GUI Modify an Amazon Virtual Machine Template Advanced

Field	Value
Chef Enabled	Tick this checkbox to mark a Chef-enabled template. In Appliance Library view, a small version of the Chef logo will be superimposed on a Chef-enabled template. See AWS Chef
Cost code	Pricing cost code for this template. See #Select and view a cost code for a virtual machine template and Pricing View
Operating system	Sets the VMware guest operating system type. Select from the pull-down list. See Examples of Operating system and OS version below and Extended OVF Support and Template Definition for further details. This element offers compatibility with the jclouds compute service implementation, to enable users to search for templates (e.g. Ubuntu 64-bit template).
Os Version	OS version is used to: add operating systems not included in the list of codes provide details of operating systems set the VMware guest operating system type See Operating system and OS version below and Extended OVF Support and Template Definition for further details.
User	Default user for a virtual machine created from this template for SSH access. Enter a valid user name for this template. Users should change their password immediately after first login.
Password	Default password for the default User of a virtual machine created from this template. Enter a valid user password. Users should change their password immediately after first login.
NIC driver	In public cloud you cannot set this value.
Creation user	In AWS this is the user identifier. You cannot edit this value. When you select a template to create a virtual machine, this value will display for each instance in the list of instances for that template to help you select the appropriate instance.
Creation date	Date and time when the template was created. You cannot edit this value. When you select a template to create a virtual machine, this value will display for each instance in the list of instances for that template to help you select the appropriate instance.
Hardware profiles	Select the hardware profiles recommended for your users from the hardware profiles available in the public cloud provider and loaded into your system. See Hardware profiles

Recommend hardware profiles

To guide users to the most effective hardware profile for each template, select the recommended hardware profiles.

Abiquo uses information provided by AWS to predefine the recommended profiles for AWS templates (see http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/instance-type-matrix/). These values can then be edited.

When a user deploys a virtual machine they can select from the dropdown list of hardware profiles that will highlight recommended profiles with “(recommended)”.