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[image-guide] improve obtain images chapter

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* shorter titles (remove official and image from the title)
* alphabetic sorting
* change Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 and fix Ubuntu download URL

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@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ login account. See the `OpenStack End User Guide
<http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/configure_access_and_security_for_instances.html>`_
for more information on how to create and inject key pairs with OpenStack.
CentOS images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CentOS
~~~~~~
The CentOS project maintains official images for direct download.
@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ The CentOS project maintains official images for direct download.
In a CentOS cloud image, the login account is ``centos``.
CirrOS (test) images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CirrOS (test)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CirrOS is a minimal Linux distribution that was designed for use
as a test image on clouds such as OpenStack Compute.
@ -43,8 +43,38 @@ writing is `cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-disk.img
In a CirrOS image, the login account is ``cirros``.
The password is ``cubswin:)``.
Official Ubuntu images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Debian
~~~~~~
`Debian provides images for direct download
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/>`_.
They are made at the same time as the CD and DVD images of Debian.
Therefore, images are available on each point release of Debian. Also,
weekly images of the testing distribution are available.
.. note::
In a Debian image, the login account is ``debian``.
Fedora
~~~~~~
The Fedora project maintains a list of official cloud images at
https://getfedora.org/cloud/download/.
.. note::
In a Fedora cloud image, the login account is ``fedora``.
Microsoft Windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cloudbase Solutions hosts `Windows Cloud Images
<https://cloudbase.it/windows-cloud-images/>`_
that runs on Hyper-V, KVM, and XenServer/XCP.
Ubuntu
~~~~~~
Canonical maintains an official set of `Ubuntu-based images
<http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/>`_.
@ -52,22 +82,31 @@ Canonical maintains an official set of `Ubuntu-based images
Images are arranged by Ubuntu release, and by image release date,
with ``current`` being the most recent.
For example, the page that contains the most recently built image for
Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr is http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/.
Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus is https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to the images that can be
downloaded directly.
If your deployment uses QEMU or KVM, we recommend using the images
in qcow2 format.
The most recent version of the 64-bit QCOW2 image for Ubuntu 14.04 is
`trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img
<http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img>`_.
The most recent version of the 64-bit QCOW2 image for Ubuntu 16.04 is
`xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img
<http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img>`_.
.. note::
In an Ubuntu cloud image, the login account is ``ubuntu``.
Official Red Hat Enterprise Linux images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SUSE provides images for `openSUSE
<http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/>`_.
For openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), custom images can
be built with a web-based tool called `SUSE Studio <https://susestudio.com>`_.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Red Hat maintains official Red Hat Enterprise Linux cloud images.
A valid Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription is required to
@ -81,48 +120,3 @@ download these images.
.. note::
In a RHEL cloud image, the login account is ``cloud-user``.
Official Fedora images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Fedora project maintains a list of official cloud images at
https://getfedora.org/cloud/download/.
.. note::
In a Fedora cloud image, the login account is ``fedora``.
Official openSUSE and SLES images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SUSE provides images for `openSUSE
<http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/>`_.
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), custom images can be built with
a web-based tool called `SUSE Studio <https://susestudio.com>`_.
SUSE Studio can also be used to build the custom openSUSE images.
Official Debian images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since January 2015, `Debian provides images for direct download
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/>`_.
They are now made at the same time as the CD and DVD images of Debian.
Therefore, images are available on each point release of Debian. Also,
weekly images of the testing distribution are available.
.. note::
In a Debian image, the login account is ``debian``.
Official images from other Linux distributions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As of this writing, we are not aware of other distributions that
provide images for download.
Microsoft Windows images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cloudbase Solutions hosts `Windows Cloud Images
<https://cloudbase.it/windows-cloud-images/>`_
that runs on Hyper-V, KVM, and XenServer/XCP.