Image: import

Important

The image import operation is only available GAIA.

The import operation allows the upload of an image with .qcow2 disk format to be automatically converted to a .raw disk format before being available to the project. Moreover, both the suggested metadata hw_qemu_guest_agent and os_require_quiesce are automatically set to yes and true, respectively, and then applied during the operation.

Important

The operation can only be performed via OpenStack CLI.

First of all create an image and store its ID as follows:

IMAGE_ID=$( \
  openstack image create \
  --disk-format qcow2 \
  --container-format bare \
  --property description="<description>"\
  --private \
  -f value \
  -c id \
  "<image_name>" \
  )

Then, import the desired image using the direct link to the .qcow2 or .img image file in the cloud image provider’s repository.

openstack image import --method=web-download --uri <image_url> $IMAGE_ID

The command will return almost istantaneously while the import operation is performed on the GAIA side.