Create and manage images

Create and manage images As an administrative user, you can create and manage images for the projects to which you belong. You can also create and manage images for users in all projects to which you have access. To create and manage images in specified projects as an end user, see the OpenStack End User Guide. To create and manage images as an administrator for other users, use the following procedures.

Create images For details about image creation, see the Virtual Machine Image Guide. Log in to the OpenStack dashboard. Choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Admin tab, click the Images category. The images that you can administer for cloud users appear on this page. Click Create Image. 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 Location Include the URL of the image. Image File Alternatively, browse to find the image file on your machine. Format Select the image format. Minimum Disk (GB) and Maximum Disk (GB) Leave these fields empty. Public Select this option to make the image public to all users. 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 OpenStack dashboard. Choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Admin tab, click the Images category. Select the image that you want to edit. 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. You cannot change the kernel ID, RAM disk ID, or architecture attributes for an image. Click Update Image.

Delete images Log in to the OpenStack dashboard. Choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Admin tab, click the Images 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.