openstack-manuals/doc/common/section_cli_nova_manage_images.xml
lingxiankong f73c08af9a Fix wrong description for nova image-create
In the subsection "Create an image (nova)", there is a sentence said "You
cannot create a snapshot from an instance that has an attached volume",
which must be wrong. Currently, nova supports creating image from an
instance with attached volumes.

Change-Id: I811a845b8ee028ab83a12af03364930a0394e18d
Closes-Bug: #1341348
2014-07-19 13:48:47 -05:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="nova_manage_images">
<title>Create an image (nova)</title>
<para>You can use the <command>nova</command> client to take a snapshot of a running instance to
create an image.</para>
<para>To minimize the potential for data loss and ensure that you create an accurate image, you
should shut down the instance before you take a snapshot.</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Write any buffered data to disk.</para>
<para>For more information, see <link
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-ops/content/snapshots.html"
>Taking Snapshots</link> in the <citetitle>OpenStack Operations
Guide</citetitle>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>List instances to get the server name:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova list</userinput>
<?db-font-size 50%?><computeroutput>+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| 84c6e57d-a6b1-44b6-81eb-fcb36afd31b5 | myCirrosServer | ACTIVE | None | Running | private=10.0.0.3 |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+</computeroutput></screen>
<para>In this example, the instance is named <literal>myCirrosServer</literal>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Use this instance to create a snapshot:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova image-create myCirrosServer myCirrosImage</userinput></screen>
<para>The command creates a snapshot and automatically uploads the image to your
repository.</para>
<note>
<para>For snapshots that you create from an instance that was booted from a
volume:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The snapshot is based on the volume that is attached to the instance
through the Block Storage service.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>No data is uploaded to the Image Service.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>You can find information about the snapshot in the properties of the
image.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</note>
</step>
<step>
<para>Get details for your image to check its status:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova image-show myCirrosImage</userinput>
<?db-font-size 50%?><computeroutput>+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| metadata owner_id | 66265572db174a7aa66eba661f58eb9e |
| minDisk | 0 |
| metadata instance_type_name | m1.small |
| metadata instance_type_id | 5 |
| metadata instance_type_memory_mb | 2048 |
| id | 7e5142af-1253-4634-bcc6-89482c5f2e8a |
| metadata instance_type_root_gb | 20 |
| metadata instance_type_rxtx_factor | 1 |
| metadata ramdisk_id | 3cf852bd-2332-48f4-9ae4-7d926d50945e |
| metadata image_state | available |
| metadata image_location | snapshot |
| minRam | 0 |
| metadata instance_type_vcpus | 1 |
| status | ACTIVE |
| updated | 2013-07-22T19:46:42Z |
| metadata instance_type_swap | 0 |
| metadata instance_type_vcpu_weight | None |
| metadata base_image_ref | 397e713c-b95b-4186-ad46-6126863ea0a9 |
| progress | 100 |
| metadata instance_type_flavorid | 2 |
| OS-EXT-IMG-SIZE:size | 14221312 |
| metadata image_type | snapshot |
| metadata user_id | 376744b5910b4b4da7d8e6cb483b06a8 |
| name | myCirrosImage |
| created | 2013-07-22T19:45:58Z |
| metadata instance_uuid | 84c6e57d-a6b1-44b6-81eb-fcb36afd31b5 |
| server | 84c6e57d-a6b1-44b6-81eb-fcb36afd31b5 |
| metadata kernel_id | df430cc2-3406-4061-b635-a51c16e488ac |
| metadata instance_type_ephemeral_gb | 0 |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+</computeroutput></screen>
<para>The image status changes from <literal>SAVING</literal> to
<literal>ACTIVE</literal>. Only the tenant who creates the image has access to
it.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<para>To launch an instance from your image, include the image ID and flavor ID, as in the
following example:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova boot newServer --image 7e5142af-1253-4634-bcc6-89482c5f2e8a \
--flavor 3</userinput>
<?db-font-size 50%?><computeroutput>+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state | scheduling |
| image | myCirrosImage |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | building |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | instance-00000007 |
| flavor | m1.medium |
| id | d7efd3e4-d375-46d1-9d57-372b6e4bdb7f |
| security_groups | [{u'name': u'default'}] |
| user_id | 376744b5910b4b4da7d8e6cb483b06a8 |
| OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL |
| accessIPv4 | |
| accessIPv6 | |
| progress | 0 |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state | 0 |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | nova |
| config_drive | |
| status | BUILD |
| updated | 2013-07-22T19:58:33Z |
| hostId | |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host | None |
| key_name | None |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname | None |
| name | newServer |
| adminPass | jis88nN46RGP |
| tenant_id | 66265572db174a7aa66eba661f58eb9e |
| created | 2013-07-22T19:58:33Z |
| metadata | {} |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+</computeroutput></screen>
</section>