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title: "Deploying NetMRI Virtual Appliances Using Cloud-init on OpenStack"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/OCDeployGuide/143295536/Deploying%20NetMRI%20Virtual%20Appliances%20Using%20Cloud-init%20on%20OpenStack"
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You can automatically deploy NetMRI virtual appliances from a cloud provider such as OpenStack.

To deploy NetMRI virtual appliances:

1. Prepare a NetMRI VM configuration file or customization script in the OpenStack terminology.
2. Create a NetMRI image on OpenStack.
3. Launch a NetMRI instance from that image.

OpenStack uses the cloud-init open-source package to pass the configuration file to the VM. You can also use could-init to deploy remote NetMRI Sandboxes as OpenStack instances.

For more information, see the following sections:

- [*Preparing the NetMRI VM Configuration File*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCDeployGuide/pages/143295611)
- [*Installing NetMRI VM Image*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCDeployGuide/pages/143295600)
- [*Launching NetMRI VM Instance*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCDeployGuide/pages/142902290)
- [*Using OVF Transport Method of Passing Configuration File to NetMRI VM Instance*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCDeployGuide/pages/142967836)
- [*Deploying NetMRI Virtual Appliances Using Cloud-init on OpenStack*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCDeployGuide/pages/143295536)