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<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent">
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%BOOK_ENTITIES;
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]>
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"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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<section id="create-templates-overview">
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<title>Creating Templates: Overview</title>
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<para>&PRODUCT; ships with a default template for the CentOS operating system. There are a variety of ways to add more templates. Administrators and end users can add templates. The typical sequence of events is:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want. Make any other desired configuration changes to the VM.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Stop the VM.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Convert the volume into a template.</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>There are other ways to add templates to &PRODUCT;. For example, you can take a snapshot
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of the VM's volume and create a template from the snapshot, or import a VHD from another
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system into &PRODUCT;.</para>
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<para>The various techniques for creating templates are described in the next few sections.</para>
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</section>
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