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	Notes
hw_scsi_model	STRING	Needed for multipath
hw_disk_bus	STRING	Needed for multipath
hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled	BOOL
hw_qemu_guest_agent	BOOL
hw_machine_type	STRING
hw_firmware_type	STRING
os_require_quiesce	BOOL
os_type	STRING
os_admin_user	STRING	See Default Usernames for Images
os_distro	STRING
os_version	STRING

Default Usernames for Images

All of the images that Rackspace provides have properties that define the default username for the image. This property can be seen discovered using the openstack image show command and referencing the os_admin_user property.

openstack --os-cloud default image show Ubuntu-22.04 -f json

Output in JSON format

{
    "checksum": "84e36c4cc4182757b34d2dc578708f7c",
    "container_format": "bare",
    "created_at": "2024-06-21T17:02:35Z",
    "disk_format": "qcow2",
    "file": "/v2/images/5cdcb4a2-0fa9-4af0-ad90-85e70bf38c0c/file",
    "id": "5cdcb4a2-0fa9-4af0-ad90-85e70bf38c0c",
    "min_disk": 0,
    "min_ram": 0,
    "name": "Ubuntu-20.04",
    "owner": "8fb86e74be8d49f3befde1f647d9f2ef",
    "properties": {
        "os_hidden": false,
        "os_hash_algo": "sha512",
        "os_hash_value": "2e3417e9d63a40b8521a1dceb52cdffcbe6f5f738e0027193b7863f4b3de09ccf7bc78f000de4dbe4f91a867d0c4a75dc19c78960cc0d715fe575336fb297f01",
        "hw_firmware_type": "uefi",
        "owner_specified.openstack.md5": "",
        "owner_specified.openstack.sha256": "",
        "owner_specified.openstack.object": "images/Ubuntu-20.04",
        "hypervisor_type": "kvm",
        "img_config_drive": "optional",
        "os_distro": "ubuntu",
        "os_version": "20.04",
        "hw_machine_type": "q35",
        "hw_vif_multiqueue_enabled": true,
        "os_type": "linux",
        "os_admin_user": "ubuntu",
        "hw_qemu_guest_agent": "yes",
        "os_require_quiesce": true
    },
    "protected": false,
    "schema": "/v2/schemas/image",
    "size": 625475584,
    "status": "active",
    "tags": [],
    "updated_at": "2024-09-24T22:31:37Z",
    "virtual_size": 2361393152,
    "visibility": "public"
}

Using this value operators can easily determine the default username for the image.

Get Ubuntu

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img \
          --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=24.04 \
          Ubuntu-24.04

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_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_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_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_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_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_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 Fedora CoreOS

CoreOS 40

Note

Make sure you get the most up to date image URL from the upstream documentation.

# NOTE: CoreOS provides a compressed image.
wget https://builds.coreos.fedoraproject.org/prod/streams/stable/builds/40.20240616.3.0/x86_64/fedora-coreos-40.20240616.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2.xz
xz -d fedora-coreos-40.20240616.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2.xz
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file fedora-coreos-40.20240616.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2 \
          --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=coreos \
          --property os_distro=coreos \
          --property os_version=40 \
          fedora-coreos-40

Fedora CoreOS Image Required by Magnum

Note

When configuring the ClusterTemplate, you must specify the image used to boot the servers. To do this, register the image with OpenStack Glance and ensure that the os_distro property is set to fedora-coreos. The os_distro attribute must be defined and accurately reflect the distribution used by the cluster driver. This parameter is mandatory and does not have a default value, so it must be specified explicitly. Note that the os_distro attribute is case-sensitive. Currently, only Fedora CoreOS is supported. For more detailed information, refer to the upstream magnum documentation.

wget https://builds.coreos.fedoraproject.org/prod/streams/stable/builds/40.20240728.3.0/x86_64/fedora-coreos-40.20240728.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2.xz
xz -d fedora-coreos-40.20240728.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2.xz
openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file fedora-coreos-40.20240728.3.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2 \
          --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=coreos \
          --property os_distro=fedora-coreos \
          --property os_version=40 \
          magnum-fedora-coreos-40

Get openSUSE Leap

Leap 15

wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/Leap_15.2/images/openSUSE-Leap-15.2-OpenStack.x86_64-0.0.4-Build8.25.qcow2
openstack --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_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

Get SUSE

Note

Make sure you get the most up to date image from here. We downloaded the SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-QU1.qcow2 image.

openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-QU1.qcow2 \
          --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=sles \
          --property os_distro=sles \
          --property os_version=15-SP6 \
          SLES15-SP6

Get RHEL

Note

Make sure you download the latest available image from here. We used the rhel-9.4-x86_64-kvm.qcow2 image.

openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --container-format bare \
          --public \
          --file rhel-9.4-x86_64-kvm.qcow2 \
          --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=cloud-user \
          --property os_distro=rhel \
          --property os_version=9.4 \
          RHEL-9.4

Get Windows

Note

You will need to create a virtual disk image from your own licensed media and convert to .qcow2 format. This example uses a Windows 2022 Standard Edition installation generalized with cloud-init and sysprep, then converted the image to .qcow2 format using qemu-img. For additional information on creating a Windows image, please see the upstream documentation.

openstack --os-cloud default image create \
          --progress \
          --disk-format qcow2 \
          --min-disk 50 \
          --min-ram 2048 \
          --container-format bare \
          --file Windows2022StdEd.qcow2 \
          --public \
          --property hypervisor_type=kvm \
          --property os_type=windows \
          --property os_admin_user=administrator \
          --property os_distro=windows \
          --property os_version=2022 \
          Windows-2022-Standard