From 7aadef28510887de867c209b39d13e31dc7498c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nvazquez Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:34:38 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Clarification on the templateid parameter for importUnmanagedInstances API --- .../adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_unmanaging_vms.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_unmanaging_vms.rst b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_unmanaging_vms.rst index 7c3444b95f..51ae70a018 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_unmanaging_vms.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_unmanaging_vms.rst @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ importUnmanagedInstance API - **account** (An optional account name for the Instance. Must be used with domainid parameter) - **domainid** (An optional domain ID for the Instance. Must be used with account parameter) - **projectid** - - **templateid** + - **templateid** (A template ID for the Instance. Must be set in case of importing unmanaged KVM instances, optional otherwise) - **serviceofferingid** - **nicnetworklist** (Map for NIC ID and corresponding Network UUID) - **nicipaddresslist** (Map for NIC ID and corresponding IP address) @@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ importUnmanagedInstance API .. note:: The `forced` parameter is false by default and thus prevents importing an Instance which has a NIC containing a MAC address that has been previously assigned by CloudStack to another existing VM. If it is set to true, importing a VM with such already-used MAC addresses of the NICS will be allowed, however, the original MAC address will be replaced with a newly generated MAC address. +.. note:: + The `templateid` parameter is only required for importing unmanaged KVM instances. For the rest of the import operations, it is an optional parameter. + **Response**: .. parsed-literal::