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Summary

This page explains how to use Custom Images in the nscale console to:
  • upload your own OS image, and
  • select that image as the base image when creating a new compute instance.
Use this if you operate instances in the console and need to run a standardized internal OS build, hardened baseline, or preconfigured image instead of a pre-provisioned image.

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Availability

This feature is currently available for the Reserved cloud service environment.

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Requirements

  • An existing project to place the resulting instance into
  • A custom image file in a supported format (currently QCOW2 or RAW)#

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Step-by-Step

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Upload a custom image

  1. Navigate to the left-side menu within the UI and click on “Images”
  2. Select “upload image” button to begin custom image upload flow
  3. Start the upload flow and provide your image file in a supported format (QCOW2 or RAW)
  4. Verify the image is available and visible within the list of Custom Images
Custom Image

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Create an instance from a custom image

  1. In the console left navigation, go to Compute → Instances and follow the create instance flow
  2. When configuring the instance select custom image as image source (instead of pre-provisioned image or snapshot)
Instance Flow Custom Image