Sharing Specified Images

Scenarios

After obtaining the account name from a tenant (if the tenant is a multi-project user, you also need to obtain the project name), you can share specified private images with the tenant. You can share a single image or multiple images as needed.

Prerequisites

• You have obtained the account name of the target tenant. (If the tenant is a multi-project user, you also need to obtain the project name.)
• Before sharing an image, ensure that any sensitive data has been deleted from the image.

Procedure

• Share multiple images.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Computing, click Image Management Service.
  3. Click the Private Images tab.
  4. Select the private images to share and click Share above the image list.
  5. In the Share Image dialog box, enter the account name of the target tenant and click Add. If the tenant is a multi-project user, you also need to select the project name.
     Figure 1 Sharing images
     

     To add multiple target tenants, enter their account names (and project names) and then click Add.

  6. Click OK.
• Share a single image.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Computing, click Image Management Service.
  3. Click the Private Images tab.
  4. Locate the row that contains the private image you are to share, click More in the Operation column, and select Share from the drop-down list.
  5. In the Share Image dialog box, enter the account name of the target tenant and click Add. If the tenant is a multi-project user, you also need to select the project name.

     To add multiple target tenants, enter their account names (and project names) and then click Add.

     Figure 2 Sharing an image
     
  6. Click OK.

Related Operations

After you share images with a tenant, the tenant can accept the shared images on the Images Shared with Me page on the IMS console. For detailed operations, see Accepting or Rejecting Shared Images.