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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.
Availability
This feature is currently available for the Reserved cloud service environment.
Requirements
- An existing project to place the resulting instance into
- A custom image file in a supported format (currently QCOW2 or RAW)#
Step-by-Step
Upload a custom image
- Navigate to the left-side menu within the UI and click on “Images”
- Select “upload image” button to begin custom image upload flow
- Start the upload flow and provide your image file in a supported format (QCOW2 or RAW)
- Verify the image is available and visible within the list of Custom Images
Create an instance from a custom image
- In the console left navigation, go to Compute → Instances and follow the create instance flow
- When configuring the instance select custom image as image source (instead of pre-provisioned image or snapshot)
