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Edit virtual machine template disk in public cloud
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Before you begin:
Log in or switch enterprises to the tenant that owns the template
To modify a VM template:
Select the template and click on the control menu button in the top-right corner and select Edit
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Edit the general information of a template in public cloud
Enter the general details of the VM template:
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Edit a Name to identify the template. The platform will assign this name to VMs that users create from this template. Check your cloud provider naming requirements!
Optionally, select a Category. The platform will display the templates to users by category
For the Icon, enter a URL with a public IP address, not localhost or 127.0.0.1. It may contain the IP address of the API server. For more details, see the template icons expanding section below.
If your cloud provider supports hardware profiles and CPU/RAM values to configure VMs, you can configure CPU and RAM for the template. For more details, see the private cloud documentation at Modify a VM template .
The Creation date is the timestamp of when you onboarded the template from the cloud provider.
For template icons:
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 Set default template icons by operating system type
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Edit virtual machine template disk in public cloud
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To edit VM template disk in public cloud providers
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Capacity
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The Capacity is the hard disk space to deploy this disk. Check your cloud provider's minimum capacity requirements for your operating system
When you import a VM template from Azure, the Capacity will be set to 0 and this means the platform will use the default size of the template in the provider
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To set the storage service level of the template disk, select a Datastore tier. You can modify this value in a VM before you deploy it
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Edit VM template variables
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template variables
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To add variables to a VM template, enter the Key and Value, then click Add.
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To edit an existing value, click the pencil icon, enter the new Value, then click ok. To save your changes to the template, click Save.
The variables will be added automatically to new VMs. Users can edit the variables when configuring the VM.
After the VM deploys, users can then access variables in the guest.
For example, AWS stores the variables in the ~/vm-variables.rc file. Cloud-init may use variables.
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Scopes tab for sharing VM templates
To share a template with the enterprises in one or more scopes, select template scopes.
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To remove enterprise access to a template, remove the scope containing the enterprise.
You cannot remove a scope from the template if an enterprise in the scope is using the template, for example, if it has deployed VMs or instances of VMs.
To make a template private to the owner enterprise, unselect all scopes.
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Add a bootstrap script to a VM template in public cloud
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) option, for Guest setup, which you can configure on the Advanced tab. You can also use scripts that are saved as Script templates.
Before you begin:
Prepare a template that is compatible with cloud-init (version 0.7.9 or above), or cloudbase-init, or a similar system
To add a VM bootstrap configuration or script:
In the Catalogue, edit a VM template
Go to Bootstrap
If you have the
Add a script template to a VM templateprivilege, select Use own script or Use script templateFor Use own script, paste your configuration or script in the Bootstrap script text box
For Use script template, click Search, and double-click a script template, or select a script template and click Accept
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.
Related links
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Edit template on advanced tab in public cloud
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Guest setup | In public cloud |
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Guest initial password | For Windows, select Guest initial password to request an initial password that will be sent by email or SMS. |
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:
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:
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User | Default user for a VM created from this template for Linux SSH access and Windows RDP access
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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.
For VMs, the uefiEnabled attribute is read-only and it is available via the API. |
Enable hot add / reconfigure in VM | See separate section
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Creation user |
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Creation date | Date and time when the template was created. |
Enable hot add and hot reconfigure for VM templates
To allow users to reconfigure their VMs without powering off, set these values as described on the Advanced tab of the VM edit dialog.
Enable hot-add or hot-reconfigure in VM is valid for supported providers only with supported guest operating systems.
Check that the Operating system and OS version are correctly set for your system.
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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 |
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Add cost codes for extra charges for a VM template
See “Add cost codes for extra charges for a VM template” in Modify a VM template.
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Manage VM templates with the API
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Pages related to VM templates
Main
Apps librarypage with links to related pages: Catalogue view