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| Custom Hypervisor Installation |
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| CloudStack allows adapting a new hypervisor plugin that may be developed privately. |
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| The new hypervisor type is internally named Custom to the CloudStack services. |
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| The setting ‘hypervisor.custom.display.name’ allows administrators to set the display name of the hypervisor type. |
| The display name will be shown in the CloudStack UI and API. |
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| - In case the ‘hypervisor.list’ setting contains the display name of the new hypervisor type, the setting value is automatically updated after the ‘hypervisor.custom.display.name’ setting is updated. |
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| The custom hypervisor type supports: |
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| - Direct downloads (the ability to download templates into primary storage from the hypervisor hosts without using secondary storage) |
| - Local storage (use hypervisor hosts local storage as primary storage) |
| - Template format: RAW format (the templates to be registered on the new hypervisor type must be in RAW format) |
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| The UI is also extended to display the new hypervisor type and the supported features listed above. |
