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[Alan Fung <1482436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Discovered via Horizon bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1479966

Creating image from archive file appears to be broken, evident by
instance launched from it fails to boot (error: "No bootable device").

Steps to reproduce:

1. Have a tar.gz version of a qcow image available locally and/or
remotely accessible via HTTP.

2.1 Create an image using copy-from:
----------------------------
$ glance image-create --name="test-remote-compressed" --is-public=true --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --is-public=True --copy-from http://example.com/cirros-0.3.0-i386-disk.img.tar.gz
----------------------------

2.2 Create an image from a local file:
----------------------------
$ glance image-create --name="test-remote-compressed2" --is-public=true --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --is-public=True < cirros-0.3.0-i386-disk.img.tar.gz
----------------------------

3. Launch instances from created images.

Expected:

1. Instances launched and boot successfully.

Actual:

1. Console outputs the following:
----------------------------
Booting from Hard Disk...
Boot failed: not a bootable disk

No bootable device.
----------------------------

** Affects: glance
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Support for compressed/archive file is broken with image-create

Status in Glance:
  New

Bug description:
  Discovered via Horizon bug:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1479966

  Creating image from archive file appears to be broken, evident by
  instance launched from it fails to boot (error: "No bootable device").

  Steps to reproduce:

  1. Have a tar.gz version of a qcow image available locally and/or
  remotely accessible via HTTP.

  2.1 Create an image using copy-from:
  ----------------------------
  $ glance image-create --name="test-remote-compressed" --is-public=true --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --is-public=True --copy-from http://example.com/cirros-0.3.0-i386-disk.img.tar.gz
  ----------------------------

  2.2 Create an image from a local file:
  ----------------------------
  $ glance image-create --name="test-remote-compressed2" --is-public=true --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --is-public=True < cirros-0.3.0-i386-disk.img.tar.gz
  ----------------------------

  3. Launch instances from created images.

  Expected:

  1. Instances launched and boot successfully.

  Actual:

  1. Console outputs the following:
  ----------------------------
  Booting from Hard Disk...
  Boot failed: not a bootable disk

  No bootable device.
  ----------------------------

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