Images console¶

Overview¶

Images are pre-configured files that contain a virtual machine's (VM) operating system and associated data. Images serve as templates for creating instances (VMs) within the Compute service. The Image console is responsible for managing and providing access to these images.

Select Compute > Images to display the images console.

The console lists all instances in your project under the Current Project Images tab.

You can edit and delete images.

You launch an instance based on an image.

You can create a volume based on an image.

Select an image to view image details, security associated with the image, and custom properties associated with the image.

Images details¶

You may encounter other custom properties or metadata associated with specific images, depending on how they are configured by the image creator.

Property/Attribute	Description
Name	A human-readable name for the image, used for identification purposes.
ID	A unique identifier automatically assigned to the image by OpenStack when it is created.
Status	Indicates the current state of the image, such as `queued`, `saving`, `active`, or `deleted`.
Visibility	Determines who can access the image. It can be set to `public` or `private`.
Protected	A boolean value indicating whether the image is protected from deletion.
Disk Format	Specifies the format of the image, such as `raw`, `qcow2`, `vmdk`, or `iso`.
Container Format	Describes the container format of the image, such as `bare`, `ovf`, or `aki`.
Size	The size of the image file in bytes.
Checksum	A hash value used to verify the integrity of the image file.
Tags	A list of user-defined tags that can be associated with the image.
Min Disk	The minimum disk size (in GB) required to boot the image.
Min RAM	The minimum amount of RAM (in MB) required to boot the image.
Architecture	Indicates the architecture for which the image is built, such as `x86_64` or `arm`.
Kernel ID	For images that require an external kernel, this attribute specifies the ID of the kernel image.
Ramdisk ID	For images that require an external ramdisk, this attribute specifies the ID of the ramdisk image.
Owner	The ID of the project or user that owns the image.
Created At	The timestamp indicating when the image was created.
Updated At	The timestamp indicating when the image was last updated.

Default images¶

Go to Compute > Images > Public Images to view the list of available default images.

Rocky 9 (minor version 9.2) with images settings to provide extra performance. This is ideal for VMs that require enhanced performance with virtio-scsi driver and vif_multiqueue_enabled. This version was retrieved from [https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud-Base-9.2-20230513.0.x86_64.qcow2https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud-Base-9.2-20230513.0.x86_64.qcow2)
Fedora CoreOS 38 with images settings to provide extra performance. This is ideal for VMs that require enhanced performance with virtio-scsi driver and vif_multiqueue_enabled. This version was retrieved from https://builds.coreos.fedoraproject.org/prod/streams/stable/builds/38.20230819.3.0/x86_64/fedora-coreos-38.20230819.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2.xz
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy) with images settings to provide extra performance. This is ideal for VMs that require enhanced performance with virtio-scsi driver and vif_multiqueue_enabled. This version was retrieved from https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/jammy/20230828/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
CirrOS 0.6.2 (for simple sanity testing) with images settings to provide extra performance. This is ideal for VMs that require enhanced performance with virtio-scsi driver and vif_multiqueue_enabled. This version was retrieved from https://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.6.2/cirros-0.6.2-x86_64-disk.img