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.
- Make sure you have selected the correct project to which
you will associate an image. .
- In OpenStack, in the left column, select the Project tab.
- 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
- Click Create Image.
The Create An Image window appears; see Figure 2.
Figure 2: Create An Image
- 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
VMDKMinimum 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.
- When finished, click Create Image.
