconfigure

Let users

add and remove NICs in the platform while the VM is powered on

Remote access hot-reconfigure

Let users

reset remote access in the platform while the VM is powered on. Not used in public cloud