--- title: "Create Clones and Templates [Proxmox Series #6]" url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-clones-and-templates-proxmox-series-6--qndwdzlrp source_url: https://linuxhandbook.com/proxmox-clones-templates/ type: article source: "Linux Handbook" published: 2023-08-21T10:31:13.176Z updated: 2025-09-06T02:39:31.751Z tags: ["proxmox", "virtual-machine"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)