Chapter 20. Preparing and uploading customized QCOW2 images directly to OpenStack

Procedure

1. Start the compose of a QCOW2 image.

   # image-builder build qcow2 --blueprint blueprint_name

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

4. From the System Panel, click Image.

   The Create An Image wizard opens.

5. 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.

6. 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.
7. You can run the image instance using any mechanism such as the CLI or OpenStack web UI from the image. Use your private key by using SSH to access the resulting instance. Log in as cloud-user.