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[Thierry Carrez <thierry.carrez+lp@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: horizon
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1140760

Title:
  UI incorrectly suggests instance snapshots are different from images

Status in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon):
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Some users are confused by the "Images and Snapshots" view, because it
  suggests that "Images" and "Instance Snapshots" are conceptually
  separate entities. But instance snapshots are images, they just have
  some additional metadata that describes that they were created via
  snapshot.

  I think it's more consistent with the underlying OpenStack objects to
  think about "snapshot" as an action that creates an image, rather than
  thinking about a "snapshot" as a separate entity. In other words, you
  perform a snapshot to create an image from a running instance.

  I think it would reduce confusion if the "Images" view included images
  created via snapshot. This would have the additional benefit of making
  things more consistent with the command-line interface, where the
  command to create an image via snapshot is "nova image-create":

  $ nova help image-create
  usage: nova image-create [--poll] <server> <name>

  Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running server.

  This would also simplify the common task of booting a new instance,
  since a user doesn't need to think about where the image was created
  via snapshot or uploaded directly.

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