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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"feature: Add `directdownload` request parameter to `createTemplate` API (KVM)","articleBody":"### The required feature described as a wish\n\n### Summary\nThe `createTemplate` API does not accept `directdownload` as a request parameter. This makes it impossible for tools that create templates from a stopped VM's volume (such as HashiCorp Packer) to produce a template with the `directdownload` flag set.\n\n### Current Behaviour\n`directdownload` is only accepted as a request parameter by `registerTemplate`. `createTemplate` and `updateTemplate` both omit it from their accepted parameters, though both include it in their response payloads (reflecting the value stored on the `vm_template` record).\nThere is no supported API path to set `directdownload = true` on a template created via `createTemplate`.\n\n### Expected Behavior\n`createTemplate` should accept an optional boolean `directdownload` parameter (KVM only), consistent with how `registerTemplate` handles it, and persist it on the resulting VMTemplateVO record.\n\n### Proposed Change\nIn CreateTemplateCmd.java, add:\n```java\n@Parameter(name = ApiConstants.DIRECT_DOWNLOAD, type = CommandType.BOOLEAN,\n           description = \"KVM Only: true if template should be directly downloaded \"\n                       + \"to Primary Storage, bypassing Secondary Storage. Default is false.\")\nprivate Boolean directDownload;\npublic Boolean isDirectDownload() {\n    return directDownload;\n}\n```\nPropagate through `TemplateProfile` and `TemplateManagerImpl.createPrivateTemplate()` - following the identical pattern already used in `RegisterTemplateCmd` and its handling.\n\nReferences\n- `RegisterTemplateCmd.java` - existing implementation to follow\n- `CreateTemplateCmd.java` - file to modify\n- Downstream: apache/cloudstack-go SDK will need SetDirectdownload() added to CreateTemplateParams once this is merged\n- Downstream: hashicorp/packer-plugin-cloudstack#95 - the packer plugin feature request blocked on this change","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ianc769","@type":"Person","name":"ianc769"},"datePublished":"2026-03-17T17:51:40.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/12842/cloudstack/issues/12842"}