Upload a template disk from the local filesystem

To make new VM templates available in the platform, add them to the Catalogue. 

In private cloud, you can upload VM templates from a local filesystem in OVA format (multiple disks), or as an ISO file, or a single disk file.

This document describes how to upload a single disk from a local file to create a VM template.

Before you begin:

1. Check your disk is in a compatible format
2. You must enter the disk Capacity, which is the deployed size of the disk. See Determine the size of a VM Disk File.
   
   

To add a new template from a disk in a local file:

1. Go to Apps library

2. Select the datacenter 

3. On the Virtual machine templates tab, at the bottom of the templates panel, click the + add button

4. Select Create from local or ISO file
5. Enter the General information to create a new VM template
   
   See GUI Create template from local or ISO file General information
6. Go to Disks and click the + add button
7. Select Disk from local file
8. Enter the details of the disk
   
   To be able to deploy a VM you must enter:
   1. For the Type, the correct disk format, not "UNKNOWN"
   2. For the Capacity, the correct deployed size of the disk
   If you have not added any hypervisors yet, the V2V conversion process will generate conversions for ALL supported hypervisors
   For more details, see GUI Create a disk from local file.
9. Click Save. The platform will load the disk as the boot disk.
   
   See GUI Create template from local or ISO file Disks added
10. Optionally go to Variables and enter variables as Key and Value pairs.
    
    See GUI Create template from local or ISO file Variables
    At deploy time, startup scripts can use the variables, and they will be available on the deployed VM.
     Abiquo recommends that you do not store confidential information in variables.
11. Go to Advanced
    
    1. Configure the Operating system and OS version for VMware and icon display. See:
       
       1. Guest operating system definition for VMware
       2. Extended OVF Support and Template Definition
       3. Configure default template icons by operating system type
       To use the latest version of an operating system, do not set the OS version.
    See GUI Create template from local or ISO file Advanced
12. Click Save to create the template.

After you save the template, you can edit the template and add more disks, edit, reorder and delete disks. You can also add a cost code, for example, to track the use of software licenses.