Translations:Managing your cloud resources with OpenStack/27/en

Using the Command Line Clients

The command line client can do this:

[name@server ~]$ openstack image create --disk-format <format> --volume <volume_name> <image_name>

where

• <format> is the disk format (two possible values are qcow2 and vmdk),
• <volume_name> can be found from the OpenStack dashboard by clicking on the volume name, and
• <image_name> is a name you choose for the image.

You can then download the image as described below. It is best to detach the volume from the VM before you create an image from the volume. If the volume is a boot volume you will likely need to delete your VM to detach it, however, make sure you have not checked "Delete Volume on Instance Delete" when creating the VM.