# Overview

The Virtual Image section displays a list of all images, local and synced, that are available to deploy. VM Essentials includes a rich catalog of pre-configured default images for HVM clusters or for VMware vCenter Cloud targets as well. User Images are automatically synced from Cloud Integrations and added to the Virtual Images section. Images can also be uploaded directly into VM Essentials via local file or url. Understanding the process of prepping images for consumption in VM Essentials is a very important step toward building an effective VM Essentials environment.

IMPORTANT

Invalid Image Settings cause provisioning failures. VM Essentials syncs in as much metadata as possible for synced images, but additional configuration may be needed to ensure successful provisioning.

WARNING

Cloud-init is enabled by default for all Linux images. If your Linux image does not have Cloud-init installed, Cloud-init Enabled must be unchecked before provisioning the image or it will fail immediately.
