---
title: "VMs: Standardization on single template sizes"
description: "VM instances: One template to rule them all"
date: 2018-02-22
author: "Vincent Bernat"
url: https://www.exoscale.com/blog/changelog-one-template-size/
---
# VMs: Standardization on single template sizes

Up until now we provided different variations of each operating system
image template, one per available disk size. Starting February 28th
we will only provide a single template for each operating system on
Exoscale.

Having a single template still gives you the ability to perform
standard actions, such as:

- Deploying [VM instances](https://www.exoscale.com/compute/) with arbitrary disk sizes
- Restoring VM instances with arbitrary disk sizes

If you're relying on larger templates you will need to look into
the `rootdisksize` parameter of the relevant API calls:

- [`deployVirtualMachine`](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/#deployvirtualmachine_GET)
- [`restoreVirtualMachine`](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/#restorevirtualmachine_GET)

We've done the work on updating most published automation tooling
support to this new behavior, but should you run on an oddity, let us
know through the standard support channels.

As a reminder we keep a published list of all available VM templates
on [our template page](https://www.exoscale.com/templates/).