Uploading an Image (Native OpenStack API)

Function

This API is used to upload a local image to the cloud platform. The image to be uploaded must be smaller than 128 GB.

For more information about how to use external files to create images, see sections "Creating a Private Windows Image Using an External Image File" and "Creating a Private Linux Image Using an External Image File" in Image Management Service User Guide.

The following describes how to use this API:

1. Prepare the image to be uploaded. The image can be in QCOW2, VMDK, VHD, RAW, VHDX, QED, VDI, QCOW, ZVHD2, or ZVHD format.
2. Create metadata for the image by performing the operations in Creating Image Metadata (Native OpenStack API). After the API is invoked successfully, save the image ID.
3. Upload the image file with the image ID obtained in 2.

URI

PUT /v2/images/{image_id}/file

Request

• Request parameters

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  image_file	Yes	file	Specifies the local file to be uploaded.

• Example request

  PUT https://{Endpoint}/v2/images/84ac7f2b-bf19-4efb-86a0-b5be8771b476/file

  

  If you use the curl command to call the API, the example request is as follows:

  curl -i --insecure 'https://IP/v2/images/84ac7f2b-bf19-4efb-86a0-b5be8771b476/file' -X PUT -H "X-Auth-Token: $mytoken" -H "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" -T /mnt/userdisk/images/suse.zvhd

Response

• Response parameters

  None

• Example response

  HTTP/1.1 204

Returned Values

• Normal

  204

• Abnormal

  Returned Value	Description
  400 Bad Request	Request error. For details, see Error Codes.
  401 Unauthorized	Authentication failed.
  403 Forbidden	You do not have the rights to perform the operation.
  404 Not Found	The requested resource was not found.
  409 Conflict	Request conflict.
  500 System Error	System error.