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How Can I Use an Ubuntu Image Source (x86_64 or Arm) Provided by HUAWEI CLOUD?

Scenarios

When you are required to update the OS or software of an ECS, you can access the Internet through the ECS and use an external Ubuntu image source. However, if your ECS cannot access the Internet, or the external Ubuntu image source cannot provide services stably, you can use the Ubuntu image source provided by HUAWEI CLOUD.

Constraints

  • This section applies only to the following regions: CN North-Beijing1, CN North-Beijing4, CN East-Shanghai1, CN East-Shanghai2, CN South-Guangzhou, and AP-Hong Kong.
  • Make sure that the intranet DNS server provided by HUAWEI CLOUD has been configured.

    For instructions about how to obtain an intranet DNS server, see What Are the Private DNS Server Addresses Provided by the DNS Service?

    For instructions about how to configure a DNS server, see Configuring DNS.

  • The operations described in this section apply to both x86_64 and Arm (Kunpeng) ECSs.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the ECS.
  2. Run the following command to back up the sources.list file:

    mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak

  3. Select a suitable wget command according to the Ubuntu image source version, run the command to download the sources.list file, and save the file into /etc/apt/:

    Table 1 lists the mapping between Ubuntu versions and version names.

    Table 1 Mapping between Ubuntu versions and version names

    Version

    Version Name

    apt Source Configuration File

    Ubuntu 18.04

    (Bionic Beaver)

    sources.list.bionic

    Ubuntu 17.10

    (Artful Aardvark)

    sources.list.artful

    Ubuntu 17.04

    (Zesty Zapus)

    sources.list.zesty

    Ubuntu16.10

    (YakketyYak)

    sources.list.yakkety

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    (Xenial Xerus)

    sources.list.xenial

    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

    (Trusty Tahr)

    sources.list.trusty

    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

    (Precise Pangolin)

    sources.list.precise

    Take Ubuntu 18.04 as an example. Its apt source configuration file is sources.list.bionic. The configurations are as follows:

    • x86_64 architecture

      wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list http://mirrors.myhuaweicloud.com/repo/sources.list.bionic

    • Arm (Kunpeng) architecture

      wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list http://mirrors.myhuaweicloud.com/repo/aarch64/sources.list.bionic

  4. Run the following command to update the software library:

    apt-get update

  • If certain packages are unavailable, this issue may be caused by in-progress data synchronization. In such a case, try again several hours later.
Parent topic: Image Source Management