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Overview

This document describes how to create, manage, and use an instance launch template in the CVM console to quickly create an instance. Such a template stores the configuration information required for CVM instance creation (excluding the instance password) and improves the efficiency and user experience.

Notes

• After an instance launch template is created successfully, its configuration cannot be modified.
• You can create one or multiple versions of an instance launch template and set different configuration information for each version. You can also specify the default version, whose configuration will be used when you use the template to create an instance.

Directions

Creating and viewing instance template

1. Log in to the CVM console and select Instance Launch Template on the left sidebar.
2. On the Instance Launch Template page, click Create Template.
3. On the instance launch template creation page, customize Template Name and Template Description and set other configuration items as instructed in Creating Instances via CVM Purchase Page.
4. In the Confirm Configuration step, read and indicate your consent to the Tencent Cloud Terms of Service and click Create Now.
   After successful creation, you can view the instance launch template in the console .
   You can click the template ID to enter the template details page and view the specific information.

Creating instance launch template version

1. On the Instance Launch Template page, select Create Version on the right of the target template .
2. On the instance launch template creation page, configure the version as instructed in Creating Instances via CVM Purchase Page.
3. In the Confirm Configuration step, read and indicate your consent to the Tencent Cloud Terms of Service.
   You can select Compare with Original Configuration to confirm the difference between the new version and original instance launch template in the Compare with Original Configuration pop-up window.
4. After confirming that everything is correct, click Create Now.
   After successful creation, you can click before the target template on the Instance Launch Template page to view the version in the expanded list.

Specifying default instance launch template version

1. On the Instance Launch Template page, click before the target template.
2. In the expanded list, click Set as Default on the right of the target version .
3. In the Set Default Template pop-up window, click OK.

Using instance launch template to create instance

1. On the Instance Launch Template page, select Create Instance on the right of the target template.

   Note

   The configuration of the default version of the instance launch template will be used for instance creation by default. You can also click before the target instance and select another version in the expanded list to create an instance.

2. In the Confirm Configuration step on the CVM instance creation page, you can select Compare with Original Configuration to view the difference between the instance and instance launch template in the Compare with Original Configuration pop-up window as shown below:
3. After confirming that everything is correct, read and indicate your consent to the Tencent Cloud Terms of Service and click Activate.

Deleting instance launch template

1. On the Instance Launch Template page, select Delete on the right of the target instance launch template.
2. In the Delete pop-up window, click OK.

References

Creating Instances via CVM Purchase Page