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Using the [[OpenStack Command Line Clients]] issue the command | Using the [[OpenStack Command Line Clients]] issue the command | ||
{{Command| openstack server image create <server-name>}} | {{Command| openstack server image create <server-name>}} | ||
where <code><server-name></code> should be replaced with the name of your server. | where <code><server-name></code> should be replaced with the name of your server. The command only includes the VM's root drive (e.g. /dev/vda) in the image. This means that ephemeral drives and non-boot attached volumes are not included in the image and additional measures should be taken to preserve this data. In addition, a running VM which is writing to disk while the image is being created, may leave the file system in an inconsistent state. It is recommended that a VM be shutdown (not terminated) before an image is created from it. |
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