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| - A DHCP service to assign IP addresses to the guest OS | ||
| - Internet access to the public Docker registry (aka Docker Hub) | ||
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| ### Ubuntu Cloud Image VM template |
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| ### Ubuntu Cloud Image VM template | |
| ### Create an Ubuntu Cloud Image VM Template |
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| A VM template must exist in vSphere based off of the official [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cloud image](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release/). This is so that the Rancher Server and Kubernetes Cluster nodes can be bootstrapped using a Cloud-Init userdata script. The following steps guide you through importing the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS virtual appliance and converting it to a VM template: | ||
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| 1. Log in to vCenter using the vSphere web console. | ||
| 2. Right-click on the inventory list and select "Deploy OVF template...". |
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| 2. Right-click on the inventory list and select "Deploy OVF template...". | |
| 2. Right-click on the inventory list and select **Deploy OVF template**. |
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| 1. Log in to vCenter using the vSphere web console. | ||
| 2. Right-click on the inventory list and select "Deploy OVF template...". | ||
| 3. Specify the URL of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cloud image OVA bundle and hit *Next*: [ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova) |
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| 3. Specify the URL of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cloud image OVA bundle and hit *Next*: [ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova) | |
| 3. Specify the URL of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cloud image OVA bundle and click **Next**. | |
| The URL is [ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova). |
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| 2. Right-click on the inventory list and select "Deploy OVF template...". | ||
| 3. Specify the URL of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cloud image OVA bundle and hit *Next*: [ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova) | ||
| 4. Select an inventory folder to save the VM template in. | ||
| 5. Select the cluster, host or resource pool in which to temporarily create the VM before converting it to a template. |
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| 5. Select the cluster, host or resource pool in which to temporarily create the VM before converting it to a template. | |
| 5. Select the cluster, host, or resource pool in which to temporarily create the VM before converting it to a template. |
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| 5. Select the cluster, host or resource pool in which to temporarily create the VM before converting it to a template. | ||
| 6. Select a (preferably shared) datastore for the template's disk image. | ||
| 7. Select the default VM network to use for the template. | ||
| 8. Skip the "Customize template" step. |
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| 8. Skip the "Customize template" step. | |
| 8. Skip the **Customize template** step. |
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| 6. Select a (preferably shared) datastore for the template's disk image. | ||
| 7. Select the default VM network to use for the template. | ||
| 8. Skip the "Customize template" step. | ||
| 9. Navigate to the newly created VM, click "Edit Settings..." in the context menu and update the size of "Hard disk 1" to 25GB or larger. |
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| 9. Navigate to the newly created VM, click "Edit Settings..." in the context menu and update the size of "Hard disk 1" to 25GB or larger. | |
| 9. Navigate to the newly created VM. Click **Edit Settings** in the context menu and update the size of **Hard disk 1** to 25GB or larger. |
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| 7. Select the default VM network to use for the template. | ||
| 8. Skip the "Customize template" step. | ||
| 9. Navigate to the newly created VM, click "Edit Settings..." in the context menu and update the size of "Hard disk 1" to 25GB or larger. | ||
| 10. Finally convert the VM to a template by selecting "Convert to template..." in the context menu. |
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| 10. Finally convert the VM to a template by selecting "Convert to template..." in the context menu. | |
| 10. Finally, convert the VM to a template by selecting **Convert to template** in the context menu. |
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