diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 6a7f9055a7..7a9be7e6ac 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ VAR_DIRS="$VAR_LOCATION/remotes \
           $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks \
           $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/ft \
           $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/vcenter \
+          $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/vcenter/templates \
           $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/raft \
           $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/alias_ip \
           $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/datastore \
@@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ INSTALL_FILES=(
     FOLLOWER_CLEANUP_SHARE_FILE:$SHARE_LOCATION
     HOOK_FT_FILES:$VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/ft
     HOOK_VCENTER_FILES:$VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/vcenter
+    HOOK_VCENTER_TMPLS:$VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/vcenter/templates
     HOOK_RAFT_FILES:$VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/raft
     HOOK_ALIAS_IP_FILES:$VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/alias_ip
     COMMON_CLOUD_LIB_FILES:$LIB_LOCATION/ruby/cloud
@@ -1682,6 +1684,14 @@ HOOK_FT_FILES="share/hooks/ft/host_error.rb \
 HOOK_VCENTER_FILES="share/hooks/vcenter/create_vcenter_net.rb \
                     share/hooks/vcenter/delete_vcenter_net.rb"
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# HOOK templates, to be installed under
+# $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/vcenter/templates
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+HOOK_VCENTER_TMPLS="share/hooks/vcenter/templates/create_vcenter_net.tmpl \
+                    share/hooks/vcenter/templates/delete_vcenter_net.tmpl"
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # HOOK RAFT scripts, to be installed under $VAR_LOCATION/remotes/hooks/raft
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/share/hooks/vcenter/templates/create_vcenter_net.tmpl b/share/hooks/vcenter/templates/create_vcenter_net.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aae4c6e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/hooks/vcenter/templates/create_vcenter_net.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+NAME = vcenter_net_create
+TYPE = api
+COMMAND = vcenter/create_vcenter_net.rb
+CALL = "one.vn.allocate"
+ARGUMENTS = "$API"
+ARGUMENTS_STDIN = yes
diff --git a/share/hooks/vcenter/templates/delete_vcenter_net.tmpl b/share/hooks/vcenter/templates/delete_vcenter_net.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94ab20b4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/hooks/vcenter/templates/delete_vcenter_net.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+NAME = vcenter_net_delete
+TYPE = api
+COMMAND = vcenter/delete_vcenter_net.rb
+CALL = "one.vn.delete"
+ARGUMENTS = "$API"
+ARGUMENTS_STDIN = yes
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb
index a0bffc9efe..3d84520c1d 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vcenter_importer.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
 module VCenterDriver
+
+    ONE_LOCATION = ENV['ONE_LOCATION'] unless defined?(ONE_LOCATION)
+
+    if !ONE_LOCATION
+        RUBY_LIB_LOCATION = '/usr/lib/one/ruby' unless defined?(RUBY_LIB_LOCATION)
+        GEMS_LOCATION     = '/usr/share/one/gems' unless defined?(GEMS_LOCATION)
+        HOOK_LOCATION     = '/var/lib/one/remotes/hooks' unless defined?(HOOK_LOCATION)
+    else
+        RUBY_LIB_LOCATION = ONE_LOCATION + '/lib/ruby' unless defined?(RUBY_LIB_LOCATION)
+        GEMS_LOCATION     = ONE_LOCATION + '/share/gems' unless defined?(GEMS_LOCATION)
+        HOOK_LOCATION     = ONE_LOCATION + '/remotes/hooks' unless defined?(HOOK_LOCATION)
+    end
     class VcImporter
         attr_accessor :list
 
@@ -508,6 +520,8 @@ module VCenterDriver
                         STDOUT.puts
                     }
                 }
+                VCenterDriver::VcImporter.register_hooks
+
             rescue Interrupt => e
                 puts "\n"
                 exit 0 #Ctrl+C
@@ -521,5 +535,21 @@ module VCenterDriver
 
         end
 
+        def self.register_hooks
+            hooks_path = HOOK_LOCATION + '/vcenter/templates'
+            client = OpenNebula::Client.new
+            hook = OpenNebula::Hook.new(OpenNebula::Hook.build_xml, client)
+            hook_pool = OpenNebula::HookPool.new(client)
+            rc = hook_pool.info
+            if OpenNebula.is_error?(rc)
+                STDERR.puts rc.message
+                exit 1
+            end
+            hook_files = Dir["#{hooks_path}/*.tmpl"]
+            hook_files.each do |hook_file|
+                hook.allocate(File.open(hook_file).read)
+            end
+        end
+
     end
 end