Creating, launching and deleting images in Horizon

Last updated 30th December 2021

Objective

You can add custom images via the OpenStack Horizon interface. For example, you can use it to import images from your old virtual machines to the Public Cloud, provided that they are in a compatible format.

This guide explains the steps for creating, launching and deleting images in the Horizon interface, which is used to manage OVHcloud services.

Requirements

• Access to the Horizon interface
• Access to the Images menu in the OpenStack Horizon interface

Instructions

Manage the images

• By default, if no images have been created, the list of default public images appears:

• You can then launch an image from a URL, or create a custom image by clicking the Create Image button, which opens the following menu:

• Image name (*)
• Image description
• Image file (Send from your local desktop)
• Image format (*):

AKI	Amazon Kernel Image
AMI	Amazon Machine Image
ARI	Amazon Ramdisk Image
ISO	ISO 9660
QCOW2	QEMU Emulator
RAW	Raw Disk Image
VDI	VirtualBox format
VHD	Microsoft format
VMDK	VMware format

• Architecture: x86_64
• Minimum disk space (in GB): if not specified, the default value will be 0.
• Minimum RAM (in MB): if not specified, the default value will be 0.

You can also define whether the image will be public, and whether its deletion will be protected. Once you have confirmed, the image is placed in a queue for creation:

You can click on the image name for details:

In the Actions column, you can:

• launch the image selected in order to create an instance - when you do this, the menu appears

• edit the image details (only for images you have created)
• delete the image (only for the images you have created), and you are asked to confirm

Go further

Join our community of users on https://community.ovh.com/en/.

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