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Tag: OpenStack Glance
Managing VMware vSphere Templates as Packer Images
Tags: OpenStack Glance, Packer, VMware, vSphere
For any cloud administrator, one of the essential starting points for managing their cloud deployment is to ensure there is a consistent set of base images from which appropriate instances… Read More
OpenStack Flavors With Zero Disk Size
Tags: image catalog, OpenStack Flavors, OpenStack Glance
This tutorial describes how zero disk-size option for OpenStack flavors works. When a virtual machine is deployed using an image by applying a flavor to it, OpenStack will try to deploy… Read More
Tutorial: Manage Images with the OpenStack Glance Client
Tags: command-line, Glance, Images, multi-region, OpenStack Glance
This tutorial provides basic recipes for manipulating images using OpenStack glance. Requirements You will first need to install the OpenStack Glance Client on one of your systems. Follow the Tutorial on… Read More
Configure NFS Shared Storage for OpenStack Glance Image Catalog or VM Storage
Tags: NFS, OpenStack Glance, VM Storage
This article describes steps to configure NFS shared storage to get it working with your Platform9 OpenStack private cloud. By default, Platform9 assumes certain locations on your Linux server for… Read More
Supported Image Types and File Formats
Tags: Images, OpenStack Glance
When you add an image to the OpenStack Glance image service, you can specify its disk and container format. You can find more info on supported disk and container formats… Read More
Handling OpenStack Cloud Images in Platform9
Tags: Cloud, OpenStack, OpenStack Glance, Platform9, Private Cloud
OpenStack Image Management One of the most fundamental functions of an any cloud platform is the management of virtual machine images. In OpenStack, this functionality is mostly taken care of… Read More