VM general information

This section describes how to edit the General information of a VM before or after you deploy the VM. This section focuses on private cloud.

Configure a VM with General information before you deploy it

Edit virtual machine General information part 2

The DVD functionality has been replaced with the ISO functionality. To add an ISO disk to a VM, add it to a VM template, and then attach the template disk to the VM.

Field	Description

Field	Description
UUID	The unique identifier of the VM
Name	The name of the VM, which defaults to the name of the VM template. If the provider does not support duplicate names, e.g. vCenter, Abiquo will add a number in parentheses after the name. For example, another user created two VMs from a template named `TEMPLATE`. The VMs will be named `TEMPLATE` and `TEMPLATE (1)`. Your next two VMs will be `TEMPLATE (2)` and `TEMPLATE (3)`. If the other user later deletes their second VM, your next VM will be `TEMPLATE (1)`. If you try to rename a VM to a name that already exists in a provider that does not support duplicate names, then the platform will return the hypervisor error. The platform powers on VMs in ascending alphanumeric name order. So `1_WebServer` will start to power on before `2_Database`. But there is no guarantee that the VMs will finish starting up in the same order.
Fully qualified domain name	Optionally, enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the VM. You can edit this value before you deploy the VM. If you don't enter a FQDN, the platform will automatically generate one. The hostname will be the VM name (format ABQ-uuid) or another Abiquo identifier in the format ABQ-id. The domain will be the domain value of the private or external networks that the VM belongs to, or `localdomain`. After you deploy the VM, if you change the value in the operating system, then when the platform synchronizes with the provider, it will obtain the new value.
Owner	The enterprise and user that owns the VM
Guest initial password	Generate an initial `root` or `Administrator` password for the VM and email it to the owner. The administrator can configure this setting for the VM template and you can change it before you deploy the VM. See Guest setup
CPU	The number of CPUs. Your VM must be undeployed, stopped, or use hot add/reconfigure. Requires the `Edit VM details` privilege. The platform will check your allocation limits in the virtual datacenter and enterprise. Then when you deploy or restart the VM, the platform will check the number of CPUs available in the hypervisors or cloud provider.
Cores per socket	The number of cores per socket. The number of CPUs must be divisible by the number of cores per socket.
RAM	The amount of RAM. Select units, such as `MB` or `GB`. Your VM must be undeployed, stopped, or use hot add/reconfigure. Requires the privilege to `Edit VM details`. When you enter this number, the platform will check your allocation limits in the virtual datacenter and enterprise. And when you deploy or restart the VM, the platform will check the amount of RAM available in the hypervisors or cloud provider. Read-only value when using static hardware profiles.
SSH user / password	The default user and password from the VM template
Description	A description of the VM. The platform copies the default value from the VM template
Icon	Enter the URL for the template's icon. This must be an accessible URL with a public or routable IP address, and not `localhost` or `127.0.0.1`. It may be hosted on the API server. It should use the same protocol as the server to avoid mixed content errors. We recommend square images with a size of 128x128 pixels and a transparent background. The compatible image formats are PNG, JPG, and GIF. This icon will have priority over the VM template's icon and the platform default icon.
Provider ID	The identifier of the VM in the hypervisor or cloud provider. This ID is available after you deploy the VM
Hardware profile	If your provider uses hardware profiles, select a hardware profile for the VM. You can use the `Increase`/`Decrease` buttons for hardware profiles that are not dynamic
Created	Date and time that the VM was created
Known since	Date and time that the VM was registered in the platform

VM attributes that were removed in Abiquo 6.1.2

Enable remote access	Remote access is always available on deployed VMs.
Remote access	Deprecated. Remote access to the VM is not available if the VM is not deployed.
Remote access password	Deprecated. To open a RDP remote access window to your VM from the console button on the control panel, you must enter this password. By default the platform will generate a random password for your VM. To change the password, enter a maximum of 8 characters that are alphanumeric characters only, i.e. `[a..z][A..Z][0..9]`.
Show password	Deprecated. Mark the checkbox to display the remote access password.
VM keymap	Deprecated. The keymap selector was only available for VNC with ESXi