Chapter 19. Preparing and uploading customized RHEL images to the Alibaba Cloud

Procedure

1. Log in to the ECS console.
2. On the left-side menu, select Instances.
3. In the upper-right corner, click Create Instance. You are redirected to a new window.
4. Complete all the required information. See Creating an instance by using the custom launch for more details.

5. Click Create Instance and confirm the order.

   Note

   You can see the option Create Order instead of Create Instance, depending on your subscription.

   As a result, you have an active instance ready for deployment from the Alibaba ECS Console.

Procedure

1. Log in to the ECS console.

   1. On the left-side menu, click Images.
   2. On the upper right side, click Import Image. A dialog window opens.

   3. Confirm that you have set up the correct region where the image is located. Enter the following information:

      1. OSS Object Address: See how to obtain OSS Object Address.
      2. Image Name
      3. Operating System
      4. System Disk Size
      5. System Architecture
      6. Platform: Red Hat

   4. Optional: Provide the following details:

      7. Image Format: qcow2 or ami, depending on the uploaded image format.
      8. Image Description

      9. Add Images of Data Disks

         The address can be determined in the OSS management console. After selecting the required bucket in the left menu:

2. Select Files section.

3. Click the Details link on the right for the appropriate image.

   A window appears on the right side of the screen, showing image details. The OSS object address is in the URL box.

4. Click OK.

   Note

   The importing process time can vary depending on the image size.

   The customized image is imported to the ECS Console.

Procedure

1. Log in to the OSS console.
2. In the Bucket menu on the left, select the bucket to which you want to upload an image.
3. In the upper right menu, click the Files tab.

4. Click Upload. A dialog window opens on the right side. Configure the following:

   • Upload To: Choose to upload the file to the Current directory or to a Specified directory.
   • File ACL: Choose the type of permission of the uploaded file.
5. Click Upload.
6. Select the image you want to upload to the OSS Console.
7. Click Open.

Procedure

1. Connect to the system containing the image that you want to check by using the Alibaba image_check tool.

2. Download the image_check tool:

   $ curl -O https://docs-aliyun.cn-hangzhou.oss.aliyun-inc.com/assets/attach/73848/cn_zh/1557459863884/image_check

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3. Change the file permission of the image compliance tool:

   # chmod +x image_check

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4. Run the command to start the image compliance tool checkup:

   # ./image_check

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   The tool verifies the system configuration and generates a report that is displayed on your screen. The image_check tool saves this report in the same folder where the image compliance tool is running.