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Creating an Image

You can use the OpenStack dashboard to specify an image to upload to the Image Service for a project in your system.

  1. Make sure you have selected the correct project to which you will associate an image. .
    1. In OpenStack, in the left column, select the Project tab.
    2. Make sure your project is selected as the project in the Current Project box, then click Images & Snapshots in the left column.

    The Images & Snapshots screen appears; see Figure 1

    Figure 1: Images & Snapshots

    Images & Snapshots
  2. Click Create Image.

    The Create An Image window appears; see Figure 2.

    Figure 2: Create An Image

    Create An Image
  3. Complete the fields in this window to specify your image. Table 1 describes each of the fields on this screen.

    Note: Only images available via an HTTP URL are supported, and the image location must be accessible to the Image Service. Compressed image binaries are supported (*.zip and *.tar.gz).

    Table 1: Create An Image Fields

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Required field. Enter a name for this image.

    Image Location

    Required field. Enter an external HTTP URL from which to load the image. The URL must be a valid and direct URL to the image binary. URLs that redirect or serve error pages will result in unusable images.

    Format

    Required field. Select the format of the image from a list:
    AKI- Amazon Kernel Image
    AMI- Amazon Machine Image
    ARI- Amazon Ramdisk Image
    ISO- Optical Disk Image
    QCOW2-QEMU Emulator
    Raw
    VDI
    VHD
    VMDK

    Minimum Disk (GB)

    Enter the minimum disk size required to boot the image. If you do not specify a size, the default is 0 (no minimum).

    Minimum Ram (MB)

    Enter the minimum RAM required to boot the image. If you do not specify a size, the default is 0 (no minimum).

    Public

    Check the box if this is a public image. Leave unchecked for a private image.

  4. When finished, click Create Image.

Modified: 2015-09-02

Modified: 2015-09-02