# Provisioning

There are many capabilities in the VM Essentials provisioning engine ranging from virtual machines bound for VMware vCenter and HVM cluster targets to containerized workloads targeting Docker. Deployment management and library template construction are also core aspects of the provisioning engine. This section of VM Essentials documentation covers the provisioning engine itself while the Library section covers template building, image management, and automation stacks.

**Subtopics**  

- **[Requirements](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00008058en_us/render?page=GUID-57765DB0-E6F1-4C31-AEA5-0E52AD61B460.html)**
- **[Provisioning Concepts](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00008058en_us/render?page=GUID-44974486-3ED4-4C5C-849B-8746A4899889.html)**
- **[Instances](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00008058en_us/render?page=GUID-50571A00-659C-4D50-8AD6-8C0EBC77FA13.html)**
