Replicating a Shared Image

Scenarios

Replicate a private image that was shared with you. That image will be displayed in your private image list. You can export, share, and replicate this image, or use it to create ECSs.

Constraints

• Currently, only system and data disk images can be replicated.
• Currently, shared images can only be replicated within a region.
• An image to be replicated cannot be larger than 128 GiB.
• An image cannot be replicated to generate an encrypted image.

Procedure

1. Log in to the IMS console.
2. On the displayed IMS console, click the Images Shared with Me tab.

   Accept shared images are displayed.

3. Locate the target shared image and click Replicate in the Operation column.
4. In the displayed dialog box, specify parameters for the new image.
   Figure 1 Replicating an image
   

   Table 1 Parameters for replicating an image

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Name	Enter a name that is easy to identify. The default image name is in the following format: copy_<name-of-the-image-to-be-replicated>.	copy_CentOS7.9
   Enterprise Project	This parameter is for enterprise users. To use this function, contact customer service to enable it. An enterprise project groups cloud resources, so you can manage resources and users by project. The default project is default. Select an enterprise project from the drop-down list. For more information about enterprise projects, see Accessing the Enterprise Center.	default
   Description	This parameter is optional. Enter a description for the image.	-
   Encryption	This parameter is optional. If you want to encrypt the image, select KMS encryption and select the key name 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 details about how to encrypt an image, see Introduction.	-

5. Click OK.

   You can click the Private Images tab and view the creation progress of the image in the private image list. When the image status changes to Normal, the image creation is complete.