##### Understanding Templates Installation Process

The Provider Control Center allows installing templates on your Management Node in the following two ways:

- Remotely (the simplest way). In this case, you log in to the Provider Control Center from your local computer and install a template either from the remote host (indicate the URL of the needed RPM) or from your local computer (for example, from the distribution CD).
- Locally (for advanced users). In this case, you mount the CD with templates to your Management Node, log in the Provider Control Center from your local computer, and install the template on your Management Node.

To mount the CD to the Management Node installed inside Container

Insert the CD in the computer that runs the Management-Node Container and issue the following command:

`mount -o uid=apache -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /vz/root/99/cdrom`

The command above mounts the CD to your Management Node /cdrom directory.

To mount the CD to the Management Node that is a separate physical computer:

Insert the CD in this computer and mount it by issuing the command:

`mount -o uid=apache /mnt/cdrom`

The template installation procedure always includes the following two stages:

- Uploading a template. On this step the Application Director recognizes the location of the template RPM(s) and either copies the template RPM(s) on the Management Node, in the /tmp directory (in case of the remote installation) or saves the path to a template (in case of the local installation).

Warning: To be able to install the uploaded template:

If you had uploaded a template remotely, do not clear the /tmp directory on your Management Node.

If you had uploaded a template locally, do not unmount the CD containing this template from your Management Node.

- Installing a template. On this step the Application Director installs the template RPM on the Management Node. After this, a template can be synchronized with your Hardware Nodes (synchronization is the special copying).

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