Create Templates from Console

This document describes steps that should be performed to build a custom Subutai template based on the Debian Stretch image using the Subutai Console. Power users or admins may prefer the Custom Templates with Subutai-CLI guide.

Prerequisites

In order to be able to create a custom template, you must make sure that you set your PGP key in the User Identity -> Account settings section. The same key must be registered on Hub in User Settings area! Use Subutai E2E browser plugin for this (https://subutai.io/ss-e2e-plugin.html).

Create subutai environment

To create a custom template, you need to choose a parent template from the list of available templates and create a single container environment out of it:

1. In Environment > Environments section select a parent template in the list on the right side bar (in our case it is debian-stretch).

2. Click on it, its icon should be placed on the environment design area.

3. Click "Apply" button and enter the name of a future environment, then click "Build" button.

4. When environment is built, click on its name in the table below the design area to move to Environment -> Containers section.

5. You can access container via SS Console by clicking on the container name, or using our Tray (https://github.com/subutai-io/tray/wiki/User-guide) application. Then you can install required software and perform necessary configuration inside the container.

6. Go brack to Environment -> Containers section and select our environment, its single container shold be displayed. Next to the container under "Options" category select "Create template" option, a template creation dialog should pop up.

7. In the dialog, you can enter the name of a future template and optionally make it private. Click "Create" button. The operation will take some time.

8. Close the dialog upon template creation, and go to Environment -> Environments section. You may have to refresh the page to see your template in the templates list on the right side bar under category "Own".