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<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent">
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%BOOK_ENTITIES;
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]>
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<section id="create-template-from-existing-vm">
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<title>Creating a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine</title>
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<para>Once you have at least one VM set up in the way you want, you can use it as the prototype for other VMs.</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Create and start a virtual machine using any of the techniques given in <xref linkend="creating-vms"/>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Make any desired configuration changes on the running VM, then click Stop.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Wait for the VM to stop. When the status shows Stopped, go to the next step.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click Create Template and provide the following:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Name and Display Text</emphasis>. These will be shown in the UI, so
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choose something descriptive.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">OS Type</emphasis>. This helps &PRODUCT; and the hypervisor perform
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certain operations and make assumptions that improve the performance of the
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guest. Select one of the following.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>If the operating system of the stopped VM is listed, choose it.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If the OS type of the stopped VM is not listed, choose Other.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If you want to boot from this template in PV mode, choose Other PV (32-bit) or Other PV (64-bit). This choice is available only for XenServere:</para>
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<note><para>Note: Generally you should not choose an older version of the OS than the version in the image. For example, choosing CentOS 5.4 to support a CentOS 6.2 image will in general not work. In those cases you should choose Other.</para></note></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Public</emphasis>. Choose Yes to make this template accessible to all
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users of this &PRODUCT; installation. The template will appear in the
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Community Templates list. See <xref linkend="private-public-template"
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/>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Password Enabled</emphasis>. Choose Yes if your template has the
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&PRODUCT; password change script installed. See <xref linkend="add-password-management-to-templates"/>.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click Add.</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>The new template will be visible in the Templates section when the template creation process
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has been completed. The template is then available when creating a new VM.</para>
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</section>
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