---
title: "Introducing Custom Templates"
description: "With Custom Templates you can simplify your workflow by creating pre-configured virtual machines and custom OS"
date: 2019-07-30
author: "Ste"
tags: ["compute"]
url: https://www.exoscale.com/blog/exoscale-custom-templates-release/
---
# Introducing Custom Templates

Starting today you can use your own [Custom Templates on Exoscale][add_template].

This allows you to quickly create new Instances customized to fit your needs,  without having to configure them out from scratch.

A Custom Template may be a custom operating system, or a custom configuration with pre-installed packages and software, in order for you to have full control of your environment.

![Exoscale Custom Templates](https://www.exoscale.com/blog/exoscale-custom-templates-release/exoscale-custom_template.jpg)

Custom Templates support QCOW images with a virtual size between 10 and 100 GB, and can benefit from integrated Cloud-Init and Password Management at launch.

You can register a template from any HTTP accessible URL, _e.g._ uploading it on the S3 compatible [Exoscale Object Storage][sos] beforehand. During registration we'll verify the integrity of the image with a Checksum you provide. [Refer to the full documentation to get started][doc].

As usual the feature is available trough our [Web application][webapp], [CLI][cli] and [API][api], giving you full freedom to automate and access the service the way your prefer.

Custom Templates are priced by their virtual size, at the [same cost as Snapshots or Local Storage](https://www.exoscale.com/pricing/#/compute/medium#features), 0.00013 EUR / GB hour. You will pay only for the storage of your template, while the registration and usage are free.

[api]: https://community.exoscale.com/api/compute/
[cli]: https://github.com/exoscale/cli/
[sos]: https://www.exoscale.com/object-storage/
[webapp]: https://portal.exoscale.com/
[add_template]: https://portal.exoscale.com/compute/templates/
[doc]: https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/compute/custom-templates/