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title: Create a compute profile
description: A compute profile specifies the hardware to use for newly-provisioned virtual machines. A compute profile maps to a cloud account, a datacenter, and a hardware template.
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# Create a compute profile

A compute profile specifies the hardware to use for newly-provisioned virtual machines. A compute profile maps to a cloud account, a datacenter, and a hardware template.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cmp.cloud\_admin

You must have a cloud account with datacenters. You must run Discovery on the service accounts to populate the datacenters.

## Procedure

1.  In the Cloud Admin Portal, navigate to **Manage** > **Resource Profiles**.

2.  In the **Profiles** list, select **Compute Profile** and then click **New**.

3.  Enter a unique and descriptive **Name** and **Description** for the profile and then click **Submit**.

    The profile is created.

4.  Click the resource profile that you created.

5.  Map the profile to a template.

    1.  In the list, click the profile that you created.

    2.  In the **Profile Mappings** related list, click **New**, fill in the form, and then click **Submit**.

        \[Omitted image "compute-profile-mapping.png"\] Alt text: Compute resource profile

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Field

</th><th>

Description

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Cloud Account

</td><td>

Select a cloud account that the profile is valid for.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Location

</td><td>

Select the datacenter that the profile is valid for.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Hardware Template \[cmdb\_ci\_compute\_template\]

</td><td>

Select the hardware type that the profile should be mapped to.Click the reference icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-reference.png"\] Alt text: Reference image\) to view the details of the template.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>
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