Importing and Exporting Templates

You can import and export appliance templates. When exporting, an archive is created of the appliance template. This archive includes a meta-data file describing the appliance template (based on the hammr specification) as well as any bundled software that was initially uploaded as part of the template creation.

Likewise, an archive can be imported to the UForge platform, creating a new appliance template in your Appliance Library under the Imported Appliances section.

Exporting

To export an existing appliance:

  1. Go to your Appliance Library
  2. Click on the export icon on the right hand side of the appliance template in question to export
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  1. A pop-up will appear, allowing you to select the format you would like (yaml or json).
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  1. Click export. This will start the export process.
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  1. Once the export is complete, you will be prompted to download the archive file
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The equivalent export feature is available when editing an appliance template.

Importing

To import an archive:

  1. Go to your Appliance Library
  2. Click on the import button at the top right hand side of the view
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  1. This opens up a file browser, choose the archive to upload
  2. This will start the import process.
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  1. Once the import is complete, a new appliance template can be found in the Imported Appliances sub-section of your Appliance Library.

Note

If you have already an appliance with the same name, version and OS type then this import will fail due to an appliance template conflict. In such situations, you will require to delete the original appliance template.