.. Copyright 2013 OpenStack Foundation All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 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/glance/schema-image.json in the Glance source code. **architecture** ---------------- Operating system architecture as specified in https://docs.openstack.org/python-glanceclient/latest/cli/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 https://docs.openstack.org/python-glanceclient/latest/cli/property-keys.html **os_version** -------------- The operating system version as specified by the distributor.