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[Sajith Kariyawasam <sajhak@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Gabriel Hurley
<Gabriel.Hurley@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Horizon already has what you just described. You can load images into
> glance by providing a URI. It's the "Create Image" button on the Images
> table.
>

What is the version you are referring to ? I have installed Openstack
"Essex" version, but in Openstack Dashboard, Images and Snapshots section I
cannot find a "Create Image" button as you have mentioned. :(


>     - Gabriel
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Waldon [mailto:bcwaldon@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 7:35 AM
> > To: Gabriel Hurley
> > Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Why Image upload functionality is not there in
> > Horizon ?
> >
> > Even being able to add images while providing an external location would
> be
> > useful. You could depend on your user to put it in swift or s3 and just
> provide
> > a uri that references it.
> >
> > On Aug 9, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Gabriel Hurley wrote:
> >
> > > Indeed, uploading large files with the Horizon webserver as an
> > intermediate relay is a nasty business which we want to discourage. We
> are
> > looking at ways to send files directly from the Horizon client-side UI to
> > swift/glance for large file upload in the future.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > >    - Gabriel
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: openstack-
> > bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> [mailto:openstack-
> > >> bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > >> bounces+Jay
> > >> Pipes
> > >> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 10:43 AM
> > >> To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Why Image upload functionality is not there
> > >> in Horizon ?
> > >>
> > >> On 08/09/2012 02:35 AM, Sajith Kariyawasam wrote:
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>> After playing around with Openstack Mangement Console, Horizon, I
> > >>> realize that the image upload functionality is not provided there.
> > >>>
> > >>> Is there any special reason for that? Is it because there are no
> > >>> Rest services available at the moment? or else is it felt that
> > >>> providing image upload via the UI is not practically important?
> > >>
> > >> Probably because sending 20G Windows image files through a web form
> > >> interface isn't very efficient ;)
> > >>
> > >> It's also not something a "regular user" of Glance/Nova would do --
> > >> and system administrators won't do it very often, and when they do,
> > >> they'll use the glance CLI tool to do it.
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >> -jay
> > >>
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Best Regards
Sajith