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4. Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtual Machine

As a Power User you can create, edit and remove virtual machines from the user portal. This includes virtual desktops and virtual servers. You can also create and manage virtual disks and network interfaces of the virtual machines assigned to you.
Here, you will create a virtual machine using the template created in Section 2, “Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Template”. Using a template, creating a virtual machine in the power user portal only requires selecting a name and an operating system, and finalizing the creation with the click of a button. As the template has been marked public, it is available to rhevpower who has permissions to the data center on which the template resides.
To create a Linux desktop virtual machine
  1. Ensure that you are on the Extended User Portal. Click New Server. A New Server Virtual Machine window displays.
    New Server
    Figure 35. New Server

    1. On the General tab, select the EngRHEL6Base template from the Based On Template field.
    2. Enter a suitable Name and Description, and accept the default values inherited from the template in the rest of the fields. You can change them if needed.
    3. Click the Resource Allocation tab. On the Provisioning field, click the drop down menu and select the Clone option. Set the clone method under Disks to Preallocated.
  2. Retain all other default settings and click OK to create the virtual machine.
You have now created your first virtual machine in the power user portal. This virtual machine inherits all the settings from the template, so the storage, networks and operating system have already been set up.