You can find the files that are described in this section in the /etc/glance/ directory.

The configuration file for the Image service API is found in the glance-api.conf file. This file must be modified after installation.

Configuration for the Image service's registry, which stores the metadata about images, is found in the glance-registry.conf file. This file must be modified after installation.

Configuration for the Image service's API middleware pipeline is found in the glance-api-paste.ini file. You should not need to modify this file.

The Image service's custom logging options are found in the glance-manage.conf file. Options set in glance-manage.conf will override options of the same section and name set in glance-registry.conf and glance-api.conf. Similarly, options in glance-api.conf will override options set in glance-registry.conf.

The Image service's middleware pipeline for its registry is found in the glance-registry-paste.ini file.

glance-scrubber is a utility for the Image service that cleans up images that have been deleted; its configuration is stored in the glance-scrubber.conf file.

The /etc/glance/policy.json file defines additional access controls that apply to the Image service.