ITS Private Cloud CLI Clone specification for VM deployment

To launch your text editor with the specification template pre-loaded, run the following command:
vss-cli compute vm mk from-file --edit --save --spec-template clone
The following is the YAML definition of valid VM Clone CLI specification:
built: clone              # Required: Do not remove.
machine:
  source: SourceVM        # Required: Can be a vm name or a vm id.
  name: &name Vm-Name     # Required: Target virtual machine name
  disks:                  # Optional: Disks (Default: source vm disk layout)
    - capacity_gb: 40     # Optional: Disk capacity in GB (Default: source vm disk capacity)
# Additional (Uncomment to enable)
#  source_snapshot:       # Optional: Snapshot name, id or description source to clone from
#  folder: MyFolder       # Optional: Folder name, path or ID (Default: source vm folder)
#  firmware: efi          # Optional: Firmware to use: Either bios or efi (Default: source vm firmware).
#  storage-type: hdd      # Optional: Storage Type to use for this VM. ssd or hdd
#  os:                    # Optional: Guest Operating System name or Id (Default: source vm)
#  cpu:                   # Optional: CPU count (Default: source vm cpu count)
#  memory:                # Optional: Memory in GB (Default: source vm memory size)
#  domain:                # Optional: Domain name or ID to deploy (Default: provided by API).
#  power_on: true         # Optional: Power on after successful deployment.
#  template: false        # Optional: Mark resulting vm as template.
#  tpm: true              # Optional: Enable vTrusted Platform Module Device.
#  vbs: true              # Optional: Enable Virtualization Based Security.
# Networking
networking:               # Optional: Networking (Default: source vm interfaces layout)
  interfaces:             # Optional: Interfaces (Default: source vm interfaces layout)
    - network: CGN        # Optional: Network name or network ID (default: source vm network)
      type: vmxnet3       # Optional: Defaults to vmxnet3
# Customization Specification
# VMware Tools must be installed and running on the source
# Linux must Perl installed
# customization specification (optional)
custom_spec:
  hostname: *name             # Required: host name setting for the OS (default: name)
  time_zone: 'America/Toronto' # Optional: The case-sensitive timezone or MS Time Zone code: 35
  domain: eis.utoronto.ca     # Required: full search domain
#  dns_servers:
#    - 128.100.100.128     # Required (if dhcp:false): Remove if using VSS-PUBLIC or any other DHCP based network
  interfaces:
    - dhcp: true          # Required: Whether to use DHCP for interface configuration (default: no)
#      ip: 10.6.0.2/24     # Required (if dhcp:false): CIDR format. Remove if using VSS-PUBLIC or any other DHCP based network
#      gateway:            # Required (if dhcp:false): Remove if using VSS-PUBLIC or any other DHCP based network
#      - 10.6.0.1
# Metadata required
metadata:                 # Optional: Description of virtual machine
  description: >
    nginx and database server for a very important service.
  usage: Test             # Optional: Usage between Prod | Dev | QA | Test (default: source vm usage)
  client: Department      # Optional: Client department (default: source vm client)
  inform:                 # Required: list of email addresses. (default: source vm inform)
    - email@utoronto.ca
  admin:                  # Optional: VM Administrator (Default: source vm admin)
    name:                 # (Admin) Required: VM Administrator full name
    email:                # (Admin) Required: VM Administrator email i.e. user@utoronto.ca
    phone:                # (Admin) Required: VM Administrator phone i.e. 416-123-2341
#  vss_service: N/A        # Optional: VSS Service name or service id
# Recommended Metadata (Uncomment to enable)
# notes:                  # Optional: list of key-value items to be set in Key: value form.
#   - BillingCode: 12345
#   - Documentation: https://uoft.me/service-docs
# vss_options:            # Optional: VSS options reset_on_restore, reboot_on_restore
#   - reset_on_restore
#   - reboot_on_restore
# VM extra configuration (Uncomment to enable)
# extra_config:
#  - disk.EnableUUID="TRUE"
# Cloud init post-deployment config (Uncomment to enable)
# cloud_init:
#  user_data: 'user_data.yaml'
#  network_data: 'network_config.yaml'
YAML is case-sensitive. YAML is whitespace-sensitive and indentation defines the structure, but it doesn’t accept tabs for indentation.