Create a virtual appliance based on a spec

To create a virtual appliance based on a blueprint of a saved configuration:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → Virtual appliances

2. Click Create a virtual appliance and select Create virtual appliance based on spec. 

3. Click on a spec icon. Change the Name to make it unique in your environment. Then click Select.

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4. The virtual appliance spec validation dialog will open. Move through the tabs and check or edit information as required

   • General information

   • Private networks: Create new networks or select existing ones

   • External networks: In vCloud, specs have basic support for external networks. The validation process will list the network, and you can select it and then continue with the process.
     The platform will create the VApp correctly. Remember to ensure that there are enough external IP addresses available for the new virtual appliance

   • Load balancers: Select a new algorithm and public or private addresses that are compatible with your provider

   • Templates: Select new templates to replace ones that are not available in your environment

   • VMs: Select and view, and if necessary, edit the VM configuration

   • Errors: An Errors tab will be shown if there are errors that cannot be fixed within the spec.
     For example, you may be able to replace a template with another one of the same name, but if there is no similar template, Abiquo will not create a virtual appliance. In this case, Abiquo displays the Errors tab.

5. After you have finished editing the virtual appliance, click Save

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Networks

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Firewalls

Templates 

VMs

VM variables

VM Chef runlist

VM Chef attributes

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