How to Create Virtual Machines in Arcfra (From Scratch & Template)

🚀 Daily Operations in Arcfra: Creating VMs with Ease

In a typical enterprise environment, provisioning virtual machines (VMs) is a daily activity — whether for developers, testing environments, or production workloads. With Arcfra Enterprise Cloud Platform, the process is streamlined and efficient, offering two powerful methods to create VMs:

1. Creating a VM from scratch
2. Cloning a VM from a predefined template

This article walks through both workflows using Arcfra’s intuitive web-based interface.

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🧱 1. Creating a VM from Scratch

Creating a VM from scratch is ideal when you need full control over the configuration — from selecting the operating system to customizing compute and storage resources.

🔹 Steps:

1. Login to the Arcfra dashboard.
2. Navigate to Cluster → Your Cluster.
3. Click Create → Create New VM.
4. Fill in the VM details:
   • VM Name
   • Cluster and Host
   • CPU & Memory allocation
   • Storage size and type (thin or thick provisioning)
5. Attach an ISO image or installation media:
   • Upload your ISO to the image library if not already available.
6. Configure network interface:
   • Attach to a predefined virtual network (VLAN/VXLAN).
7. Optionally configure:
   • Boot options
   • High Availability
   • Autostart Options
8. Click Create to provision the VM, then boot it to begin the OS installation from the ISO.

💡 Tip: Use snapshots during installation stages so you can roll back if needed.

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📦 2. Creating a VM Using a Template

When speed and consistency matter — for example, when provisioning identical Linux or Windows VMs — using a template is the way to go.

🔹 Steps:

1. Navigate to Content Library → VM Templates.
2. Ensure a base VM template exists (created manually or via cloning an existing VM).
3. Go to Cluster → VM → Create VM.
4. Choose “From Template” and select your desired template.
5. Customize:
   • Basic Cluster and Host Info
   • VM Name
   • Resource allocation (CPU, RAM, disk override)
   • Network settings (VLAN, DHCP/Static, etc)
6. Optionally:
   • Inject SSH key
   • Enable cloud-init for hostname/password
   • DNS Server
   • User data
7. Click Create VM — the VM will be provisioned with OS and software pre-installed.

🔁 Templates reduce provisioning time and ensure every VM follows your organization’s baseline image policy.

⚠️ Make sure the template is generalized (e.g., via cloud-init or cloudbase-init) to avoid hostname or IP conflicts.

📊 Real-Time Monitoring & Management

After deployment, Arcfra offers built-in monitoring for CPU, RAM, disk, and network usage. You can:

• View VM performance graphs
• Resize resources on the fly (hot-add)
• Perform live migration across nodes

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✅ Final Thoughts

Arcfra simplifies VM creation through both customizable and standardized workflows. Whether you’re building from scratch for fine-tuned control, or deploying from templates to save time and maintain consistency, Arcfra supports both with a clean UI and robust backend.

Stay tuned for the next article where we’ll cover upgrade and downgrading CPU / Memory in Arcfra.

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