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Sounds good. I'll open a bug :)

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Abel Lopez <alopgeek at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's an interesting find.
> I've only ever assumed "compressed image" to mean qcow2 (with or without
> compression in qcow2, both are pretty small compared to raw)
> I can imagine that '.zip and .tar.gz' might have applied to raw, which can
> be quite large, but ultimately, you're probably right and found text that
> needs updating.
>
> > On Jul 29, 2015, at 12:38 PM, Joe Topjian <joe at topjian.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > In the "Create An Image" page of Horizon, it says the following:
> >
> > Currently only images available via an HTTP URL are supported. The image
> location must be accessible to the Image Service. Compressed image binaries
> are supported (.zip and .tar.gz.)
> >
> > Either I have something misconfigured, the text does not apply to *all*
> images, or the text is wrong.
> >
> > If I upload a QCOW2 image that has been zipped, gzip'd, or tar'd and
> gzip'd, the image is saved but instances fail to boot because of "no
> bootable device".
> >
> > Does Glance need configured a certain way to accept compressed files? Is
> there something on Horizon's side that needs configured? Do I need to use a
> different disk format other than QCOW2 when creating the image?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
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