Stephen Gordon d01fabed4e Correct link to image properties

Correct link to image properties as listed in the CLI reference guide.
Existing link used a no longer existing anchor and just took the user
to the root of the glance chapter of the guide.

Closes-Bug: 1606608
Change-Id: I6421f0373c7d24afe0f5e73f936ecdedca15f89f

2016-08-22 14:42:01 +00:00

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Common Image Properties

When adding an image to Glance, you may specify some common image properties that may prove useful to consumers of your image.

This document explains the names of these properties and the expected values.

The common image properties are also described in a JSON schema, found in etc/schema-image.json in the Glance source code.

architecture

Operating system architecture as specified in http://docs.openstack.org/cli-reference/glance-property-keys.html

instance_uuid

Metadata which can be used to record which instance this image is associated with. (Informational only, does not create an instance snapshot.)

kernel_id

The ID of image stored in Glance that should be used as the kernel when booting an AMI-style image.

ramdisk_id

The ID of image stored in Glance that should be used as the ramdisk when booting an AMI-style image.

os_distro

The common name of the operating system distribution as specified in http://docs.openstack.org/cli-reference/glance-property-keys.html

os_version

The operating system version as specified by the distributor.

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