- 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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Scenario 2: Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File
You can import a local image or a system disk image from another cloud platform. After an image is imported, you can use it to create an ECS or reinstall the OS of an existing ECS.
This guide describes how to create a Linux system disk image from an external image file.
Preparations
- Sign up for Huawei Cloud and complete real-name authentication.
Before using IMS, sign up for a HUAWEI ID, enable Huawei Cloud services, and complete real-name authentication.
If you have enabled Huawei Cloud services and completed real-name authentication, skip this step.
- Top up your account.
Creating a private image is free, but you will be charged for the OBS bucket you use to store the uploaded image file. Ensure that your account has sufficient balance. If not, top up your account.
Step1: Prepare an Image File
You need to prepare an image file that meets the following requirements:
- OS: SUSE, Oracle Linux, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc. (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Image format: VMDK, VHD, QCOW2, RAW, VHDX, QED, VDI, QCOW, ZVHD2, or ZVHD
- Image size: no larger than 128 GB. If the image size is between 128 GB and 1 TB, convert the image file into RAW or ZVHD2 and import it using fast import.
- Network: Files in the network rule directory are deleted and DHCP is configured for the NICs.
- Tools: Cloud-Init has been installed.
- Drivers: Native Xen and KVM drivers have been installed.
- File system: The disk identifier in the GRUB configuration file and fstab file are set to UUID.
NOTE:
Click here to learn more about the file restrictions and how to check and configure an image file.
Step 2: Upload the Image File
You are advised to use OBS Browser+ to upload external image files to an OBS bucket. For details, see OBS Browser+ Best Practices.
For how to download OBS Browser+, see Downloading OBS Browser+.

Step 3: Register the Image File as a Private Image
- Log in to the management console. In the service list, choose Compute > Image Management Service.
- In the image list, click Create Image in the upper right corner.
- In the Image Type and Source area, select Import Image for Type and System disk image for Image Type. Select the bucket storing the image file from the list and then select the image file.
Figure 2 Importing an image fileFigure 3 Image information
Table 1 Image parameters Parameter
Example Value
Description
Enable automatic configuration
Enable
If you select this option, the system will automatically check and optimize the image file. For details, see What Will the System Do to an Image File When I Use the File to Register a Private Image?
Function
ECS system disk image
This parameter specifies whether the image is used to create ECSs or BMSs. The value can be ECS system disk image or BMS system disk image.
Architecture
x86
The value can be x86 or ARM.
- If the system identifies that the architecture in the image file is different from what you set here, the identified architecture prevails.
- If the system fails to identify an architecture, the architecture you set will be used.
Boot Mode
BIOS
This parameter is optional. The value can be BIOS or UEFI. For details about the differences between them, see How Is BIOS Different from UEFI?
For details about which OSs support UEFI boot, see OSs supporting UEFI Boot Mode.
The boot mode must be the same as that in the image file. You need to confirm which boot mode is used in the image file. After you select the right boot mode, the boot mode will be configured for the image at the background. Select the right boot mode, or ECSs created using the image will not be able to boot up.
OS
Ubuntu
20.04 server 64bit
To ensure that the image can be created and used properly, select an OS consistent with that in the image file. If you do not select an OS, the system attempts to automatically identify the OS in the image file.
NOTE:
- If the system identifies that the OS in the image file is different from the one you select here, the identified OS prevails.
- If the system fails to identify an OS, the OS you select will be used.
- If the OS you selected or identified by the system is inconsistent with the actual one, ECSs created from the image file may not work properly.
System Disk (GB)
40
The system disk capacity (value range: 40 GB to 1024 GB). Ensure that this value is not less than the system disk capacity in the image file.
NOTE:
If the uploaded VHD image is generated using qemu-img or similar tools, check the system disk capacity based on What Do I Do If the System Disk Capacity in a VHD Image File Exceeds the One I Have Specified on the Management Console When I Use This File to Register a Private Image?
Data Disk (GB)
Not add
You can also add data disks to the image. You need to obtain an image file containing data disks in advance. This function is used to migrate VMs and data disks from other platforms to the current platform.
To add data disks, click
, configure the data disk capacity, and click Select Image File. In the displayed dialog box, select the target bucket and then the target image file containing the data disk.
A maximum of three data disks can be added.
Name
UbuntuImage
Enter a name for the image.
Encryption
Not select
(Optional) If you want to encrypt the image, select KMS encryption and select the key to be used from the key list. After you select KMS encryption, the system will create a default key ims/default for you. You can also select a key from the key list.
For how to encrypt an image, see Creating Encrypted Images.
NOTE:
If the encrypted image needs to be shared with other tenants, use a custom key to encrypt it. Otherwise, the key cannot be authorized to other tenants, causing the sharing failure.
Enterprise Project
default
Select an enterprise project from the drop-down list. This parameter is available only if you have enabled enterprise projects or your account is an enterprise account.
An enterprise project provides central management of cloud resources on a project.
Tag
Key: usage
Value: project
(Optional) Set a tag key and a tag value for the image to make identification and management of your images easier. You are advised to create predefined tags in TMS. For details, see Creating Predefined Tags .
NOTE:
If your organization has configured tag policies for images, you need to add tags to your images based on the policies. If you add a tag that does not comply with the tag policies, images may fail to be created. Contact the organization administrator to learn more about the tag policies.
- Each tag consists of a key and a value. The key contains a maximum of 36 characters, and the value contains a maximum of 43 characters. The key cannot be left blank or be an empty string. The value cannot be left blank but can be an empty string.
- An image can have a maximum of 10 tags.
Description
imageTest
(Optional) Enter a description of the image.
- Read and agree to the image disclaimer. Click Next.
- Confirm the parameter settings and click Submit.
- Go back to the private image list. When the image status changes to Normal, the image is created successfully.
Follow-up Procedure
After a system disk image is created, you can use it to create an ECS or change the OS of an existing ECS. This way, you can migrate data from a server to another. For details, see:
For more information, see Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File.
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