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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. |
Introduction to virtual appliance specifications
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The virtual appliance specifications (VApp specs) feature enables lets administrators to save complex configurations and present them to users for simple, self-service deployment across in their virtual datacenters. |
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With specs, you can save the configuration of virtual appliances including VMs, storage, networks, monitoring, Chef, firewalls, and load balancers. The limitations of specs are as follows:
Users should also be aware of differences in features between private and public cloud environments. |
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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 create a version of a spec:
The platform will save the spec version in the Catalogue. This latest version will be the new default unless the administrator sets a specific default version.   |
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Display virtual appliance specs in the catalogue
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To manage allowed locations:
Go to Apps library Catalogue → Virtual appliance specs
Select the spec, click the Options button, and select Edit
Go to Locations → select locations
If the spec should be available in all current and future locations, select Use all locations.
To restrict the spec to a group of current locations:
Clear the Use all locations checkbox
Select the Locations where the spec will be available for use
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Define the version of a spec to use
The platform presents users with a single version of a virtual appliance spec. The administrator can configure this to be the default version or the latest version.
When you create a virtual appliance spec, the platform automatically sets this first version as the default version.
When you create another version you can choose to make this version the default.
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To change the default version of a spec:
Go to Apps library → Virtual appliance specs
Select the VApp spec icon, click the options button, and select Versions
Click on the Version you want users to work with
On the top, right-hand side of the dialog, click Mark as default version
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To unset the default, so that users will always work with the latest version:
Select the VApp spec version and click the pencil Edit button
Clear the Default checkbox
To delete a version of a spec, select it and click the Delete button. If you delete the default version, then the platform will return the latest version to usersSee https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=abidoc&title=Define%20the%20version%20of%20a%20spec%20to%20use.
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Delete a virtual appliance spec
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