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Introduction

To create a VM template, you can install an operating system on a VM deployed directly on a hypervisor and then save the virtual disk file (or OVA) to load into Abiquo to share with your users.

As a guide, you can check many of the available settings for VM templates when you edit a VM template (especially, on the Advanced tab). See https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311371311/Modify+a+VM+template#Edit-template-advanced-tab. Abiquo may also recognize some additional hardware from the OVF file (within an OVA). See OVF reference.

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UEFI boot

If your VM requires UEFI boot, then you must enable the option in Abiquo on the Advanced tab when you edit a template.

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Virtual disk formats

You can use any virtual disk in a supported format as a template to deploy VMs in Abiquo - see Template compatibility table.

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VMware hypervisors can deploy VMs with SAS controllers or SCSI controllers for VM disks if you configure them using Abiquo configuration properties. See the VMware configuration page in the Admin Infrastructure Guide.

When Abiquo deploys VMs with SCSI controllers, it uses the LSILogic SCSI controller by default. Abiquo supports additional SCSI controllers. You can configure SCSI disk controllers using Abiquo configuration properties.

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Abiquo supports ISO disks and DVDs with the ISO disksdisk feature. You can also attach these disks within Abiquo when you edit a VM template.

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Some operating systems, such as Red-Hat, store your VM’s MAC addresses in their network initialization scripts. Abiquo assigns a new MAC when you deploy a VM from a template, but any an old network script with an old MAC will fail and the VM network will not come up. So be sure

To ensure VMs will deploy correctly with a working network, erase all trace of physical addresses in the network scripts.

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