Managing Appliance Templates

An appliance template is a meta-data description of an entire software stack. The following sub-sections go into detail on how to create and manage your appliance templates:

• Supported Operating Systems
• Creating an Appliance Template
• Modifying an Appliance Template
• Managing the OS Profile
• Updating the Install Profile
  • Adding Users and Groups
  • Configuring Multiple Network Internet Cards
  • Configuring Advanced Partitioning
• Managing Configuration
• Adding Custom Software Components
• Tracking OS Package Updates
• Listing Appliance Templates
• Cloning an Appliance Template
• Importing and Exporting Templates