External Image File Formats and Supported OSs

External File Formats

Image files in VMDK, VHD, QCOW2, RAW, VHDX, QED, VDI, QCOW, ISO, ZVHD2, or ZVHD format can be used to create private images. Select whichever format best meeting your requirements.

Supported OSs

When you upload an external image file to an OBS bucket on the management console, the OS contained in the image file will be checked.

If the OS cannot be identified or is not supported:

• For Linux, Other_Linux (64_bit) or Other_Linux (32_bit) will be selected during image registration.

Related Operations

For how to upload external image files, see Uploading an External Image File (Windows) and Uploading an External Image File (Linux).

After an external image file is successfully uploaded, you can register this image file as a private image on the cloud platform. For details, see Registering an External Image File as a Private Image (Windows) and Registering an External Image File as a Private Image (Linux).