This line can be filled in with a good description: https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/ef2203f36fc0bde2635e0d1f39a4b8dce5654ffb/nova/conf/libvirt.py#L635
and here are the choices: 'raw', 'flat', 'qcow2', 'lvm', 'rbd', 'ploop', 'default'. ** Changed in: openstack-manuals Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: openstack-manuals Status: Confirmed => Opinion ** Changed in: openstack-manuals Status: Opinion => Confirmed ** Also affects: nova Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672497 Title: Nova - config options - images_type description insufficient Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Confirmed Status in openstack-manuals: Confirmed Bug description: The current info looks like this: images_type = default (String) VM Images format. If default is specified, then use_cow_images flag is used instead of this one. There is no list of supported values, and no indication which extra configuration each of them requires. For example, that images_rbd_* options are used when images_type=rbd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1672497/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp