Modify a virtual appliance spec

Before you begin:

  1. Log in or switch enterprises to the tenant that owns the spec

To modify a VApp spec:

  1. Select the VApp spec, click on the control menu button in the top-right corner and select Edit

Privilege: Manage virtual appliance specs


Edit details of a spec

Fore more details see GUI Edit spec General information



Share a spec with multiple tenants

To share a VApp spec with multiple tenants, assign scopes to the spec. A scope is a list of enterprises whose users can access the spec.

Privilege: Allow user to switch enterprises

  1. When creating or editing a spec, open the Scopes tab
  2. Select scopes to allow access to users of the enterprises included in the scopes

When you have finished working with the spec, click Accept




Define where a spec can be used

To define where a spec can be used, select allowed locations. Users of enterprises that are allowed to access a location can work with the specs allowed in the location.

Privilege: Allow user to switch enterprises

To manage allowed locations:

  1. Go to Apps libraryVirtual appliance specs
  2. Select the spec, click the Options button, and select Edit
  3. Go to Locations → select locations
    1. If the spec should be available in all current and future locations, select Use all locations.
    2. To restrict the spec to a group of current locations:
      1. Clear the Use all locations checkbox
      2. Select the Locations where the spec will be available for use


Troubleshooting spec locations

  • If another user has already assigned locations that you cannot administer and access, then you can maintain or deselect these locations.
  • If you deselect locations that you cannot administer or acccess, you cannot add them again

When designing a virtual appliance for use in more than one location, please consider the following:

  • Support for multiple disks in the provider
  • Public networks in private cloud will be translated to floating IPs in public cloud and vice versa
  • A range of IP addresses may be reserved by an SDN system or cloud provider
  • The number of NICs allowed or required per VM may vary


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