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Ubuntu Server Cookbook

You're reading from   Ubuntu Server Cookbook Arm yourself to make the most of the versatile, powerful Ubuntu Server with over 100 hands-on recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785883064
Length 456 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Uday Sawant Uday Sawant
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Managing Users and Groups FREE CHAPTER 2. Networking 3. Working with Web Servers 4. Working with Mail Servers 5. Handling Databases 6. Network Storage 7. Cloud Computing 8. Working with Containers 9. Streaming with Ampache 10. Communication Server with XMPP 11. Git Hosting 12. Collaboration Tools 13. Performance Monitoring 14. Centralized Authentication Service Index

Adding a cloud image to OpenStack


In the previous recipe, we installed and configured OpenStack. Now, to start using the service, we need to upload virtual machine images. The OpenStack installation uploads a test image named Cirros. This is a small Linux distribution designed to be used as a test image in the cloud. We will upload prebuilt cloud images available from Ubuntu.

Getting ready

Make sure you have installed the OpenStack environment and you can access the OpenStack dashboard with valid credentials. It is not necessary to have an admin account to create and upload images.

Select the cloud image of your choice and get its download URL. Here, we will use the Trusty Ubuntu Server image. The selected image format is QCOW2, though OpenStack support various other image formats. The following is the URL for the selected image:

https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img

How to do it…

The OpenStack dashboard provides a separate section for image management...

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