openstack-manuals/doc/user-guide-admin/section_dashboard_admin_manage_images.xml

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  <title>Create and manage images</title>
  <para>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.</para>
  <para>To create and manage images in specified projects as an end
    user, see the <link
      xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/"
        ><citetitle>OpenStack End User
    Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
  <para>To create and manage images as an administrator for other
    users, use the following procedures.</para>
  <section xml:id="dashboard_create_images">
    <title>Create images</title>
    <para>For details about image creation, see the <link
        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-image/content/"
          ><citetitle>Virtual Machine Image
      Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
    <procedure>
      <step>
        <para>Log in to the OpenStack dashboard.</para>
        <para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
            <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
          list.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
            <guilabel>Images</guilabel> category. The images that you
          can administer for cloud users appear on this page.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>Click <guibutton>Create Image</guibutton>.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>In the <guilabel>Create An Image</guilabel> window,
          enter or select the following values:</para>
        <informaltable rules="all" width="50%">
          <col width="25%"/>
          <col width="75%"/>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Name</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Enter a name for the image.</para></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Description</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Enter a brief description about the
                  image.</para></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Image
                Location</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Include the URL of the image.</para></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Image File</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Alternatively, browse to find the image file
                  on your machine.</para></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Format</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Select the image format.</para></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Minimum Disk (GB)</guilabel> and
                    <guilabel>Maximum Disk (GB)</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Leave these fields empty.</para>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><para><guilabel>Public</guilabel></para></td>
              <td><para>Select this option to make the image public to
                  all users.</para></td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </informaltable>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>Click <guibutton>Create Image</guibutton>.</para>
        <para>The image is queued to be uploaded. It might take some
          time before the status changes from queued to active.</para>
      </step>
    </procedure>
  </section>
  <section xml:id="dashboard_update_images">
    <title>Update images</title>
    <procedure>
      <step>
        <para>Log in to the OpenStack dashboard.</para>
        <para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
            <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
          list.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
            <guilabel>Images</guilabel> category.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>Select the image that you want to edit. Click
            <guilabel>Edit</guilabel>.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>In the <guilabel>Update Image</guilabel> window, you can
          change the name for the image. Select the
            <guilabel>Public</guilabel> 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.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>Click <guibutton>Update Image</guibutton>.</para>
      </step>
    </procedure>
  </section>
  <section xml:id="dashboard_delete_images">
    <title>Delete images</title>
    <procedure>
      <step>
        <para>Log in to the OpenStack dashboard.</para>
        <para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
            <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
          list.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
            <guilabel>Images</guilabel> category.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>Select the images that you want to delete.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>Click <guibutton>Delete Images</guibutton>.</para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete Image</guilabel> window,
          click <guibutton>Delete Images</guibutton> to confirm the
          deletion. </para>
        <para>You cannot undo this action.</para>
      </step>
    </procedure>
  </section>
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