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The button should be 'Edit Image' not 'Edit', and the "Confirm Delete Image" window should be "Confirm Delete Images" window in "dashboard_manage_images.rst". Change-Id: Iba7aefaa96adac0b6134f25bbfb2b1b053a48d84 Closes-Bug: #1503511
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Create and manage images
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As an administrative user, you can create and manage images
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for the projects to which you belong. You can also create
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and manage images for users in all projects to which you have
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access.
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To create and manage images in specified projects as an end
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user, see the `OpenStack End User Guide
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<http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/>`_.
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To create and manage images as an administrator for other
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users, use the following procedures.
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Create images
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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For details about image creation, see the `Virtual Machine Image
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Guide <http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/>`_.
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#. Log in to the dashboard.
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Choose the :guilabel:`admin` project from the drop-down list
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at the top of the page.
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#. On the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
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and click the :guilabel:`Images` category. The images that you
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can administer for cloud users appear on this page.
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#. Click :guilabel:`Create Image`, which opens the
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:guilabel:`Create An Image` window.
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.. figure:: figures/create_image.png
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**Figure Dashboard—Create Image**
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#. In the :guilabel:`Create An Image` window, enter or select the
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following values:
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Name` | Enter a name for the image. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Description` | Enter a brief description of |
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| | the image. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Image Source` | Choose the image source from |
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| | the dropdown list. Your choices |
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| | are :guilabel:`Image Location` |
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| | and :guilabel:`Image File`. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Image File` or | Based on your selection, there |
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| :guilabel:`Image Location` | is an :guilabel:`Image File` or |
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| | :guilabel:`Image Location` |
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| | field. You can include the |
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| | location URL or browse for the |
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| | image file on your file system |
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| | and add it. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Format` | Select the image format. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Architecture` | Specify the architecture. For |
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| | example, ``i386`` for a 32-bit |
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| | architecture or ``x86_64`` for |
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| | a 64-bit architecture. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Minimum Disk (GB)` | Leave these fields empty. |
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| and | |
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| :guilabel:`Minimum RAM (MB)` | |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Copy Data` | Specify this option to copy |
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| | image data to the Image service.|
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Public` | Select this option to make the |
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| | image public to all users. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| :guilabel:`Protected` | Select this option to ensure |
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| | that only users with |
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| | permissions can delete it. |
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+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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#. Click :guilabel:`Create Image`.
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The image is queued to be uploaded. It might take several minutes
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before the status changes from ``Queued`` to ``Active``.
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Update images
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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#. Log in to the Dashboard.
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Choose the :guilabel:`admin` project from the drop-down list
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at the top of the page.
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#. On the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
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and click the :guilabel:`Images` category.
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#. Select the images that you want to edit. Click :guilabel:`Edit Image`.
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#. In the :guilabel:`Update Image` window, you can change the image name.
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Select the :guilabel:`Public` check box to make the image public.
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Clear this check box to make the image private. You cannot change
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the kernel ID, RAM disk ID, or architecture attributes for an image.
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#. Click :guilabel:`Update Image`.
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Delete images
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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#. Log in to the Dashboard.
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Choose the :guilabel:`admin` project from the drop-down list
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at the top of the page.
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#. On the :guilabel:`Admin tab`, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
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and click the :guilabel:`Images` category.
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#. Select the images that you want to delete.
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#. Click :guilabel:`Delete Images`.
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#. In the :guilabel:`Confirm Delete Images` window, click :guilabel:`Delete
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Images` to confirm the deletion.
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You cannot undo this action.
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