Appendix A. Image service command options


You can use the following optional arguments with the glance image-create, glance image-create-via-import, and glance image-update commands.

Table A.1. Command options
Specific toOptionDescription

All

--architecture <ARCHITECTURE>

Operating system architecture as specified in https://docs.openstack.org/glance/latest/user/common-image-properties.html#architecture

All

--protected [True_False]

If true, image will not be deletable.

All

--name <NAME>

Descriptive name for the image

All

--instance-uuid <INSTANCE_UUID>

Metadata that can be used to record which instance this image is associated with. (Informational only, does not create an instance snapshot.)

All

--min-disk <MIN_DISK>

Amount of disk space (in GB) required to boot image.

All

--visibility <VISIBILITY>

Scope of image accessibility. Valid values: public, private, community, shared

All

--kernel-id <KERNEL_ID>

ID of image stored in the Image service (glance) that should be used as the kernel when booting an AMI-style image.

All

--os-version <OS_VERSION>

Operating system version as specified by the distributor

All

--disk-format <DISK_FORMAT>

Format of the disk. Valid values: None, ami, ari, aki, vhd, vhdx, vmdk, raw, qcow2, vdi, iso, ploop

All

--os-distro <OS_DISTRO>

Common name of operating system distribution as specified in https://docs.openstack.org/glance/latest/user/common-image-properties.html#os-distro

All

--owner <OWNER>

Owner of the image

All

--ramdisk-id <RAMDISK_ID>

ID of image stored in the Image service that should be used as the ramdisk when booting an AMI-style image.

All

--min-ram <MIN_RAM>

Amount of RAM (in MB) required to boot image.

All

--container-format <CONTAINER_FORMAT>

Format of the container. Valid values: None, ami, ari, aki, bare, ovf, ova, docker

All

--property <key=value>

Arbitrary property to associate with image. May be used multiple times.

glance image-create

--tags <TAGS> [<TAGS> ...]

List of strings related to the image

glance image-create

--id <ID>

An identifier for the image

glance image-update

--remove-property

Key name of arbitrary property to remove from the image.

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