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41 changes: 40 additions & 1 deletion source/adminguide/templates.rst
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Expand Up @@ -447,6 +447,14 @@ can also attach ISO images to Guest Instances. For example, this enables
installing PV drivers into Windows. ISO images are not
hypervisor-specific.

A single Instance can hold more than one attached ISO simultaneously, with
each ISO appearing as its own CD-ROM drive inside the guest. This is useful,
for example, when installing Windows on a KVM Instance that uses VirtIO disks
- the Windows installer ISO and the VirtIO drivers ISO can both be attached
at the same time so the installer can load the drivers without an ISO swap.

|instance-iso-tab-multi.png|

.. _adding-an-iso:
Adding an ISO
-------------
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -571,10 +579,35 @@ Attaching an ISO to a Instance

#. Click the Attach ISO button. |iso.png|

#. In the Attach ISO dialog box, select the desired ISO.
#. In the Attach ISO dialog box, select one or more ISOs.

#. Click OK.

|attach-iso-multi.png|

The maximum number of ISOs that may be attached to an Instance is controlled
by the configuration setting ``vm.cdrom.max.count`` (default ``1``); on KVM,
the hypervisor caps it at ``2``. The first ISO attached is the bootable one;
the Attach ISO action is hidden once the Instance reaches its limit.

Detaching an ISO
----------------

#. In the left navigation, click Instances.

#. Choose the Instance you want to work with.

#. Click the Detach ISO button.

#. In the Detach ISO dialog box, select one or more ISOs to detach.

#. Click OK.

|detach-iso-multi.png|

When more than one ISO is attached, each entry in the dialog shows its
CD-ROM slot label so the right one can be picked.



.. |sysmanager.png| image:: /_static/images/sysmanager.png
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -604,3 +637,9 @@ Attaching an ISO to a Instance
:alt: Resetting (removing all) permissions
.. |iso.png| image:: /_static/images/iso-icon.png
:alt: depicts adding an iso image
.. |instance-iso-tab-multi.png| image:: /_static/images/instance-iso-tab-multi.png
:alt: Instance detail ISO tab listing two attached ISOs with their slot labels
.. |attach-iso-multi.png| image:: /_static/images/attach-iso-multi.png
:alt: Attach ISO dialog with multi-select dropdown and slot counter
.. |detach-iso-multi.png| image:: /_static/images/detach-iso-multi.png
:alt: Detach ISO dialog showing two attached ISOs with slot labels
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