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nameIntroduction to vapp specs for cloud admin

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.

Specs are similar to blueprints because the platform uses them to define the configurations to recreate. Administrators select the locations where users can work with each spec, including datacenters and public cloud regions, such as AWS and Azure ARM.

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nameIntroduction to vapp specs for tenant admin

With specs, you can save the configuration of virtual appliances including VMs, storage, networks, monitoring, Chef, firewalls, and load balancers.

When users create a new virtual appliance based on a spec (also referred to as to "materialize" a spec), the platform will automatically use existing virtual resources or create new ones for this virtual appliance.

The limitations of specs are as follows:

  • Specs do not store data from VM disks; they use template disks only

  • Specs do not support external networks and NICs or unmanaged networks and NICs

    • In vCloud, specs have basic support for external networks

  • Specs do not support scaling groups

Users should also be aware of differences in features between private and public cloud environments.

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nameCreate a new version of a virtual appliance spec

To create a version of a spec:

  1. Log in to the owner enterprise (that created the spec)

  2. Go to myCloud view →  Virtual datacenters 

  3. Open a virtual appliance created from the spec

  4. Make changes as required

  5. From the Virtual appliance options menu  select Create new spec version

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.

Create a spec or spec versionImage RemovedCreate a spec or spec versionImage Added

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Display virtual appliance specs in the catalogue

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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:

  1. Go to Catalogue → Virtual appliance specs

  2. Select the VApp spec icon, click the options button, and select Versions

  3. Click on the Version you want users to work with

  4. 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:

  1. Select the VApp spec version and click the pencil Edit button

  2. 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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