Help Center/ Image Management Service/ User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region) / Managing Private Images/ Sharing Images/ Overview
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Overview

You can share your private images with other tenants. The tenants who accept the shared images can use the images to create ECSs of the same specifications.

The cloud platform is not responsible for the integrity or security of shared images. When you use a shared image, ensure that the image is from a trusted sharer.

Constraints

  • You can share images only within the region where they reside. To share an image across regions, you need to replicate the image to the target region first.
  • A system disk image or data disk image can be shared with up to 128 tenants, and a full-ECS image can be shared with up to 10 tenants.
  • Encrypted images cannot be shared.
  • Only full-ECS images created from CBR backups can be shared. Other full-ECS images cannot be shared.

Procedure

If you want to share a private image with another tenant, the procedure is as follows:

  1. You obtain the account name of the tenant.

    If the tenant is a multi-project user, you also need to obtain the project name from the tenant.

  2. You share an image with the tenant.
  3. The tenant accepts the shared image.

    After accepting the image, the tenant can use it to create ECSs.

Related FAQs

If you have any questions, see General Sharing FAQs.

Parent topic: Sharing Images