Download Images

The following page highlights how to retrieve various images and upload them into Glance.

Image Properties Breakdown

Throughout the various examples you'll notice the images have a number of properties defined. All of these properties enhance the user experience and usability of the images being provided in these examples.

The properties of note are the following.

Property	Value	Documentation
hw_scsi_model	STRING	Link
hw_disk_bus	STRING	Link
hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled	BOOL	Link
hw_qemu_guest_agent	BOOL	Link
hw_machine_type	STRING	Link
hw_firmware_type	STRING	Link
os_require_quiesce	BOOL	Link
os_type	STRING	Link
os_admin_user	STRING	Link
os_distro	STRING	Link
os_version	STRING	Link

Get Ubuntu

Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)

wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img \
          --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \
          --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \
          --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \
          --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property img_config_drive=optional \
          --property hw_machine_type=q35 \
          --property hw_firmware_type=uefi \
          --property os_require_quiesce=yes \
          --property os_type=linux \
          --property os_admin_user=ubuntu \
          --property os_distro=ubuntu \
          --property os_version=22.04 \
          Ubuntu-22.04

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)

wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img \
          --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \
          --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \
          --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \
          --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property img_config_drive=optional \
          --property hw_machine_type=q35 \
          --property hw_firmware_type=uefi \
          --property os_require_quiesce=yes \
          --property os_type=linux \
          --property os_admin_user=ubuntu \
          --property os_distro=ubuntu \
          --property os_version=20.04 \
          Ubuntu-20.04

Get Debian

Debian 12

wget https://cloud.debian.org/cdimage/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file debian-12-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2 \
          --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \
          --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \
          --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \
          --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property img_config_drive=optional \
          --property hw_machine_type=q35 \
          --property hw_firmware_type=uefi \
          --property os_require_quiesce=yes \
          --property os_type=linux \
          --property os_admin_user=debian \
          --property os_distro=debian \
          --property os_version=12 \
          Debian-12

Debian 11

wget https://cloud.debian.org/cdimage/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file debian-11-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2 \
          --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \
          --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \
          --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \
          --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property img_config_drive=optional \
          --property hw_machine_type=q35 \
          --property hw_firmware_type=uefi \
          --property os_require_quiesce=yes \
          --property os_type=linux \
          --property os_admin_user=debian \
          --property os_distro=debian \
          --property os_version=11 \
          Debian-11

Get CentOS

Centos Stream 9

wget http://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2 \
          --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \
          --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \
          --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \
          --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property img_config_drive=optional \
          --property hw_machine_type=q35 \
          --property os_require_quiesce=yes \
          --property os_type=linux \
          --property os_admin_user=centos \
          --property os_distro=centos \
          --property os_version=9 \
          CentOS-Stream-9

Centos Stream 8

wget http://cloud.centos.org/centos/8-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-8-latest.x86_64.qcow2
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-8-latest.x86_64.qcow2 \
          --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \
          --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \
          --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \
          --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property img_config_drive=optional \
          --property hw_machine_type=q35 \
          --property hw_firmware_type=uefi \
          --property os_require_quiesce=yes \
          --property os_type=linux \
          --property os_admin_user=centos \
          --property os_distro=centos \
          --property os_version=8 \
          CentOS-Stream-8

Get openSUSE Leap

Leap 15

openstack

name="__codelineno-6-1">wget https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/appliances/openSUSE-Leap-15.5-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen.qcow2 class="w"> --os-cloud default image create \ --progress \ --disk-format qcow2 \ --container-format bare \ --public \ --file openSUSE-Leap-15.5-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen.qcow2 \ --property hw_scsi_model=virtio-scsi \ --property hw_disk_bus=scsi \ --property hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled=true \ --property hw_qemu_guest_agent=yes \ --property hypervisor_type=kvm \ --property img_config_drive=optional \ --property hw_machine_type=q35 \ --property os_require_quiesce=yes \ --property os_type=linux \ --property os_admin_user=opensuse \ --property os_distro=suse \ --property os_version=15 \ openSUSE-Leap-15