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[John Postlethwait <john.postlethwait@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sajith, 

I added that functionality in Folsom, you will not see it in Essex...

John Postlethwait
Nebula, Inc.
206-999-4492


On Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Sajith Kariyawasam wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Gabriel Hurley <Gabriel.Hurley@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto: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 (mailto: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:nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> > > >> [mailto:openstack-
> > > >> bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)] On Behalf Of
> > > >> bounces+Jay
> > > >> Pipes
> > > >> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 10:43 AM
> > > >> To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto: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
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