General information about cloud server images
An image is an exact copy of the disk file system and its contents. You can create cloud servers from images or create boot disks for cloud servers.
Can be used for:
- ready-made images — images with pre-installed operating system prepared by Selectel specialists;
- own images — images that can be uploaded to the image repository by yourself.
You can work with images in the control panel, using the OpenStack CLI or Terraform.
You can also use applications to create servers.
Ready-made images
Ready images are prepared by Selectel specialists. For each ready image, the working environment is prepared, the necessary parameters are configured, and the image is built. The images are fully compatible with the cloud platform.
You can view the current list of ready images in the Control Panel: in the top menu, click Products → Cloud Servers → click Create Server → the Source block → click Default Source → the Ready Images tab.
Own images
If you need an image to create a cloud server that is not in the list of ready-made images, you can upload your image to the image repository.
You can migrate servers from other cloud platforms or within the Selectel cloud platform using your own images, and clone cloud servers from disk images.
Supported image formats are .aki, .ami, .ari, .iso, .raw``, .qcow2, .vdi, .vhd, .vhdx, and .vmdk. Some .ami images (Amazon Machine Image images for running the server) require an additional download of .aki (Amazon kernel image) and .ari (Amazon RAM image) images.
Supported container formats are .aki, .ami, .ari, .bare, .ova, .ovf.
Cost
Ready images are included in the price of cloud servers and are not paid additionally.
The cost of storing your own image depends on its size and the pool it is uploaded to. Storage of your own images is charged according to the cloud platform payment model.
Prices for image storage can be viewed at selectel.ru.