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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 either for a backup or to use in virtual box. | Creating an image from a volume allows you to download the image either for a backup or to use in virtual box. | ||
{{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. <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 in the way described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]] | 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. <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 in the way described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]] |