- What's New
- Function Overview
- Service Overview
- Getting Started
-
User Guide
- Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
-
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
- Importing an Image
- Fast Import of an Image File
-
Managing Private Images
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Deleting Images
-
Sharing Images
- Overview
- Obtaining the Project ID, Account ID, and Organization URN
- 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
- Replicating Images Within a Region
- Replicating Images Across Regions
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
-
Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Optimization Process
- Checking Whether a Private Image Needs to be Optimized
- Using a Script to Optimize a Xen Private Image
- Uninstalling PV Drivers from a Linux ECS
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the GRUB File to UUID
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the fstab File to UUID
- Installing Native Xen and KVM Drivers
- Installing Native KVM Drivers
- Clearing System Logs
- Encrypting Images
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Managing Public Images
- Managing Tags
- Managing Quotas
- Auditing Key Operations
-
Best Practices
- Overview
- 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
- Migrating ECSs Across Accounts and Regions
- Migrating Service Data Across Accounts (Data Disks)
-
API Reference
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Getting Started
- IMS APIs
- Native OpenStack APIs
- Examples
- Permissions and Supported Actions
- Common Parameters
-
Historical APIs
-
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Querying Images (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
- Modifying an Image (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
- Uploading an Image (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
- Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API V1.1, Discarded)
- Querying Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API V1, Discarded)
- Querying Image Details (Native OpenStack API V1.1, Discarded)
- Image Tagging (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
-
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Status Codes
- Error Codes
- SDK Reference
-
FAQs
-
Image Consulting
- How Do I Select an Image?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
- Are There Any Public Images Already Containing Certain Applications, Such as OpenVPN or PyTorch?
- 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 Accounts?
- End-of-Support for OSs
-
Image Creation
- General Creation FAQ
- Full-ECS Image FAQ
- 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?
- How Do I Handle the Startup Failure of a Windows ECS Created from a Windows Image Generalized by Sysprep?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API?
- Image Sharing
-
OS
- How Do I Select an OS?
- How Is BIOS Different from UEFI?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Change the Resolution of a Windows OS Booted in UEFI Mode?
- 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?
-
Image Import
- 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 Chose the Wrong OS or System Disk Capacity When Registering a Private Image?
- Why Did My VHD Upload Fail? Why Does the System Say the System Disk in the VHD Image File Is Larger Than What I Specified on the Management Console?
- How Do I Import Existing Huawei Cloud Private Images to a Specified Region?
-
Image Export
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a BMS 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 PC?
- What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export?
- Why 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 VirtIO Drivers 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, a BMS, or an 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 Optimize an Image?
- How Do I Use a Private Image Created from a First-Generation ECS to Create a Second-Generation ECS?
- How Do I Enable NIC Multi-Queue for an Image?
- How Do I Configure an ECS to Use DHCPv6?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Replication
- Image Deletion
- Image Encryption
- KooGallery Images
- Accounts and Permissions
- Cloud-Init
-
ECS Creation
- Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS?
- Can I Change the Specifications Defined by a Private Image When I Use the Image to Create an ECS?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Capacity When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Partition Is Not Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of a CentOS ECS Created from an Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If I Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration for an ECS Created from a Windows Image and Now It Won't Start?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using UEFI Boot?
-
Driver Installation
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install PV Drivers in Windows?
- How Do I Install VirtIO Drivers in Windows?
- How Do I Install Native KVM Drivers in Linux?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Tags
- Billing
-
Image Consulting
- Videos
- Glossary
-
More Documents
-
User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- Overview
- Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
-
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 CBR Backup
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Importing an Image
- Fast Import of an Image File
-
Managing Private Images
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Deleting Images
-
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
- Replicating Images
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
-
Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Optimization Process
- Checking Whether a Private Image Needs to be Optimized
- Uninstalling PV Drivers from a Linux ECS
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the GRUB File to UUID
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the fstab File to UUID
- Installing Native Xen and KVM Drivers
- Installing Native KVM Drivers
- Clearing System Logs
- Encrypting Images
- Converting the Image Format
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Managing Tags
- Managing Quotas
- Auditing Key Operations
-
FAQs
-
Image Consulting
- Basic Concepts
- How Do I Select an Image?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
- What Are the Differences Between Images and Backups?
- Can I Tailor an Image?
- 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 Accounts?
-
Image Creation
- General Creation FAQ
- Full-ECS Image FAQ
- 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?
- How Do I Handle the Startup Failure of a Windows ECS Created from a Windows Image Generalized by Sysprep?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API?
- Image Sharing
- OS
-
Image Import
- 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 Chose the Wrong OS or System Disk Capacity When Registering a Private Image?
- Why Did My VHD Upload Fail? Why Does the System Say the System Disk in the VHD Image File Is Larger Than What I Specified on the Management Console?
-
Image Export
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a BMS 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 PC?
- What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export?
- Why 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 VirtIO Drivers 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 an 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 Use DHCPv6?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Replication
- Image Deletion
- Image Encryption
- Accounts and Permissions
- Cloud-Init
-
ECS Creation
- Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS?
- Can I Change the Specifications Defined by a Private Image When I Use the Image to Create an ECS?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Capacity When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Partition Is Not Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of a CentOS ECS Created from an Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If I Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration for an ECS Created from a Windows Image and Now It Won't Start?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using UEFI Boot?
-
Driver Installation
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install VirtIO Drivers in Windows?
- How Do I Install Native KVM Drivers in Linux?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Tags
- Billing
-
Image Consulting
-
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)
- Examples
- Permission Policies and Supported Actions
- Common Parameters
- Status Codes
- Error Codes
- Change History
-
User Guide (Paris Regions)
- Overview
- Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
-
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 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
- Importing an Image
- Fast Import of an Image File
-
Managing Private Images
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Deleting Images
- Sharing Images
- Replicating Images Within a Region
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
-
Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Optimization Process
- Checking Whether a Private Image Needs to be Optimized
- Uninstalling PV Drivers from a Linux ECS
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the GRUB File to UUID
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the fstab File to UUID
- Installing Native Xen and KVM Drivers
- Installing Native KVM Drivers
- Clearing System Logs
- Encrypting Images
- Converting the Image Format
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Managing Tags
- Managing Quotas
- Auditing Key Operations
-
FAQs
-
Image Consulting
- Basic Concepts
- How Do I Select an Image?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
- What Are the Differences Between Images and Backups?
- Can I Tailor an Image?
- 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 Accounts?
- End-of-Support for OSs
-
Image Creation
- General Creation FAQ
- Full-ECS Image FAQ
- 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?
- How Do I Handle the Startup Failure of a Windows ECS Created from a Windows Image Generalized by Sysprep?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API?
- Image Sharing
-
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 a Windows 7 ECS Equipped with an Intel 82599 NIC Reports an Error in SR-IOV Scenarios?
- 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?
-
Image Import
- 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?
- What Do I Do If I Chose the Wrong OS or System Disk Capacity When Registering a Private Image?
- Why Did My VHD Upload Fail? Why Does the System Say the System Disk in the VHD Image File Is Larger Than What I Specified on the Management Console?
-
Image Export
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a BMS 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 PC?
- What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export?
- Why 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 VirtIO Drivers 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, a BMS, or an 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?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Replication
- Image Deletion
- Image Encryption
- Accounts and Permissions
- Cloud-Init
-
ECS Creation
- Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS?
- Can I Change the Specifications Defined by a Private Image When I Use the Image to Create an ECS?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Capacity When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Partition Is Not Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of a CentOS ECS Created from an Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If I Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration for an ECS Created from a Windows Image and Now It Won't Start?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using UEFI Boot?
-
Driver Installation
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install VirtIO Drivers in Windows?
- How Do I Install Native KVM Drivers in Linux?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Tags
-
Image Consulting
-
API Reference (Paris 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 (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- Overview
- Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
-
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 CBR Backup
- Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
- Importing an Image
- Fast Import of an Image File
-
Managing Private Images
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Deleting Images
-
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
- Replicating Images Within a Region
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
-
Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Optimization Process
- Checking Whether a Private Image Needs to be Optimized
- Uninstalling PV Drivers from a Linux ECS
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the GRUB File to UUID
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the fstab File to UUID
- Installing Native Xen and KVM Drivers
- Installing Native KVM Drivers
- Clearing System Logs
- Encrypting Images
- Converting the Image Format
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Managing Tags
- Managing Quotas
- Auditing Key Operations
-
FAQs
-
Image Consulting
- Basic Concepts
- How Do I Select an Image?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
- What Are the Differences Between Images and Backups?
- Can I Tailor an Image?
- 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 Accounts?
- End-of-Support for OSs
-
Image Creation
- General Creation FAQ
- Full-ECS Image FAQ
- 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?
- How Do I Handle the Startup Failure of a Windows ECS Created from a Windows Image Generalized by Sysprep?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API?
- Image Sharing
- OS
-
Image Import
- 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 Chose the Wrong OS or System Disk Capacity When Registering a Private Image?
- Why Did My VHD Upload Fail? Why Does the System Say the System Disk in the VHD Image File Is Larger Than What I Specified on the Management Console?
-
Image Export
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a BMS 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 PC?
- What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export?
- Why 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 VirtIO Drivers 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 an 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 Use DHCPv6?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Replication
- Image Deletion
- Image Encryption
- Accounts and Permissions
- Cloud-Init
-
ECS Creation
- Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS?
- Can I Change the Specifications Defined by a Private Image When I Use the Image to Create an ECS?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Capacity When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Partition Is Not Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of a CentOS ECS Created from an Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If I Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration for an ECS Created from a Windows Image and Now It Won't Start?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using UEFI Boot?
-
Driver Installation
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install VirtIO Drivers in Windows?
- How Do I Install Native KVM Drivers in Linux?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Tags
-
Image Consulting
-
API Reference (Kuala Lumpur 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)
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Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
- Examples
- Permission Policies and Supported Actions
- Common Parameters
- Status Codes
- Error Codes
- Change History
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User Guide (Ankara Region)
- Overview
- Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
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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 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
- Fast Import of an Image File
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Managing Private Images
- Creating an ECS from an Image
- Modifying an Image
- Exporting an Image
- Exporting Image List
- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- Deleting Images
- Sharing Images
- Replicating Images
- Optimizing a Windows Private Image
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Optimizing a Linux Private Image
- Optimization Process
- Checking Whether a Private Image Needs to be Optimized
- Uninstalling PV Drivers from a Linux ECS
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the GRUB File to UUID
- Changing Disk Identifiers in the fstab File to UUID
- Installing Native Xen and KVM Drivers
- Installing Native KVM Drivers
- Clearing System Logs
- Converting the Image Format
- Windows Operations
- Linux Operations
- Managing Tags
- Managing Quotas
- Auditing Key Operations
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FAQs
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Image Consulting
- How Do I Select an Image?
- What Are the Differences Between Images and Backups?
- Can I Tailor an Image?
- 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 Accounts?
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Image Creation
- General Creation FAQ
- Full-ECS Image FAQ
- 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?
- How Do I Handle the Startup Failure of a Windows ECS Created from a Windows Image Generalized by Sysprep?
- What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API?
- 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?
- What Do I Do If a Windows 7 ECS Equipped with an Intel 82599 NIC Reports an Error in SR-IOV Scenarios?
- 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 Import
- 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?
- What Do I Do If I Chose the Wrong OS or System Disk Capacity When Registering a Private Image?
- Why Did My VHD Upload Fail? Why Does the System Say the System Disk in the VHD Image File Is Larger Than What I Specified on the Management Console?
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Image Export
- Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC?
- Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a BMS 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 PC?
- Why the Export Option Is Unavailable for My Image?
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Image Optimization
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers 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 an 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 Use DHCPv6?
- How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Replication
- Image Deletion
- Image Encryption
- Cloud-Init
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ECS Creation
- Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS?
- Can I Change the Specifications Defined by a Private Image When I Use the Image to Create an ECS?
- Can I Specify the System Disk Capacity When I Create an ECS Using an Image?
- What Do I Do If a Partition Is Not Found During the Startup of an ECS Created from an Imported Private Image?
- What Do I Do If the Disks of a CentOS ECS Created from an Image Cannot Be Found?
- What Do I Do If I Enabled Automatic Configuration During Image Registration for an ECS Created from a Windows Image and Now It Won't Start?
- What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using UEFI Boot?
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Driver Installation
- Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS?
- Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows?
- Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Install VirtIO Drivers in Windows?
- How Do I Install Native KVM Drivers in Linux?
- How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers?
- Image Tags
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Image Consulting
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API Reference (Ankara Region)
- 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 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
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User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- General Reference
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Image Management Service
An image is a template used to create servers or disks. Image Management Service (IMS) provides full lifecycle management for images, helping you quickly deploy services.
Progressive Knowledge
IMS knowledge for users from beginner level to expert level
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Understand
IMS application scenarios and functions are provided to help you quickly select your desired function to match services. This facilitates rapid service migration to the cloud or between clouds.
Introduction to IMS
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Create
You can create a private image based on the image source and OS type.
Creating a System Disk Image from an ECS
Creating a System Disk Image from an Image File
Creating a System Disk Image from an ISO File
Creating a Private BMS Image
Creating a Data Disk Image
Creating a Full-ECS Image
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APIs
IMS provides abundant APIs and API calling examples to help you create, replicate, and share images.
API Reference
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Start
The procedure for creating a system disk image is provided to help you quickly get started with IMS.
Getting Started
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Be a Power User
Private images can be replicated between regions, shared among accounts, and exported to a local PC.
Common Operations
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Practices
You can create private images using the open-source tools VirtualBox and Packer to satisfy your personalized requirements.
More Methods for Creating Private Images
FAQs
Learn more about common issues and solutions.
Typical Cases
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How Do I Select an Image?
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Image Creation FAQs
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Full-ECS Image FAQs
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How Do I Import an OVF or OVA File to the Cloud Platform?
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How Do I Set NIC Multi-Queue Feature of an Image?
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What Can I Do After Installing Cloud-Init on an ECS?
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Shared Image FAQs
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What Are the Charging Standards of IMS?
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What Initial Configuration Needs to Be Performed on the ECS, BMS or Image File Before It Is Used to Create an Image?
General
Image Optimization
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What Changes Will Be Made to an Image File Used for Registering a Private Image?
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Why Do I Need to Install and Update VMTools for Windows?
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What Do I Do If the Initial Configurations of a Windows External Image File Are Not Completed Before the File Is Exported?
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What Do I Do If the Initial Configurations of a Linux External Image File Are Not Completed Before the File Is Exported?
Image Creation
ECS
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Can I Change the Image After Successfully Purchasing an ECS?
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Can an ECS Created from a Private Image Have Different Hardware Specifications from the ECS Used to Create the Private Image?
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What Should I Do If an ECS Starts Slowly?
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How Do I Clean Up the Disk Space?
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What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using the UEFI Boot Mode?
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