Templates: resource allocations for new entities

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This topic describes features that are available in the new design of the user interface. This new design is enabled by default. If you switched to the legacy design, click New Feature Toggle button in the navigation bar of the user interface and then turn on the toggle to re-enable the new design. For more information, see New Design for the User Interface.

Template page

Turbonomic uses templates to describe new entities that it deploys in your environment or in plans. The templates specify resource allocations for these entities. For example, you can run a plan that adds new VMs to a cluster. If you add ten copies of a template, then the plan places ten new VMs that match the resource allocation you have specified for the template. For your cloud environment, you can see templates to match the instance types in your cloud accounts and subscriptions.

A VM template definition can include one or more images that Turbonomic uses to deploy the VM in your environment. The image identifies the actual deployment package, including a path to the physical files (for example an OVA).

As you deploy an instance of a VM template, Turbonomic chooses the best image for that instance.

The Template Catalog shows the templates that are specified or discovered for your installation of Turbonomic. From this page, you can:

  1. Filter by type.

  2. Filter to see only discovered templates.

  3. Select templates to delete.

  4. Click to edit the template.

  5. Expand for details.

  6. Create a template.