[Openstack] Removing unused images using Glance APIs

Razique Mahroua razique.mahroua at gmail.com
Thu Nov 14 00:11:18 UTC 2013


Volumes snap depends on the active instance, that means you don't need 
the base image afterwards.
Just check all actives instances
`select * from instances where deleted <> 1`
OR :
`select image_id from instances where deleted = 0`

Razique

On 13 Nov 2013, at 15:47, Narayanan, Krishnaprasad wrote:

> Hi
>
> If I understand it correctly, this addresses the active instances and 
> its images. Can I know how one should take care of instance and volume 
> snapshots?
>
> Thanks,
> Krishnaprasad
> From: Razique Mahroua [mailto:razique.mahroua at gmail.com]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 13. November 2013 14:40
> To: Narayanan, Krishnaprasad
> Cc: openstack at lists.openstack.org
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Removing unused images using Glance APIs
>
> Hi. I think there is not any API for that unfortunately....
> But there is a field into the database that indicates the image ID. So 
> if you select all active instances and select the unique images ID 
> entries, you can compare them against the Glance images. A BASH script 
> should be sufficient.
>
> Razique
>
> On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Narayanan, Krishnaprasad wrote:
> Hallo All,
>
> In our testbed we have Openstack ESSEX. I am in the process of 
> cleaning up the image store. Can I know are there any APIs in Glance 
> or Nova that can help me in this process?
>
> Thanks,
> Krishnaprasad
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