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  1. Log in to the dashboard.
  2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
  3. On the Project tab, open the Compute tab and click Images category.
  4. Click Create Image. The Create An Image dialog box appears (fig. below).
  5. Enter the values in the table below.
  6. Click Create Image.

Image Name

Enter a name for the image.

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.

Note: In Cloud@CNAF this option is not visible, and therefore editable, for security reasons. This is to avoid spreading uncertified images among users. The images created have a visibility set to Private by default, allowing their creation only within the project assigned to the user.

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.

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  1. Log in to the dashboard.
  2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
  3. Select the image that you want to edit.
  4. In the Actions column (last column), click the menu button and then select Edit Image from the list.
  5. In the Edit Image dialog box, you can perform various actions. For example:
    • Change the name of the image.
    • Change the description of the image.
    • Change the format of the image.
    • Change the minimum disk of the image.
    • Change the minimum RAM of the image.
    • Select the Public/Private button to make the image public/private (action not allowed for the reasons presented in the previous paragraph).
    • Change the metadata of the image.
  6. Click Edit Image.

Edit Image

Delete an image

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  1. Log in to the dashboard.
  2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
  3. On the Project tab, open the Compute tab and click Images category.
  4. Select the images that you want to delete.
  5. Click Delete Images.
  6. In the Confirm Delete Images dialog box, click Delete Images to confirm the deletion.