5.6. Validate the Image Service Installation

Procedure 5.12. Downloading a Test Disk Image

1. Go to https://access.redhat.com, and log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal using your customer account details.
2. Click Downloads in the menu bar.
3. Click A-Z to sort the product downloads alphabetically.
4. Click Red Hat Enterprise Linux to access the Product Downloads page.
5. Click the KVM Guest Image download link.

Procedure 5.13. Uploading a Disk Image to the Image Service

1. Set up the shell to access keystone as a configured user (an administrative account is not required):

   # source ~/keystonerc_userName

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2. Import the disk image:

   [(keystone_userName)]#[(keystone_userName)]#[(keystone_userName)]# glance image-create --name "NAME" \
           --is-public IS_PUBLIC \
           --disk-format DISK_FORMAT \
           --container-format CONTAINER_FORMAT \
           --file IMAGE

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   Replace the following values:
   • Replace NAME with a name by which users will refer to the disk image.
   • Replace IS_PUBLIC with either true or false:
     • true - All users are able to view and use the image.
     • false - Only administrators are able to view and use the image.
   • Replace DISK_FORMAT with the disk image's format. Valid values include: aki, ami, ari, iso, qcow2, raw, vdi, vhd, and vmdk. If the format of the virtual machine disk image is unknown, use the qemu-img info command to try and identify it.
   • Replace CONTAINER_FORMAT with the container format of the image. The container format is bare unless the image is packaged in a file format, such as ovf or ami, that includes additional metadata related to the image.
   • Replace IMAGE with the local path to the image file (for uploading). If the image being uploaded is not locally accessible but is available using a remote URL, provide the URL using the --location parameter instead of the --file parameter. Note that you must also specify the --copy-from argument to copy the image into the object store, otherwise the image will be accessed remotely each time it is required.
   For more information about the glance image-create syntax, see the help page:

   [(keystone_userName)]#[(keystone_userName)]#[(keystone_userName)]# glance help image-create

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   Note the unique identifier for the image in the output of the command above.
3. Verify that your image was successfully uploaded:

    [(keystone_userName)]#[(keystone_userName)]#[(keystone_userName)]# glance image-show IMAGE_ID
   +------------------+--------------------------------------+
   | Property         | Value                                |
   +------------------+--------------------------------------+
   | checksum         | 2f81976cae15c16ef0010c51e3a6c163     |
   | container_format | bare                                 |
   | created_at       | 2013-01-25T14:45:48                  |
   | deleted          | False                                |
   | disk_format      | qcow2                                |
   | id               | 0ce782c6-0d3e-41df-8fd5-39cd80b31cd9 |
   | is_public        | True                                 |
   | min_disk         | 0                                    |
   | min_ram          | 0                                    |
   | name             | RHEL 6.6                             |
   | owner            | b1414433c021436f97e9e1e4c214a710     |
   | protected        | False                                |
   | size             | 25165824                             |
   | status           | active                               |
   | updated_at       | 2013-01-25T14:45:50                  |
   +------------------+--------------------------------------+

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   Replace IMAGE_ID with the unique identifier for the image.