Create Template for VMware Virtual Machine

Question

How to create a Template for VMware Virtual Machine?

Answer

1. Connect to vCenter (use rdp+vsphere client).
2. Create a virtual machine using a New Virtual Machine wizard.
3. Open VM settings and attach ISO with OS
4. Install OS on this VM
5. Install VMware tools inside the VM by following the VMware instructions.
6. Select your VM > Template > Clone to Template

7. After this, add the record manually to the OnApp templates table. For example:

   id: 5 label: CentOS 5 created_at: 2012-06-18 13:32:06 updated_at: 2012-06-18 13:32:06 version: 1.0 file_name: CentOS operating_system: linux operating_system_distro: rhel allowed_swap: 0 state: active checksum: NULL allow_resize_without_reboot: NULL min_disk_size: 25 user_id: NULL template_size: NULL allowed_hot_migrate: 0 operating_system_arch: NULL operating_system_edition: NULL operating_system_tail: NULL parent_template_id: NULL virtualization: NULL min_memory_size: NULL disk_target_device: NULL cdn: 0 backup_server_id: NULL ext4: 0

   Where file_name is the template's name.

Additional info

Example for CentOS

Example for Win2008 x64 STD R2