On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:41:28PM -0400, Lorin Hochstein wrote: > > All: > > > > Given that I have a qcow2 image from somewhere (e.g., downloaded > > it from a uec-images.ubuntu.com, created one from a raw image using > > qemu-img) that i want to add to glance: > > > > 1. How can I tell whether it's an "ovf" or "bare" container format? > > You are mixing up terminology here. Disk image formats are things like > raw, qcow2, vmdk, etc. > > OVF refers to the format of a metadata file provided alongside the > disk image, which describes various requirements for running the > image. > > The two are not tied together at all, merely complementary to > each other.
Well, the implementation in glance is not really aligned with reality. There was discussion on the list a while ago. http://www.mail-archive.com/openstack@lists.launchpad.net/msg05803.html that has more info. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
