Create a Virtual Machine

Quick steps

1. Inventory tab → Virtual Machines → Deploy VM.
2. Fill in:
3. Name — DNS-safe hostname.
4. Host — the compute node to place the VM on.
5. vCPU / RAM / Disk — sized within your tenant quota.
6. Image — pick a base image from the datastore.
7. Network — choose an OVS portgroup or OVN logical switch.
8. (Optional) Expand Static IP Configuration and supply IP / gateway / DNS / IPv6 to inject Cloud-Init network config into the VM at first boot. Leave blank for DHCP.
9. (Optional) Pick an App Stack template (LAMP, Docker, etc.) for post-boot provisioning.
10. Deploy.

The VM appears in the inventory tree immediately. A WebSocket task stream shows progress; once it reaches "running", click Console to open noVNC.

Storage placement

Backend	When to pick it
LINSTOR	Default. DRBD-replicated 2/3 way for HA. Best latency for small/medium VMs.
Ceph RBD	Wide multi-host VMs, large pools, snapshots needed across many tenants.
ZFS	Single-host workloads or scratch volumes.
NFS	When the storage is an external NAS already in your environment.

Tips

• Names with uppercase letters or dots can confuse Cloud-Init. Use lowercase + hyphens.
• The first deploy after a fresh install will pull the image from the datastore — subsequent deploys clone from the local cache and are much faster.
• Snapshot the VM before installing anything custom; the snapshot button is in the VM action menu.