Cloning a VM

Cloning makes a new VM that's a full copy of an existing one's disk — handy for spinning up a fleet from a "golden" machine you've configured once.

To clone:
1. On the VMs tab, find the source VM and tap "Clone."
2. Enter a name for the new VM (it defaults to "<source>-copy").
3. Tap "Clone VM."

What happens:
The new VM is created with the same role, CPU, memory, disk size, and image as the source, and it's placed on the same host by default. Its host copies the source's disk into a fresh independent disk, so the two machines diverge from that point on — changes to one never affect the other. The clone appears as "pending," then boots like any new VM.

Tips:
• Configure a base VM exactly how you want it (packages, settings), then clone it repeatedly instead of building each one from scratch.
• Cloning copies the disk as-is, so if the source has a unique hostname or keys baked in, reset those on the clone after first boot.
• To make a point-in-time copy you can roll back to rather than a new running machine, use a Snapshot instead.