Sharing an Appliance Template in a Workspace

The main purpose of the workspace is to share appliance templates with a group of users.

To share an appliance template:

1. Go to the Collaboration tab.
2. If you have several workspaces, select the workspace you want to add your appliance template to on the left.
3. Go to the Shared Templates page.
4. Click on share in the top right. This lists your private appliance templates.
5. Select an appliance template from your list and click share.
6. Select a category from the drop-down menu.
7. Modify or add a description in the Product Highlights section.
8. You can deselect Allow to add comments if you do not want other users to post comments.
9. Click share to push the appliance template to the workspace.

Once an appliance template has been shared, other users in the workspace can import it into their private appliance library. They can then modify, use and share the appliance as they wish.

Warning

Any changes you make to your original appliance will NOT be propagated to the shared copy in the collaboration workspace. You will need to share the new version again for members of your workspace to see the changes. The older version will be overwritten.

Adding a Comment to a Shared Appliance Template

To add a comment to a specific appliance template in a workspace, do the following:

1. Go to the Collaboration tab.
2. If you have several workspaces, select the workspace you want on the left.
3. Go to the Shared Templates page.
4. Select the appliance template you want to comment on.
5. Click on Reviews.
6. Click on the number of stars that you want to assign to the appliance template.
7. Under Reviews and Comments add your text.
8. Click Post.

If you want to reply to a comment, you can click on the bubble and arrow symbol next to the comment and then enter your comment and click Post.