Creating, launching and, deleting images in Horizon – Support Guides

Learn the steps for creating, launching, and deleting images in the Horizon interface, which is used to manage OVHcloud services.

You can add custom images via the OpenStack Horizon interface. For example, you can use it to import images from your old virtual machines to the Public Cloud, provided that they are in a compatible format.

NOTE: At this time, this feature is not supported on Local Zones instances.

Requirements

Access to the Horizon interface

Instructions

From the Horizon interface, make sure that the correct region is selected in the upper-left corner.

Manage the images

In the left-hand menu, under Compute, select Images.

By default, if no images have been created, the list of default public images appears:

You can then launch an image from a URL, or create a custom image by clicking the + Create Image button, which opens the following menu:

Image name (*)
Image description
Image file (send from your local desktop)

Image format (*):

NOTE: If the image you use is not a cloudready image, the installation may fail. This is a known issue in Horizon. Therefore, we recommend using images with the .raw file format. Images in .qcow2 format are also acceptable.

Image	Description
AKI	Amazon Kernel Image
AMI	Amazon Machine Image
ARI	Amazon Ramdisk Image
ISO	ISO 9660
QCOW2	QEMU Emulator
RAW	Raw Disk Image
VDI	VirtualBox format
VHD	Microsoft format
VMDK	VMware format

Architecture: x86_64
Minimum disk space (in GB): if not specified, the default value will be 0.
Minimum RAM (in MB): if not specified, the default value will be 0.

You can also define whether the image will be public and whether its deletion will be protected. Once you have confirmed, the image is placed in a queue for creation: