Chapter 18. Preparing and uploading customized QCOW2 images directly to OpenStack

Procedure

1. Start the compose of a QCOW2 image.

   # composer-cli compose start blueprint_name qcow2

2. Check the status of the building.

   # composer-cli compose status

   After the image build finishes, you can download the image.

3. Download the QCOW2 image:

   # composer-cli compose image UUID

4. Access the OpenStack dashboard and click +Create Image.
5. On the left menu, select the Admin tab.

6. From the System Panel, click Image.

   The Create An Image wizard opens.

7. In the Create An Image wizard:

   1. Enter a name for the image
   2. Click Browse to upload the QCOW2 image.
   3. From the Format dropdown list, select the QCOW2 - QEMU Emulator.
   4. Click Create Image.

8. On the left menu, select the Project tab.

   1. From the Compute menu, select Instances.

   2. Click the Launch Instance button.

      The Launch Instance wizard opens.

   3. On the Details page, enter a name for the instance. Click Next.
   4. On the Source page, select the name of the image you uploaded. Click Next.
   5. On the Flavor page, select the machine resources that best fit your needs. Click Launch.
9. You can run the image instance using any mechanism (CLI or OpenStack web UI) from the image. Use your private key via SSH to access the resulting instance. Log in as cloud-user.