Verify operation Verify operation of the Image Service using CirrOS, a small Linux image that helps you test your OpenStack deployment. For more information about how to download and build images, see OpenStack Virtual Machine Image Guide. For information about how to manage images, see the OpenStack User Guide. Source the admin credentials to gain access to admin-only CLI commands: $ source admin-openrc.sh Create a temporary local directory: $ mkdir /tmp/images Download the source image into it: $ wget -P /tmp/images http://cdn.download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.3/cirros-0.3.3-x86_64-disk.img Upload the image to the Image Service using the QCOW2 disk format, bare container format, and public visibility so all projects can access it: $ glance image-create --name "cirros-0.3.3-x86_64" --file /tmp/images/cirros-0.3.3-x86_64-disk.img \ --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --visibility public --progress [=============================>] 100% +------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +------------------+--------------------------------------+ | checksum | 133eae9fb1c98f45894a4e60d8736619 | | container_format | bare | | created_at | 2015-03-26T16:52:10Z | | disk_format | qcow2 | | id | 38047887-61a7-41ea-9b49-27987d5e8bb9 | | min_disk | 0 | | min_ram | 0 | | name | cirros-0.3.3-x86_64 | | owner | ae7a98326b9c455588edd2656d723b9d | | protected | False | | size | 13200896 | | status | active | | tags | [] | | updated_at | 2015-03-26T16:52:10Z | | virtual_size | None | | visibility | public | +------------------+--------------------------------------+ For information about the glance image-create parameters, see Image Service command-line client in the OpenStack Command-Line Interface Reference. For information about disk and container formats for images, see Disk and container formats for images in the OpenStack Virtual Machine Image Guide. OpenStack generates IDs dynamically, so you will see different values in the example command output. Confirm upload of the image and validate attributes: $ glance image-list +--------------------------------------+---------------------+ | ID | Name | +--------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 38047887-61a7-41ea-9b49-27987d5e8bb9 | cirros-0.3.3-x86_64 | +--------------------------------------+---------------------+ Remove the temporary local directory and source image: $ rm -r /tmp/images