Templates
The Templates page shows the defined
virtual machine templates that can be used to create KVM guests.
For each template, the following information is displayed:
- OS
- Name of the operating system or distribution.
- Version
- Version of the operating system or distribution.
- CPUs
- Number of processors that are defined for the template.
- Memory
- Amount of random access memory to be allocated, in MB.
The following actions can be selected for each template:
- Select Edit to edit the template.
- Select Clone to copy a template.
- Select Delete to delete the template.
To add a template, click the plus (+) icon.
Edit template
Edit an existing template.
For each template, the following information is displayed:
- General
- Displays the name, vendor distribution, version, memory, file
path to ISO file, and graphics preferences.
- Storage
- Specify the storage pool information for the template.
- Interface
- Displays the default network interfaces available to the KVM guest.
You can select multiple networks.
- Processor
- In the CPU Number field, specify the number
of processors that are defined for the template.
- Select to Manually set CPU topology for each guest.
Add template
Add a template from source media. You can add your own
ISO image to 'ISO' storage pool for following discovery.
Select the location of the source media from the following options:
- Local ISO image
- Select to scan storage pools for installation ISO images available
on the system.
- Local Image File
- Select to specify a path to the local image file.
- Remote ISO image
- Select to specify a remote location for an installation ISO image.
Add template - ISO image
Add a template from a ISO image.
The ISO images available on the system are remotely are displayed.
- OS
- Name of the operating system or distribution.
- Version
- Version of the operating system or distribution.
- Size
- Size of the ISO image.
To create a template from an ISO image, choose from the following
options:
- Select an ISO image from which to create a template, then click Create
Templates from Selected ISO.
- Select All to create a template from each
listed ISO image, then click Create Templates from Selected
ISO.
- If the ISO image that you want to use does not appear in the scan
results, you can select from the following options:
- Select I want to use a specific ISO file to
specify a path to the ISO image.
- Click Search more ISOs to search for more
ISO images.