Image Management Service
Image Management Service
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What's New
Function Overview
Service Overview
IMS Infographics
What Is Image Management Service?
Product Advantages
Application Scenarios
Features
Constraints
EOS Plan
Supported OSs
OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs
External Image File Formats and Supported OSs
OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode
Billing
Security
Shared Responsibilities
Identity Authentication and Access Control
Access Control for IMS
Data Protection
Auditing and Logging
Certificates
Permissions
Basic Concepts
Region and AZ
Common Image Formats
Related Services
Getting Started
Scenario 1: Creating a System Disk Image from a Windows ECS
Scenario 2: Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
Practices
User Guide
Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
Creating a User and Granting Permissions
Creating a Custom Policy
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
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an Image
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
Overview
Integrating VirtIO Drivers into an ISO File
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Windows OS and VirtIO Drivers
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Windows System Disk Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
Overview
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Linux OS
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Linux System Disk Image
Importing an Image
Fast Import of an Image File
Overview
Fast Import in Linux
Fast Import in Windows
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
Optimization Process
Viewing the Virtualization Type of a Windows ECS
Obtaining Required Software Packages
Installing PV Drivers
Installing VirtIO Drivers
Clearing System Logs
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
Overview
Creating Encrypted Images
Windows Operations
Configuring DHCP
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection
Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init
Installing the One-Click Password Reset Plug-In
Running Sysprep
Linux Operations
Configuring DHCP
Deleting Files from the Network Rule Directory
Installing Cloud-Init
Configuring Cloud-Init
Installing the One-Click Password Reset Plug-In
Detaching Data Disks from an ECS
Managing Public Images
Overview
Image Update History (x86)
Image Update History (Arm)
Known Issues
Managing Tags
Managing Quotas
Auditing Key Operations
IMS Operations Audited by CTS
Viewing Traces
Best Practices
Overview
Creating a Windows Image Using VirtualBox and an ISO File
Introduction
Installing VirtualBox
Creating a VM and Installing an OS
Creating an Empty VM
Installing Windows on the VM
Configuring the VM
Installing VirtIO Drivers
Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions
(Optional) Installing Cloudbase-Init
(Optional) Installing the One-Click Password Reset Plug-in
Obtaining the Image File
Registering the Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Linux Image Using VirtualBox and an ISO File
Introduction
Installing VirtualBox
Creating a VM and Installing an OS
Creating an Empty VM
Installing a Linux OS on the VM
Configuring the VM
Installing Drivers and Changing the Disk Identifiers to the UUID Format
Installing Cloud-Init
Configuring Cloud-Init
(Optional) Installing the One-Click Password Reset Plug-in
Configuring NetworkManager
Obtaining the Image File
Registering the Image File as a Private Image
Cleaning Up the Disk Space of a Windows ECS
Converting the Image Format
Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img
Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img-hw
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
Making an API Request
Authentication
Response
Getting Started
IMS APIs
Image
Querying Images
Updating an Image
Creating an Image
Importing an Image File Quickly
Creating a Data Disk Image Using an External Image File
Creating a Full-ECS Image
Registering an Image
Exporting an Image
Querying Supported Image OSs
Image Tagging
Adding or Modifying a Tag
Querying Tags
Querying Images by Tag
Adding or Deleting Image Tags in a Batch
Adding an Image Tag
Deleting an Image Tag
Querying Tags of an Image
Querying All Image Tags
Image Sharing
Deleting Image Sharing Members
Adding Image Sharing Members
Updating the Sharing Status for Images
Image Replication
Replicating an Image Within a Region
Replicating an Image Across Regions
Image Quota
Querying the Image Quota
Image Jobs
Querying the Status of an Asynchronous Job
Querying the Progress of an Asynchronous Job
Native OpenStack APIs
Image (Native OpenStack APIs)
Deleting an Image (Native OpenStack API)
Creating Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API)
Image Schema (Native OpenStack APIs)
Querying an Image Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an Image List Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member List (Native OpenStack API)
Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
Querying Image Sharing Member Details (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Members (Native OpenStack API)
API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
Querying API Versions (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an API Version (Native OpenStack API)
Examples
Creating an Image from an ISO File
Permission Policies and Supported Actions
Introduction
Image Management
Image Tagging
Image Schema
Image Sharing
Image Replication
Image Quota
Common Parameters
Image Attributes
Image Tag Data Formats
Restrictions on Image Sharing
Obtaining a Project ID
Values of Related 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)
Adding a Tag (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
Deleting a Tag (Native OpenStack API)
Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
Adding an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
Updating the Image Sharing Status (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
Deleting an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API V2, Discarded)
Status Codes
Error Codes
SDK Reference
SDK Overview
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
What Do I Do If CentOS Linux Is No Longer Maintained?
EOS Plan
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
General Sharing FAQ
How Will I Be Billed for Sharing an Image?
What Are the Differences Between Sharing Images and Replicating Images?
Why Can't I Share My Images?
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
How Do I Authorize a Key?
How Do I Create an IAM Agency?
What Do I Do If I Enabled EPS But Now I Cannot Find Private Images in My Enterprise Project?
What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image from a CSBS Backup or BMS Using a Subaccount with the Allow_all Permission After EPS Is Enabled?
Cloud-Init
Cloud-Init Installation FAQ
What Can I Do with a Cloud-Init ECS?
What Do I Do If Installed NetworkManager and Now I Can't Inject the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init?
How Do I Install growpart for SUSE 11 SP4?
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
How Many Tags Can I Add to an Image?
How Do I Add, Delete, and Modify Image Tags?
How Do I Search for Private Images by Tag?
Billing
What Are the Billing Standards for IMS?
How Will I Be Billed for Full-ECS Images?
Videos
Glossary
More Documents
User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
Overview
What Is Image Management Service?
Product Advantages
Application Scenarios
Features
Constraints
Supported OSs
OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs
External Image File Formats and Supported OSs
OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode
OSs Supported by BMSs
Billing
Permissions
Basic Concepts
Region and AZ
Common Image Formats
Related Services
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
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an Image
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
Overview
Integrating VirtIO Drivers into an ISO File
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Windows OS and VirtIO Drivers
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Windows System Disk Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
Overview
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Linux OS
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Linux System Disk Image
Importing an Image
Fast Import of an Image File
Overview
Fast Import in Linux
Fast Import in Windows
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
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
Optimization Process
Viewing the Virtualization Type of a Windows ECS
Obtaining Required Software Packages
Installing PV Drivers
Installing VirtIO Drivers
Clearing System Logs
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
Overview
Creating Encrypted Images
Replicating Images
Tagging an Image
Auditing Key Operations
IMS Operations Recorded by CTS
Viewing Traces
Converting the Image Format
Windows Operations
Configuring DHCP
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection
Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init
Running Sysprep
Linux Operations
Configuring DHCP
Deleting Files from the Network Rule Directory
Installing Cloud-Init
Configuring Cloud-Init
Detaching Data Disks from an ECS
Permissions Management
Creating a User and Granting Permissions
Creating a Custom Policy
FAQs
Image Consulting
Basic Concepts
How Do I Select an Image?
What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
How Do I Increase the Image Quota?
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 FAQs
Full-ECS Image FAQs
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
General Sharing FAQs
What Are the Differences Between Sharing Images and Replicating Images?
Why Can't I Share My Images?
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?
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?
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
What Do I Do If I Enabled EPS But Now I Cannot Find Private Images in My Enterprise Project?
What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image from a CSBS Backup or BMS Using a Subaccount with the Allow_all Permission After EPS Is Enabled?
Cloud-Init
Cloud-Init Installation FAQ
What Can I Do with a Cloud-Init ECS?
What Do I Do If Installed NetworkManager and Now I Can't Inject the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init?
How Do I Install growpart for SUSE 11 SP4?
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
How Many Tags Can I Add to an Image?
How Do I Add, Delete, and Modify Image Tags?
How Do I Search for Private Images by Tag?
Billing
What Are the Billing Standards of IMS?
How Will I Be Billed for Full-ECS Images?
API Reference (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
Before You Start
Overview
API Calling
Endpoints
Constraints
Concepts
Selecting an API Type
API Overview
Calling APIs
Making an API Request
Authentication
Response
Getting Started
IMS APIs
Image
Querying Images
Updating Image Information
Creating an Image
Importing an Image File Quickly
Creating a Data Disk Image Using an External Image File
Creating a Full-ECS Image
Registering an Image
Exporting an Image
Querying Supported Image OSs
Image Sharing
Deleting Image Sharing Members
Adding Image Sharing Members
Updating the Sharing Status for Images
Image Replication
Replicating an Image Within a Region
Replicating an Image Across Regions
Image Quota
Querying the Image Quota
Image Jobs
Querying the Status of an Asynchronous Job
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)
Querying an Image Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an Image List Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member List (Native OpenStack API)
Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
Adding an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Updating the Image Sharing Status (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Member Details (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Members (Native OpenStack API)
Deleting an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
Querying API Versions (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an API Version (Native OpenStack API)
Examples
Creating an Image from an ISO File
Permission Policies and Supported Actions
Introduction
Image Management
Image Schema
Image Sharing
Image Replication
Image Quota
Common Parameters
Image Attributes
Image Tag Data Formats
Restrictions on Image Sharing
Obtaining a Project ID
Values of Related Parameters
Status Codes
Error Codes
Change History
User Guide (Paris Regions)
Overview
What Is Image Management Service?
Product Advantages
Application Scenarios
Features
Constraints
Supported OSs
External Image File Formats and Supported OSs
OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode
Permissions
Basic Concepts
Region and AZ
Common Image Formats
Related Services
Using IAM to Grant Access to IMS
Creating a User and Granting Permissions
Creating a Custom Policy
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
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an Image
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
Overview
Integrating VirtIO Drivers into an ISO File
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Windows OS and VirtIO Drivers
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Windows System Disk Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
Overview
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Linux OS
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Linux System Disk Image
Importing an Image
Fast Import of an Image File
Overview
Fast Import in Linux
Fast Import in Windows
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
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 Images Within a Region
Optimizing a Windows Private Image
Optimization Process
Viewing the Virtualization Type of a Windows ECS
Obtaining Required Software Packages
Installing PV Drivers
Installing VirtIO Drivers
Clearing System Logs
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
Overview
Creating Encrypted Images
Converting the Image Format
Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img
Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img-hw
Windows Operations
Configuring DHCP
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection
Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init
Running Sysprep
Installing Special Windows Drivers
Linux Operations
Configuring DHCP
Deleting Files from the Network Rule Directory
Installing Cloud-Init
Configuring Cloud-Init
Detaching Data Disks from an ECS
Managing Tags
Managing Quotas
Auditing Key Operations
IMS Operations Audited by CTS
Viewing Traces
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
What Do I Do If CentOS Linux Is No Longer Maintained?
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
General Sharing FAQ
What Are the Differences Between Sharing Images and Replicating Images?
Why Can't I Share My Images?
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
What Do I Do If I Enabled EPS But Now I Cannot Find Private Images in My Enterprise Project?
What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image from a CSBS Backup or BMS Using a Subaccount with the Allow_all Permission After EPS Is Enabled?
Cloud-Init
Cloud-Init Installation FAQ
What Can I Do with a Cloud-Init ECS?
What Do I Do If Installed NetworkManager and Now I Can't Inject the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init?
How Do I Install growpart for SUSE 11 SP4?
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
How Many Tags Can I Add to an Image?
How Do I Add, Delete, and Modify Image Tags?
How Do I Search for Private Images by Tag?
API Reference (Paris Regions)
Before You Start
Overview
API Calling
Endpoints
Constraints
Concepts
Selecting an API Type
API Overview
Calling APIs
Making an API Request
Authentication
Response
Getting Started
IMS APIs
Image
Querying Images
Updating Image Information
Creating an Image
Importing an Image File Quickly
Creating a Full-ECS Image
Registering an Image
Exporting an Image
Image Tagging
Adding or Modifying a Tag
Querying Tags
Querying Images by Tag
Adding or Deleting Image Tags in Batches
Adding an Image Tag
Deleting an Image Tag
Querying Tags of an Image
Querying All Image Tags
Image Sharing
Deleting Image Sharing Members
Adding Image Sharing Members
Updating the Sharing Status for Images
Image Replication
Replicating an Image Within a Region
Image Quota
Querying the Image Quota
Image Jobs
Querying the Status of an Asynchronous Job
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)
Adding a Tag (Native OpenStack API)
Deleting a Tag (Native OpenStack API)
Image Schema (Native OpenStack APIs)
Querying an Image Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an Image List Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member List (Native OpenStack API)
Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
Adding an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Updating the Image Sharing Status (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Member Details (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Members (Native OpenStack API)
Deleting an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
Querying API Versions (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an API Version (Native OpenStack API)
Examples
Creating an Image from an ISO File
API Actions
Image
Image Tag
Image Schema
Image Sharing
Image Replication
Image Quota
Asynchronous Job
Common Parameters
Image Attributes
Image Tag Data Formats
Restrictions on Image Sharing
Obtaining a Project ID
Values of Related Parameters
Status Codes
Error Codes
Change History
User Guide (Kuala Lumpur Region)
Overview
What Is Image Management Service?
Product Advantages
Application Scenarios
Features
Constraints
Supported OSs
OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs
External Image File Formats and Supported OSs
OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode
Permissions
Basic Concepts
Region and AZ
Common Image Formats
Related Services
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
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an Image
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
Overview
Integrating VirtIO Drivers into an ISO File
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Windows OS and VirtIO Drivers
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Windows System Disk Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
Overview
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Linux OS
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Linux System Disk Image
Importing an Image
Fast Import of an Image File
Overview
Fast Import in Linux
Fast Import in Windows
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
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
Optimization Process
Viewing the Virtualization Type of a Windows ECS
Obtaining Required Software Packages
Installing PV Drivers
Installing VirtIO Drivers
Clearing System Logs
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
Overview
Creating Encrypted Images
Replicating Images Within a Region
Tagging an Image
Auditing Key Operations
IMS Operations Recorded by CTS
Viewing Traces
Converting the Image Format
Windows Operations
Configuring DHCP
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection
Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init
Running Sysprep
Linux Operations
Configuring DHCP
Deleting Files from the Network Rule Directory
Installing Cloud-Init
Configuring Cloud-Init
Detaching Data Disks from an ECS
Permissions Management
Creating a User and Granting Permissions
Creating a Custom Policy
FAQs
Image Consulting
Basic Concepts
How Do I Select an Image?
What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image?
How Do I Increase the Image Quota?
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
What Do I Do If CentOS Linux Is No Longer Maintained?
Image Creation
General Creation FAQs
Full-ECS Image FAQs
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
General Sharing FAQs
What Are the Differences Between Sharing Images and Replicating Images?
Why Can't I Share My Images?
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?
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?
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
What Do I Do If I Enabled EPS But Now I Cannot Find Private Images in My Enterprise Project?
What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image from a CSBS Backup or BMS Using a Subaccount with the Allow_all Permission After EPS Is Enabled?
Cloud-Init
Cloud-Init Installation FAQ
What Can I Do with a Cloud-Init ECS?
What Do I Do If Installed NetworkManager and Now I Can't Inject the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init?
How Do I Install growpart for SUSE 11 SP4?
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
How Many Tags Can I Add to an Image?
How Do I Add, Delete, and Modify Image Tags?
How Do I Search for Private Images by Tag?
API Reference (Kuala Lumpur Region)
Before You Start
Overview
API Calling
Endpoints
Constraints
Concepts
Selecting an API Type
API Overview
Calling APIs
Making an API Request
Authentication
Response
Getting Started
IMS APIs
Image
Querying Images
Updating Image Information
Creating an Image
Importing an Image File Quickly
Creating a Data Disk Image Using an External Image File
Creating a Full-ECS Image
Registering an Image
Exporting an Image
Querying Supported Image OSs
Image Sharing
Deleting Image Sharing Members
Adding Image Sharing Members
Updating the Sharing Status for Images
Image Replication
Replicating an Image Within a Region
Replicating an Image Across Regions
Image Quota
Querying the Image Quota
Image Jobs
Querying the Status of an Asynchronous Job
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)
Querying an Image Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an Image List Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member List (Native OpenStack API)
Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
Adding an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Updating the Image Sharing Status (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Member Details (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Members (Native OpenStack API)
Deleting an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
Querying API Versions (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an API Version (Native OpenStack API)
Examples
Creating an Image from an ISO File
Permission Policies and Supported Actions
Introduction
Image Management
Image Schema
Image Sharing
Image Replication
Image Quota
Common Parameters
Image Attributes
Image Tag Data Formats
Restrictions on Image Sharing
Obtaining a Project ID
Values of Related Parameters
Status Codes
Error Codes
Change History
User Guide (Ankara Region)
Overview
What Is Image Management Service?
Supported OSs
OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs
External Image File Formats and Supported OSs
OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode
Permissions
Basic Concepts
Region and AZ
Common Image Formats
Related Services
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
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
Overview
Preparing an Image File
Uploading an External Image File
Registering an External Image File as a Private Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an 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
Overview
Integrating VirtIO Drivers into an ISO File
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Windows ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Windows OS and VirtIO Drivers
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Windows System Disk Image
Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File
Overview
Registering an ISO File as an ISO Image
Creating a Linux ECS from an ISO Image
Installing a Linux OS
Configuring the ECS and Creating a Linux System Disk Image
Fast Import of an Image File
Overview
Fast Import in Linux
Fast Import in Windows
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
Overview
Obtaining the Project ID
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
Optimization Process
Viewing the Virtualization Type of a Windows ECS
Obtaining Required Software Packages
Installing PV Drivers
Installing VirtIO Drivers
Clearing System Logs
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
Replicating Images
Tagging an Image
Auditing Key Operations
IMS Operations Recorded by CTS
Viewing Traces
Converting the Image Format
Windows Operations
Configuring DHCP
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection
Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init
Installing the One-Click Password Reset Plug-In
Running Sysprep
Linux Operations
Configuring DHCP
Deleting Files from the Network Rule Directory
Installing Cloud-Init
Configuring Cloud-Init
Installing the One-Click Password Reset Plug-In
Installing Special Linux Drivers
Detaching Data Disks from an ECS
Permissions Management
Creating a User and Granting Permissions
Creating a Custom Policy
FAQs
Image Consulting
How Do I Select an Image?
How Do I Increase the Image Quota?
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 FAQs
Full-ECS Image FAQs
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
General Sharing FAQs
What Are the Differences Between Sharing Images and Replicating Images?
Why Can't I Share My Images?
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?
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?
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
Cloud-Init
Cloud-Init Installation FAQ
What Can I Do with a Cloud-Init ECS?
What Do I Do If Installed NetworkManager and Now I Can't Inject the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init?
How Do I Install growpart for SUSE 11 SP4?
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
How Many Tags Can I Add to an Image?
How Do I Add, Delete, and Modify Image Tags?
How Do I Search for Private Images by Tag?
API Reference (Ankara Region)
Before You Start
Overview
API Calling
Endpoints
Constraints
Concepts
Selecting an API Type
API Overview
Calling APIs
Making an API Request
Authentication
Response
Getting Started
IMS APIs
Image
Querying Images
Updating Image Information
Creating an Image
Importing an Image File Quickly
Creating a Data Disk Image Using an External Image File
Creating a Full-ECS Image
Registering an Image
Exporting an Image
Querying Supported Image OSs
Image Sharing
Deleting Image Sharing Members
Adding Image Sharing Members
Updating the Sharing Status for Images
Image Replication
Replicating an Image Within a Region
Image Quota
Querying the Image Quota
Image Jobs
Querying the Status of an Asynchronous Job
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)
Querying an Image Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an Image List Schema (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Querying a Schema for an Image Sharing Member List (Native OpenStack API)
Image Sharing (Native OpenStack APIs)
Adding an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
Updating the Image Sharing Status (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Member Details (Native OpenStack API)
Querying Image Sharing Members (Native OpenStack API)
Deleting an Image Sharing Member (Native OpenStack API)
API Version Query (Native OpenStack API)
Querying API Versions (Native OpenStack API)
Querying an API Version (Native OpenStack API)
Examples
Creating an Image from an ISO File
Permission Policies and Supported Actions
Introduction
Image Management
Image Tagging
Image Schema
Image Sharing
Image Replication
Image Quota
Common Parameters
Image Attributes
Image Tag Data Formats
Restrictions on Image Sharing
Obtaining a Project ID
Values of Related Parameters
Status Codes
Error Codes
Change History
General Reference
Glossary
Service Level Agreement
White Papers
Endpoints
Permissions