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At the moment in "Add the Image service" we link to the trunk version of
the config reference which redirects to the Liberty config reference at
the moment. We should directly link the Libery config reference to not
use the Mitaka config reference with the Liberty install guide in the
future.

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Add the Image service

common/get_started_image_service.rst glance-install.rst glance-verify.rst

The OpenStack Image service (glance) enables users to discover, register, and retrieve virtual machine images. It offers a REST <RESTful> API that enables you to query virtual machine image metadata and retrieve an actual image. You can store virtual machine images made available through the Image service in a variety of locations, from simple file systems to object-storage systems like OpenStack Object Storage.

Important

For simplicity, this guide describes configuring the Image service to use the file back end, which uploads and stores in a directory on the controller node hosting the Image service. By default, this directory is /var/lib/glance/images/.

Before you proceed, ensure that the controller node has at least several gigabytes of space available in this directory.

For information on requirements for other back ends, see Configuration Reference <http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/ config-reference/content/ ch_configuring-openstack-image-service.html>__.