----- Original Message ----- > From: "Abhishek Lahiri" <aviostack at gmail.com> > To: openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org > Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 10:32:53 AM > Subject: [Openstack-operators] Using ami on openstack > > > Hi, > > Does anyone have concrete examples on how to run RHEL ami's on openstack? > Specifically where can I get the RH or centOS ari and ami? How to get the > ami from a running instance on AWS? If it is not possible to get an AMI then > want is the best image type to build? > > Thanks > Al I can't help with ARI or AMI images specifically, but there is a RHEL guest image available for use on OpenStack clouds that use KVM hypervisors here (subscriber link only): https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channel/downloads/Download.do?cid=16952 There is work under way to make equivalents for CentOS as well but in the meantime there is a build of one here: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/guest-images/ In both cases the image is in QCOW2 format. If you are looking to "roll your own" I would refer to the "OpenStack Virtual Machine Image Guide": http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ Or the following Installation and Configuration Guide: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/4/html/Installation_and_Configuration_Guide/Building_a_Custom_Disk_Image.html Thanks, Steve