You can import an image file into your VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment and use it to launch instances.

The following image formats are supported:
  • VMDK
  • ISO
  • OVA
  • RAW
  • QCOW2
  • VDI
  • VHD
Note: ISO images cannot be used to create volumes.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Integrated OpenStack dashboard.
  2. Select your project from the drop-down menu in the title bar.
  3. Select Project > Compute > Images.
  4. Click Create Image and enter the desired configuration.
    Option Action
    Image Name

    Enter a name for the image.

    Image Description

    Enter a description for the image.

    Image Source

    Click Browse and select the image file.

    Format

    Select ISO or VMDK.

    For images in OVA, RAW, QCOW2, VDI, or VHD formats, select VMDK as the disk format.

    Disk Adapter Type

    For VMDK images, select the adapter type.

    Minimum Disk (GB)

    Specify the minimum disk size for the image in gigabytes.

    Minimum RAM (MB)

    Specify the minimum RAM for the image in megabytes.

    Visibility

    (Cloud administrators only) Select Public to make the image available to all projects or Private to make the image available only to the current project.

    Protected

    Select Yes to prevent the image from being deleted.

  5. (Optional) Click Next and configure metadata for the image.
  6. Click Create Image.

What to do next

You can now launch instances from the image. In the Actions column next to an image, you can edit or delete the image, update its metadata, launch an instance from the image, or create a volume from the image.