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Clearify manual image creation

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Responding to disqus comments, I noticed that the guide is not clear
that the manual image creation is done locally and includes an upload
step.

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Andreas Jaeger 2013-09-11 11:22:20 +02:00
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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" <chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="ch_creating_images_manually"> xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="ch_creating_images_manually">
<title>Creating images manually</title> <title>Creating images manually</title>
<para>Creating a new image is a step done outside of your OpenStack installation.
You create the new image manually on your own system and then upload the image to your
cloud.
</para>
<para>To create a new image, you will need the installation CD or DVD ISO file for the guest <para>To create a new image, you will need the installation CD or DVD ISO file for the guest
operating system. You'll also need access to a virtualization tool. You can use KVM for operating system. You'll also need access to a virtualization tool. You can use KVM for
this. Or, if you have a GUI desktop virtualization tool (such as, VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox), this. Or, if you have a GUI desktop virtualization tool (such as, VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox),
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Starting install... Starting install...
Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00 Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00
Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
the console to complete the installation process.</computeroutput></screen> the console to complete the installation process.</computeroutput></screen>
<para>This uses the KVM hypervisor to start up a virtual machine with the libvirt name of <para>This uses the KVM hypervisor to start up a virtual machine with the libvirt name of
<literal>centos-6.4</literal> with 1024MB of RAM, with a virtual CD-ROM drive <literal>centos-6.4</literal> with 1024MB of RAM, with a virtual CD-ROM drive
associated with the <filename>/data/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso</filename> file, associated with the <filename>/data/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso</filename> file,