--- title: Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6] | daily.dev description: The difference between clone and template is that in clone, you have an exact replica of an existing running VM. The template, on the other hand, is a way to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6] | daily.dev og:description: The difference between clone and template is that in clone, you have an exact replica of an existing running VM. The template, on the other hand, is a way to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qnDwdzLrp.png og:image:alt: Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6] og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6] **[Linux Handbook](https://daily.dev/sources/linuxhandbook)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The difference between clone and template is that in clone, you have an exact replica of an existing running VM. The template, on the other hand, is a way to create fresh VMs with the same system resources and configurations. A linked clone shares storage with the original template, while a full clone is self-contained. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#proxmox](https://daily.dev/tags/proxmox), [#virtual-machine](https://daily.dev/tags/virtual-machine) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6]","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp"},"datePublished":"2023-08-21T10:31:13.176Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:39:31.751Z","description":"The difference between clone and template is that in clone, you have an exact replica of an existing running VM. The template, on the other hand, is a way to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1feecf1e1409fe00a15db0313af31d45?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1feecf1e1409fe00a15db0313af31d45?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Linux Handbook","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Linux Handbook","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/55f22158abd2445e81d4bb8823aa0ed3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/linuxhandbook"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"proxmox,virtual-machine","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Linux Handbook","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/linuxhandbook"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6]"}]} ```