Import public cloud templates

To import a template from a public cloud region into the platform's template cache (the Catalogue), do the following steps.

1. Go to Catalogue → Public

2. Select the public cloud region

3. Click the + add button at the bottom of the screen

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4. The Import template popup will open. Enter the search criteria for your template

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   1. In the ID field, you can enter an ID, such as an AMI ID

      1. In Google Cloud Platform, you can enter a full path ID, for example, ubuntu-os-cloud/global/images/ubuntu-2004-focal-v20220308

   2. In the Name field, you can enter text to search for in the name 

   3. Select Private templates to display images that are only available to your user account in the public cloud provider. 

      1. In vCloud Director this option displays templates in the same organization as your user

      2. In OCI, to search for private templates, you must search by the template ID only.

   Then click Search to perform the search. The search can take some time and return several pages of templates

5. To import a template, click the import symbol on the right side of the template

   1. If your Azure template has terms of use, then you will need to accept these now or when you first create a VM from the template. 

      1. Accepting the terms of use requires the privilege to Manage virtual machine template terms of use.
         It enables programmatic deployment of the template for your Azure subscription.
         If you then disable programmatic deployment in the portal but you would like to deploy the template, you will need to delete it from the platform and import it again.

      2. If you share the template with another enterprise, then a user of that enterprise will need to accept the terms of use before they can create a VM

   When a template has been imported, the color of the import symbol will change to gray

6. When you have finished importing templates click Close

You can now edit your template to customize it for your users, which includes:

• Add custom icon

• Add variables for startup scripts

• Share template with users in a tenant hierarchy

• Recommend and restrict hardware profiles

• Set default template credentials and configure initial password

• Add tags

For more details, see Modify a VM template in public cloud.