Create and manage images

Create and manage images The cloud operator assigns roles to users. Roles determine who can upload and manage images. Operators might restrict the upload and management of images to cloud administrators or operators only. If you have admin privileges, you can use the dashboard to create and manage images in the admin project. Manage images by using clients and APIs You can also use the glance and nova command-line clients or the Image Service and Compute APIs to manage images. See .

Create images For details about image creation, see the Virtual Machine Image Guide. Log in to the dashboard. Choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Project tab, click the Images & Snapshots category. Click Create Image. The Create An Image window appears: In the Create An Image window, enter or select the following values: Name Enter a name for the image. Description Enter a brief description about 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, there is an Image File or Image Location field. You can include the location URL or browse to the image file on your file system and add it. Format Select the correct type from the drop-down menu (for example, QCOW2). Minimum Disk (GB) and Minimum RAM (MB) Leave these fields empty. Public Select this option to make the image public to all users. Protected Select this option to ensure that only users with permissions can delete it. Click Create Image. The image is queued to be uploaded. It might take some time before the status changes from queued to active.

Update images Log in to the dashboard. Choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Project tab, click the Images & Snapshots category. Select the image that you want to edit. In the More drop-down list, click Edit. In the Update Image window, you can change the name for the image. Select the Public check box to make the image public. Clear this check box to make the image private. Click Update Image.

Delete images Log in to the dashboard. Choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Project tab, click the Images & Snapshots category. Select the images that you want to delete. Click Delete Images. In the Confirm Delete Image window, click Delete Images to confirm the deletion. You cannot undo this action.