Chapter 12. Locating the images you created by using Insights image builder
By accessing the Insights image builder dashboard, you are able to locate the images built for you.
12.1. Locating your customized images in the Insights image builder dashboard
After your customized images are uploaded to the cloud or clouds, you can still locate these images and, if they are still valid, you have the option to copy them and also launch them directly from the dashboard.
To locate your images in the image builder dashboard, complete the following steps:
Prerequisites
- You have an account on Red Hat Customer Portal with an Insights subscription.
- You have access to the Insights image builder dashboard.
- You created images by using Insights image builder.
Procedure
Access the Insights image builder dashboard.
You are redirected to the Insights image builder dashboard and can see all the images that were built for you.
Locate your image by name.
- Type your image name in the search bar on the top left menu.
If your image exists, image details appear, showing: the Image name, Creation date, Release version, cloud Target, and image Status.
You can also see information about any customizations applied to the image, such as packages and file system configuration.
Under Uploads, you can find the uploaded images.
For Amazon Web Services images:
- After the image status is marked as Ready, click the Launch instance link. You are redirected to the image on AWS from where you can launch the instance. See Launching your customized RHEL system image for AWS from your AWS EC2.
For Google Cloud Platform images:
- After the image status is marked as Ready, click the copy symbol. You can create a Virtual Machine (VM) instance using the GCE image. See Creating a VM instance using your GCE image.
For Microsoft Azure images:
- After the image status is marked as Ready, click the View uploaded image link. You are redirected to the image on Microsoft Azure from where you can view the uploaded image from your Microsoft Azure account. See Creating a VM from the customized RHEL system image you shared with the Microsoft Azure account.
For VMware images:
- After the image status is marked as Ready, click the Download .vmdk link. The image is saved to your system and is ready for deployment. See Deploying VMDK images to vSphere by using the GUI.
For Guest images images:
- After the image status is marked as Ready, click the Download .qcow2 image. The image is saved to your system and is ready for deployment. See Creating a Virtual Machine from the customized RHEL Guest system image.
For Bare metal images images:
After the image status is marked as Ready, click the Download .iso image. The image is saved to your system and is ready for deployment. See Installing the customized RHEL ISO system image to a bare metal system.
Note- The image artifacts for public clouds, such as GCP, and AWS are saved for 14 days and expire after that. Ensure to transfer the image to your account to avoid losing it.
- The private clouds images, such as VMware, Guest-image, and Installer images are available for 6 hours and expire after that. Ensure to download the image to avoid losing it.
