Prepare public cloud templates

The VM template will have a default user, and you should add a password for this user.

Go to Catalogue → Public 

Select the public cloud region and go to Templates

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Edit a VM template in public cloud

Select and edit the template

Go to Advanced

Select the template operating system, for example, LINUX_64

For Azure enter a Username and for Windows on Azure enter a Password

1. For Linux, note the username that the platform has obtained from the Azure template

2. For Windows, enter a valid username and password.
   See the Azure Portal and documentation about usernames at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/faq#what-are-the-username-requirements-when-creating-a-vm.
   The RDP password must be more than 12 characters long. It should contain at least one each of uppercase character, lowercase character, number, and special character.
   See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/faq#what-are-the-password-requirements-when-creating-a-vm

If you do not add a user and password to the template, the platform will use the default set in Abiquo Configuration Properties.

For AWS enter a Username

1. For Linux, see Amazon default instance users table. If necessary, enter the Username

2. For Windows, enter Administrator

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Advanced VM template options in public cloud

Click Save