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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 either for a backup or to use in virtual box. | ||
{{Command|cinder upload-to-image --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare <volume_id> <image_name>}} | {{Command|cinder upload-to-image --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare <volume_id> <image_name>}} | ||
where <volume_id> 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. This uses one of the command line clients available for OpenStack see [[OpenStack#Command Line Clients]] for more details about working with command line clients. This image can then be downloaded in the way described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]] | where <volume_id> 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. This uses one of the command line clients available for OpenStack see [[OpenStack#Command Line Clients]] for more details about working with command line clients. This image can then be downloaded in the way described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]] |