[Openstack] Glance image definition using V2 API

Remo Mattei Remo at italy1.com
Fri Apr 20 17:59:38 UTC 2018


Here is a script I use on the fly..


for i in $(ls -l *.img |awk -F " " '{print $9}'); do openstack image create --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --public --file $i $i; done



> On Apr 20, 2018, at 02:04, Cory Hawkless <Cory at Hawkless.id.au> wrote:
> 
> Are you referring to https://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/image/v2/#create-an-image <https://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/image/v2/#create-an-image> ?
> There seems to be no support for specifying a location in the API V2 create-image call (POST /v2/images)
> Perhaps the location attribute could be updated after creation using the update-image call (PATCH /v2/images) but I couldn't find a definitive answer on that
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remo Mattei [mailto:Remo at Italy1.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2018 5:00 PM
> To: Cory Hawkless <Cory at Hawkless.id.au>
> Cc: openstack at lists.openstack.org
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Glance image definition using V2 API
> 
> Did you look at the Openstack commas api options? I am traveling now but I could check it later. 
> 
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> 
>> Il giorno 19 apr 2018, alle ore 06:15, Cory Hawkless <Cory at Hawkless.id.au> ha scritto:
>> 
>> Looking for some help with defining glance images. I'm running a new Queens installation and do not have the V1 API enabled in Glance.
>> 
>> So the Glance V1 API has been deprecated for some time now (I believe) and best I can tell there is no support in the V2 API for defining an existing image into glance.
>> I.E, I have some volumes in my Ceph pool that I'd like to expose to Glance, but the old method of using "glance image-create --disk-format raw --id $IMAGE_ID  --location rbd://$CLUSTER_ID/$POOL/$IMAGE_ID/snap" no longer works because this is a V1 command with the V2 API having no support for the --location flag.
>> 
>> I'm primarily dealing with large(ish) windows images around 100GB mark, so exporting them to a file then importing them using the --file command is very sub optimal.
>> 
>> Without an outright database hack, is there any way to define an existing Ceph based volume to be used by Glance?
>> If there is not a way to do this then can I safely enable the V1 API in Queens? How long until V1 support is removed and I'm back to square 1
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> Cory
>> 
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