What's New

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Support for external image files containing Rocky Linux and other OSs

You can upload external image files containing the following types of OSs to HUAWEI CLOUD:

• Rocky Linux

• AlmaLinux

• SUSE 15SP3

• EulerOS 2.10

Commercial use

External Image File Formats and Supported OSs

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Support for external image files containing EulerOS 2.9 and other OSs

You can upload external image files containing the following types of OSs to HUAWEI CLOUD:

• UOS 20 (ARM)

• NeoKylin V7 (ARM)

• EulerOS 2.9

Commercial use

Formats and OSs Supported for External Image Files

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Windows 2008 R2 public images taken offline

Microsoft stopped providing maintenance support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on January 14, 2020. For security reasons, Windows Server 2008 R2 public images were taken offline on July 15, 2020.

When the images are offline, you will no longer be able to use them to purchase or reinstall ECSs. You can continue to use private and Marketplace images and import images. You can also continue to use ECSs that already have any of these public images installed.

Commercial use

Image Update History (x86)

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Support for external image files containing openEuler 20.03.

You can upload external image files containing openEuler 20.03 to HUAWEI CLOUD.

Commercial use

Formats and OSs Supported for External Image Files

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Support for external image files containing SUSE 12 SP5 and other OSs

You can upload external image files containing the following types of OSs to HUAWEI CLOUD:

• SUSE 12 SP5

• SUSE 15 SP1

Commercial use

Formats and OSs Supported for External Image Files

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Support for external image files containing Ubuntu 19.04 and other OSs

You can upload external image files containing the following types of OSs to HUAWEI CLOUD:

• Ubuntu 19.04

• Oracle Linux 6.10

• CentOS 6.10

• CentOS 8.0

Commercial use

Formats and OSs Supported for External Image Files

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Fast export

If an image is larger than 128 GB, you can export it to an OBS bucket using the fast export function. You cannot specify the format of the exported image but can convert the image format after it is exported.

Commercial use

Exporting Images

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Creation of a full-ECS image from a CBR backup

You can use Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR) to back up an ECS and use the backup to create a full-ECS image that contains a system disk and one or more data disks. The full-ECS image can be shared with other tenants.

Commercial use

Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup

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Fast import of RAW and ZVHD2 image files

When importing external image files in RAW or ZVHD2 format, you can enable the Fast Create function so that the system does not perform such operations as driver injection, reducing the import time. In this case, the system does not check image optimization and you need to ensure that the image files to be imported have been optimized. A maximum of 1 TB image files can be quickly imported.

Commercial use

Quickly Importing an Image File

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Creation of a Windows or Linux system disk image from an ISO file

An ISO file is a disk image file. You can import an ISO file on the management console to create an image. Best Practice provides guidance for creating an ISO image file using the open-source software VirtualBox.

Commercial use

Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File

Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File

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Support for external image files containing Ubuntu 18.04.2 and other OSs.

You can upload external image files containing the following types of OSs to HUAWEI CLOUD:

• Ubuntu 18.04.2

• Ubuntu 18.04.1

• Ubuntu 16.04.6

• Ubuntu 16.04.5

• Ubuntu 16.04.4

• Windows Server 2019 Standard

• Windows Server 2019 Datacenter

• NeoKylin 7.4

Commercial use

Formats and OSs Supported for External Image Files