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Image Management ServiceImage Management Service
- What's New
- Function Overview
- Service Overview
- Getting Started
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User Guide
- Managing Public Images
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Creating a Private Image
- Introduction
- Creating a System Disk Image from a Windows ECS
- Creating a System Disk Image from a Linux ECS
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a BMS System Disk Image
- Creating a Data Disk Image from an ECS
- Creating a Data Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CSBS Backup
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Quickly Importing an Image File
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Managing Private Images
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Deleting Images
- Sharing Images
- Importing an Image
- Exporting an Image
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
- Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Encrypting Images
- Replicating Images Within a Region
- Replicating Images Across Regions
- Tagging an Image
- Auditing Key Operations
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Permissions Management
- Change History
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Best Practices
- Overview of IMS Best Practices
- Creating a Windows Image Using VirtualBox and an ISO File
- Creating a Linux Image Using VirtualBox and an ISO File
- Cleaning Up the Disk Space of a Windows ECS
- Converting the Image Format
- Creating a Private Image Using Packer
- Configuring an ISO File as a Local Image Source
- Change History
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API Reference
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Getting Started
- IMS APIs
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Native OpenStack APIs
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Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Querying Images (Native OpenStack API)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API)
- Updating Image Information (Native OpenStack API)
- Uploading an Image (Native OpenStack API)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API)
- Creating Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API v1.1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Querying Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API v1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API v1.1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Image Tagging (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Image Schema (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
- API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
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Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Examples
- Permission Policies and Supported Actions
- Common Parameters
- Status Codes
- Error Codes
- Change History
- SDK Reference
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FAQs
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Image Consulting
- How Do I Select an Image?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
- What Do I Do If I Want to Set Up an OpenVPN or PyTorch Environment But No Public Images Containing OpenVPN or PyTorch Are Available?
- How Do I Increase the Image Quota?
- What Are the Differences Between Images and Backups?
- Can I Tailor an Image?
- How Do I Migrate an ECS to a Different Region of Another Account?
- How Can I Back Up the Current Status of an ECS for Restoration in the Case of a System Fault?
- How Can I Apply a Private Image to an Existing ECS?
- Can I Import Data from a Data Disk Image to a Data Disk?
- Can I Use Private Images of Other Tenants?
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Image Creation
- Image Creation FAQs
- Full-ECS Image FAQs
- How Can I Use a Backup to Create an EVS Disk or ECS?
- Is There Any Difference Between the Image Created from a CSBS/CBR Backup and That Created from an ECS?
- Why Can't I Find an ISO Image When I Want to Use It to Create an ECS or Change the OS of an ECS?
- How Do I Create a Full-ECS Image Using an ECS That Has a Spanned Volume?
- Why Is Sysprep Required for Creating a Private Image from a Windows ECS?
- What Do I Do If an ECS Created from a Windows Image Failed to Start After Running Sysprep?
- Image Sharing
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OS
- How Do I Select an OS?
- How Is BIOS Different from UEFI?
- How Do I Delete Redundant Network Connections from a Windows ECS?
- What Do I Do If an ECS Starts Slowly?
- What Do I Do If the One-Click Password Resetting Plug-In Failed to Start?
- Why Can't I Find My Private Image When I Want to Use It to Create an ECS or Change the OS of an ECS?
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Image Importing
- Can I Use Images in Formats Other Than the Specified Ones?
- What Are the Impacts If I Do Not Pre-configure an ECS Used to Create a Private Image?
- How Do I Import an OVF or OVA File to the Cloud Platform?
- What Do I Do If I Configured an Incorrect OS or System Disk Size During Private Image Registration Using an Image File?
- What Do I Do If the System Disk Size in a VHD Image File Exceeds the One I Have Specified on the Management Console When I Use This File to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Import Existing HUAWEI CLOUD Private Images to a Specified Region?
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Image Exporting
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a Physical Server After I Export It from the Cloud Platform?
- Why Is the Image Size in an OBS Bucket Different from That Displayed in IMS?
- Can I Download a Public Image to My Local PC?
- What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export?
- What Do I Do If the Export Option Is Unavailable for My Image?
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Image Optimization
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VMTools for Windows?
- What Will the System Do to an Image File When I Use the File to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Configure an ECS, BMS, or Image File Before I Use It to Create an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Windows Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image?
- What Do I Do If a Linux Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Enable NIC Multi-Queue for an Image?
- How Do I Configure an ECS to Dynamically Acquire IPv6 Addresses?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Replication
- Image Deletion
- Image Encryption
- Accounts and Permissions
- Cloud-Init
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ECS Creation
- Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS?
- Can I Use a Private Image to Create ECSs with Different Hardware Specifications from the ECS Used to Create the Private Image?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Size When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If No Partition Is Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of an ECS Created from a CentOS Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If an ECS Created from a Windows Image Failed to Start When I Have Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using the UEFI Boot Mode?
- Billing
- Change History
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Image Consulting
- Videos
- Glossary
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More Documents
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User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- Overview
-
Creating a Private Image
- Introduction
- Creating a System Disk Image from a Windows ECS
- Creating a System Disk Image from a Linux ECS
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a Data Disk Image from an ECS
- Creating a Data Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Quickly Importing an Image File
-
Managing Private Images
- Modifying an Image
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Deleting Images
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Sharing Images
- Overview
- Obtaining the Account Name and Project Name
- Sharing Specified Images
- Accepting or Rejecting Shared Images
- Rejecting Accepted Images
- Accepting Rejected Images
- Stopping Sharing Images
- Adding Tenants Who Can Use Shared Images
- Deleting Image Recipients Who Can Use Shared Images
- Replicating a Shared Image
- Exporting an Image
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
- Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Replicating Images Within a Region
- Replicating Images Across Regions
- Exporting Image List
- Auditing Key Operations
- Converting the Image Format
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Permissions Management
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FAQs
- Image Consulting
- Image Creation
- Image Sharing
- OS
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Image Importing
- Can I Use Images in Formats not Described in This Document?
- What Are the Impacts If I Do Not Pre-configure an ECS Used to Create a Private Image?
- How Do I Import an OVF or OVA File to the Cloud Platform?
- What Do I Do If I Configured an Incorrect OS or System Disk Size During Private Image Registration Using an Image File?
- What Do I Do If the System Disk Size in a VHD Image File Exceeds the One I Have Specified on the Management Console When I Use This File to Register a Private Image?
- Image Exporting
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Image Optimization
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VMTools for Windows?
- What Will the System Do to an Image File When I Use the File to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Configure an ECS or Image File Before I Use It to Create an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Windows Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image?
- What Do I Do If a Linux Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Set NIC Multi-Queue for an Image?
- How Do I Configure an ECS to Dynamically Acquire IPv6 Addresses?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- What Is the Cause of the Failure to Install a Guest OS Driver on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Accounts and Permissions
- Cloud-Init
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ECS Creation
- Can I Use a Private Image to Create ECSs with Different Hardware Specifications from the ECS Used to Create the Private Image?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Size When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of an ECS Created from a CentOS Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If an ECS Created from a Windows Image Failed to Start When I Have Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using the UEFI Boot Mode?
- Change History
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API Reference (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Getting Started
- IMS APIs
-
Native OpenStack APIs
-
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Querying Images (Native OpenStack API)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API)
- Updating Image Information (Native OpenStack API)
- Uploading an Image (Native OpenStack API)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API)
- Creating Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API v1.1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Querying Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API v1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API v1.1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Image Schema (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
- API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
-
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Permission Policies and Supported Actions
- Common Parameters
- Status Codes
- Error Codes
- Change History
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User Guide (Paris and Amsterdam Regions)
- Overview
-
Creating a Private Image
- Introduction
- Creating a System Disk Image from a Windows ECS
- Creating a System Disk Image from a Linux ECS
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
- Creating a BMS System Disk Image
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS
- Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CSBS Backup
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Quickly Importing an Image File
-
Managing Private Images
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Deleting Images
- Sharing Images
- Exporting an Image
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
- Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Encrypting Images
- Replicating Images
- Tagging an Image
- Auditing Key Operations
- Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img
- Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img-hw
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
-
FAQs
- Image Consulting
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Image Creation
- Image Creation FAQs
- Why Can't I Find an ISO Image When I Want to Use It to Create an ECS or Change the OS of an ECS?
- How Do I Create a Full-ECS Image Using an ECS That Has a Spanned Volume?
- Why Is Sysprep Required for Creating a Private Image from a Windows ECS?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API?
- Image Sharing
- OS
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Image Importing
- Can I Use Images in Formats Other Than the Specified Ones?
- What Are the Impacts If I Do Not Pre-configure an ECS Used to Create a Private Image?
- What Do I Do If I Configured an Incorrect OS or System Disk Size During Private Image Registration Using an Image File?
- What Do I Do If the System Disk Size in a VHD Image File Exceeds the One I Have Specified on the Management Console When I Use This File to Register a Private Image?
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Image Exporting
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a Physical Server After I Export It from the Cloud Platform?
- Why Is the Image Size in an OBS Bucket Different from That Displayed in IMS?
- Can I Download a Public Image to My Local PC?
- What Do I Do If the Export Option Is Unavailable for My Image?
-
Image Optimization
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VMTools for Windows?
- What Will the System Do to an Image File When I Use the File to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Configure an ECS, BMS, or Image File Before I Use It to Create an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Windows Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image?
- What Do I Do If a Linux Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image?
- How Do I Enable NIC Multi-Queue for an Image?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- What Is the Cause of the Failure to Install a Guest OS Driver on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Encryption
- Cloud-Init
-
ECS Creation
- Can I Use a Private Image to Create ECSs with Different Hardware Specifications from the ECS Used to Create the Private Image?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Size When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If No Partition Is Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of an ECS Created from a CentOS Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If an ECS Created from a Windows Image Failed to Start When I Have Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using the UEFI Boot Mode?
- Change History
-
API Reference (Paris and Amsterdam Regions)
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Getting Started
- IMS APIs
-
Native OpenStack APIs
-
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Querying Images (Native OpenStack API)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API)
- Updating Image Information (Native OpenStack API)
- Uploading an Image (Native OpenStack API)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API)
- Creating Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API v1.1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Querying Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API v1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API v1.1 - Abandoned and Not Recommended)
- Image Tagging (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Image Schema (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
- API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
-
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Examples
- API Actions
- Common Parameters
- Status Codes
- Error Codes
- Change History
-
User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
Updated at: Feb 22, 2022 GMT+08:00
Overview of IMS Best Practices
This document summarizes operation practices in common application scenarios of Image Management Service (IMS). Each practice provides detailed solution description and operation guide, helping you easily build image-based services.
Practice |
Description |
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Describes how to create a Windows image using VirtualBox. To do so, you need to install VirtualBox, use it to create a VM from an ISO file, and generate a VHD image using the created VM. |
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Describes how to create a Linux image using VirtualBox. To do so, you need to install VirtualBox, use an ISO file to create a VM, and generate a VHD image using the created VM. |
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Describes how to clean up the disk space of a Windows ECS. |
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Describes how to use qemu-img or Huawei-developed qemu-img-hw to convert the image format. qemu-img supports the mutual conversion of formats VHD, VMDK, QCOW2, RAW, VHDX, QCOW, VDI, and QED but does not support the conversion to ZVHD or ZVHD2. To convert an image file to any of the two formats, use qemu-img-hw. |
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Describes how to create a Ubuntu 16.04 Server 64-bit private image from a CentOS 7.4 ECS using Packer and upload the created image to the cloud platform. |
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Describes how to configure a local image source by using the yum, apt, and zypper package managers and provides configuration examples of Debian 10.1.0 and CentOS 8.0. |
