Create and manage images

Create and manage images The cloud operator assigns roles to users, which determines who can upload and manage images. Image upload and management might be restricted to only cloud administrators or cloud operators. If you have admin privileges, you can create and manage images in the admin project. You can also use the glance and nova 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 OpenStack 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 Location Include the URL of the image. Image File Alternatively, browse to find the 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. 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 OpenStack 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 OpenStack 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.