Upload OVA templates from the local filesystem

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Jan 17, 2023
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To make new VM templates available in the platform, add them to your Catalogue.

In private cloud datacenters you can upload VM templates from a local filesystem in different formats:

This document describes how to upload an OVA file from a local file system to create a VM template.

Privileges: Upload virtual machine template

 

Before you begin, check these requirements:

  1. The platform reads OVA files such as those created with VMware. 

  2. The file name must end in the extension ".ova". 

  3. You can upload a multi-disk template for a single VM (virtual system)

  4. The OVA file must contain an OVF description file for the template. 

  5. The platform uses the Name tag in the VirtualSystem as the template name. If the Name is not set, the platform falls back to the ID. See OVF reference.  

  • For very large files, it may be convenient to use another method of adding templates

  • If you do not have any hypervisors, the platform will convert the template into ALL possible hypervisor formats. 
    So before you add templates to your Catalogue, check that there is one physical machine of each hypervisor type that you will require conversions for.
    This will reduce unnecessary use of the NFS repository space. See Modify VM template disks # Manage template disk conversions

 

To add a new template from an OVA file

  1. Go to Catalogue

  2. In the Private cloud section, 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 OVA file

  5. Click Select file and browse for the file.

     

    Abiquo will display the File name.

  6. Click Save. Abiquo will upload the file and create the template.
    When the template has been uploaded, Abiquo will open the Edit template dialog.

  7. Check the template details.
    On the Disks tab, you can easily add an extra empty hard disk for your application data.
    For more details of how to edit a template, see Modify a VM template
    To add OVA parameters to all VMs, add them as Variables. See Deploy a VM from an OVA with parameters.

  8. Click Save

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