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<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent">
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<section id="create-templates-overview">
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<title>Creating Templates: Overview</title>
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<para>CloudPlatform 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 CloudPlatform. For example, you can take a snapshot of the VM's volume and create a template from the snapshot, or import a VHD from another system into CloudPlatform</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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