#qcow2

Introduction Creating a new image is a step done outside of your OpenStack installation. You create the new image manually on your own system and then upload the image to your cloud. To create a new image, you will need the installation CD or DVD ISO file for the guest operating system. You will also need access to a virtualization tool. You can use KVM for this. Or, if you have a GUI desktop virtualization tool (such as, VMware Fusion or VirtualBox), you can use that instead. [Read More]

Use case login using the pem key Elevate your privileges Create a new user Set the password for the new user Restart SSH Service Use case The cloud images bundled by various linux distributions have password authentication disabled by default for security reasons. The only possible way to login to an instance launched using one of these images is by specifying a security key during boot and using the key to ssh. [Read More]