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name: vmwaresolutions-icp_overview
title: IBM Cloud Private Hosted
description: The IBM Cloud Private Hosted service automatically deploys IBM Cloud Private Hosted and IBM Cloud Automation Manager on your VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. This service brings the power of microservices and containers to your VMware® environment on IBM Cloud. With this service, you can extend the same familiar VMware and IBM Cloud Private operational model and tools from on-premises into the IBM Cloud.
last-updated: 2025-10-24
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# IBM Cloud Private Hosted
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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The IBM Cloud® Private Hosted service is no longer supported.
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The IBM Cloud Private Hosted service automatically deploys IBM Cloud Private Hosted and IBM Cloud Automation Manager on your VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. This service brings the power of microservices and containers to your VMware® environment on IBM Cloud. With this service, you can extend the same familiar VMware and IBM Cloud Private operational model and tools from on-premises into the IBM Cloud.
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## Deploying additional nodes
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If you want to deploy additional nodes, review the following information:
* Use the IBM Cloud Private Ubuntu template (Ubuntu1604) that is deployed with your initial IBM Cloud Private Hosted installation.
* To find the Ubuntu template, in the VMware vSphere® Web Client, go to the **VMs and Templates** tab, under the `cam` folder.
* The default password for the Ubuntu template is `icponcloud`. It is recommended that you change this password before you use the template.
* IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions does not offer support for applying updates and patches for the Ubuntu template. You must monitor and apply these updates yourself.

## Considerations when you delete IBM Cloud Private Hosted
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* Only the virtual machines (VMs) that were deployed during the initial installation of the IBM Cloud Private Hosted service are deleted. Any node that is deployed after the installation is not cleaned up.
* IBM Cloud deletes the VXLAN, DLR, and the Edge Gateway that was created during the initial deployment of IBM Cloud Private Hosted. The VMs that you deployed on VXLAN will lose connectivity after the removal of the IBM Cloud Private Hosted service is started.