Creating templates

Prerequisites

Linux virtual machines have cloud-init installed, as described in Obtaining Linux templates.
Windows virtual machines have Cloudbase-Init and OpenSSH Server installed, as described in Configuring Windows boot volumes.
Logging is enabled inside a virtual machine, as instructed in Enabling logging for virtual machines.

To create a template from a boot volume

Admin panel

Power off the VM that the original volume is attached to.
Switch to the Compute > Storage > Volumes tab, click volume’s ellipsis button and select Create image.
In the Create image window, enter an image name, and then click Create.

The new image will appear on the Images screen.