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==Creating an Image From a Volume== | ==Creating an Image From a Volume== | ||
Creating an image from a volume allows you to download the image | Creating an image from a volume allows you to download the image. You might do this because you want to save it as a backup, or to spin up a VM somewhere other than the CC Cloud, e.g. with [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox]. | ||
{{Command|openstack image create --disk-format <format> --volume <volume_name> <image_name>}} | {{Command|openstack image create --disk-format <format> --volume <volume_name> <image_name>}} | ||
where <volume_name> can be found from the OpenStack dash board by clicking on the volume name and <image_name> is the name given to the image you are creating and <format> is the disk format (two possible values are qcow2 and vmdk). See [[OpenStack Command Line Clients]] for more details about working with command line. This image can then be downloaded | where <volume_name> can be found from the OpenStack dash board by clicking on the volume name and <image_name> is the name given to the image you are creating and <format> is the disk format (two possible values are qcow2 and vmdk). See [[OpenStack Command Line Clients]] for more details about working with command line. This image can then be downloaded as described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox | Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]]. | ||
=Accessing a VM with Multiple Users= | =Accessing a VM with Multiple Users= | ||