Modify a virtual machine template general

Before you begin:

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

To modify a VM template:

1. Go to Catalogue → Virtual machine templates

2. Select Private or Public cloud

3. Select a datacenter or cloud location

4. Select the template and click on the control menu button in the top-right corner and select Edit

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In private cloud datacenters, standard templates have disks that will deploy to the hypervisor datastore, in contrast to persistent templates that have disks on external storage volumes. This documentation describes standard templates.

Edit template general information

Enter the general information about the template as follows:

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1. Enter a Name to identify the template. This is the default name in the hypervisor of the VMs that users create from the template

2. Optionally, select the Category in which the template will appear for users

3. If you are not using hardware profiles only, enter default values for CPU and RAM

   1. For the Min values of CPU or RAM. If 0 or empty, then there is no minimum. You cannot set a minimum below the current template value. Changes apply to new VMs, not existing VMs.

   2. For the Max values of CPU or RAM. If 0 or empty, then there is no maximum. Changes apply to new VMs, not existing VMs.

4. For Cores per socket, the number of CPUs must be divisible by the number of cores per socket. The maximum value is 32

5. For the Icon, enter a URL with a public IP address, not localhost or 127.0.0.1. It may contain the IP address of the API server.

• We recommend square images of size 128x128 pixels with a transparent background. Compatible formats are PNG, JPG, and GIF.

• If an administrator shares the template with other tenants, then this icon will display for their users

• If you change the icon of a template with instance templates, when you create the next instance, it will have the new icon

• If you do not set an Icon, the platform will use the default VM icon from the UI theme

• If the Operating System is set on the Advanced tab, and you don't set an icon, the platform may display the icon for a specific OS type or a generic OS type. The platform will not assign this icon to VMs.
  See Configure default template icons by operating system type