A virtual machine image, referred to in this document simply as an image, is a single file that contains a virtual disk that has a bootable operating system installed on it. Images are used to create virtual machine instances within the cloud. Depending on your role, you may have permission to upload and manage virtual machine images. Operators might restrict the upload and management of images to cloud administrators and/or operators only. If you have the appropriate privileges, you can use the dashboard to upload and manage images in the admin project.
Upload an image
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By connecting to the website Get Images, it is possible to download locally the images of some of the best known operating systems (Ubuntu, Debian, Windows, and so on). |
Follow this procedure to upload an image to a project:
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Image Name | Enter a name for the image. |
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Image Description | Enter a brief description of the image. |
Image Source | Choose the image source from the dropdown list. Your choices are Image Location and Image File. |
Image File or Image Location | Based on your selection for Image Source, you either enter the location URL of the image in the Image Location field, or browse for the image file on your file system and add it. |
Format | Select the image format (for example, QCOW2) for the image. |
Architecture | Specify the architecture. For example, i386 for a 32-bit architecture or x86_64 for a 64-bit architecture. |
Minimum Disk (GB) | Leave this field empty. |
Minimum RAM (MB) | Leave this field empty. |
Copy Data | Specify this option to copy image data to the Image service. |
Visibility | The access permission for the image. Public or Private. |
Protected | Select this check box to ensure that only users with permissions can delete the image (Yes or No). |
Image Metadata | Specify this option to add resource metadata. The glance Metadata Catalog provides a list of metadata image definitions. (Note: Not all cloud providers enable this feature.) |
Once Created, the image is queued to be uploaded. It might take some time before the status changes from Queued to Active.
Update an image
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