Public cloud libraries can have many thousands of VM templates (e.g. AWS has 19,000 AMIs) that are difficult to find and manage. In addition, administrators cannot control the content of public cloud templates. In the Apps library, you can define a cache of details of your approved or certified public cloud templates. And you can customize the templates' representation to make it even easier for cloud users to find the right template.
Public cloud VM templates belong to regions
Public cloud templates belong only to the region they were created in. Templates in one region usually cannot be accessed from another region and this rule also applies to the Abiquo Apps library. Public cloud templates that are effectively the same will usually have different IDs and names in each region.
Display public cloud templates in the Apps Library
The Abiquo Apps library is a collection of VM templates that enables users to quickly and easily deploy VMs. To open the Apps library, click the Apps library icon in the main menu bar.
Click on the Public radio button. In the public list, click on the name of the public cloud region. By default you will see any templates you can deploy within this region in icon view. Click on the List view tab in the top right-hand corner to change the view.
To display the details of a template, move the mouse over the template. A tool tip will display the template information.
The VM templates in the Apps library may be marked with symbols that indicate their purpose. A shared template is marked with an orange user symbol in the lower left corner.
Filter local public cloud templates
Public cloud template search and filter is used for all public clouds, clouds such as OpenStack and vCloud Director, and Docker
You can filter to find the templates you want to work with in the Apps library. To open the filter, click the funnel Filter button. Enter filter values and click Accept.
Filter | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|
ID | Free text | For example, ami-0354b96a |
Name | Free text | Search for this text in each template Name and Description. The search is not case sensitive |
OS type | Selector | Any, Windows or Other |
32 bits | Checkbox | 32-bit images |
64 bits | Checkbox | 64-bit images |
Click Clear to reset filter values to defaults, which will be to display all local templates.
Use Templates
In the Virtual datacenters view, click and drag a template into your virtual appliance to create a VM with this template.