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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>12.8. Uploading Templates</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Common_Content/css/default.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="Common_Content/css/print.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="publican 2.8" /><meta name="package" content="Apache_CloudStack-Admin_Guide-4.0.0-incubating-en-US-1-" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="CloudStack Administrator's Guide" /><link rel="up" href="working-with-templates.html" title="Chapter 12. Working with Templates" /><link rel="prev" href="create-template-from-snapshot.html" title="12.7. Creating a Template from a Snapshot" /><link rel="next" href="export-template.html" title="12.9. Exporting Templates" /></head><body><p id="title"><a class="left" href="http://cloudstack.org"><img src="Common_Content/images/image_left.png" alt="Product Site" /></a><a class="right" href="http://docs.cloudstack.org"><img src="Common_Content/images/image_right.png" alt="Documentation Site" /></a></p><ul class="docnav"><li class="previous"><a accesskey="p" href="create-template-from-snapshot.html"><strong>Prev</strong></a></li><li class="next"><a accesskey="n" href="export-template.html"><strong>Next</strong></a></li></ul><div xml:lang="en-US" class="section" id="upload-template" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" id="upload-template">12.8. Uploading Templates</h2></div></div></div><div class="warning"><div class="admonition_header"><h2>vSphere Templates and ISOs</h2></div><div class="admonition"><div class="para">
If you are uploading a template that was created using vSphere Client, be sure the OVA file does not contain an ISO. If it does, the deployment of VMs from the template will fail.
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Templates are uploaded based on a URL. HTTP is the supported access protocol. Templates are frequently large files. You can optionally gzip them to decrease upload times.
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To upload a template:
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In the left navigation bar, click Templates.
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Click Create Template.
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Provide the following:
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Name and Display Text</strong></span>. These will be shown in the UI, so choose something descriptive.
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URL. The Management Server will download the file from the specified URL, such as http://my.web.server/filename.vhd.gz.
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Zone. Choose the zone where you want the template to be available, or All Zones to make it available throughout CloudStack.
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OS Type: This helps CloudStack and the hypervisor perform certain operations and make assumptions that improve the performance of the guest. Select one of the following:
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If the operating system of the stopped VM is listed, choose it.
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If the OS type of the stopped VM is not listed, choose Other.
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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.
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Hypervisor</strong></span>
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Format</strong></span>. The format of the template upload file, such as VHD or OVA.
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Password Enabled</strong></span>. Choose Yes if your template has the CloudStack password change script installed. See Adding Password Management to Your Templates
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Extractable</strong></span>. Choose Yes if the template is available for extraction. If this option is selected, end users can download a full image of a template.
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Public</strong></span>. Choose Yes to make this template accessible to all users of this CloudStack installation. The template will appear in the Community Templates list. See <a class="xref" href="private-public-template.html">Section 12.5, “Private and Public Templates”</a>
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<span class="bold bold"><strong>Featured</strong></span>. Choose Yes if you would like this template to be more prominent for users to select. The template will appear in the Featured Templates list. Only an administrator can make a template Featured.
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