1. Using the Cockpit Web Console
  2. Image Builder Management Tasks
  3. Create and Manage Images
  4. Create an Image From a Blueprint

Create an Image From a Blueprint

Using the Image Builder page, Cockpit administrators can create an image from any saved blueprints on the host.

What Do You Need?

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to create an image from an existing host blueprint.

  1. In the Cockpit navigation pane, click Image Builder.
    The Image Builder page appears.
  2. In the Image Builder page, do the following:
    1. Click the Blueprints link to view all the saved blueprints.
    2. Navigate to the blueprint name that you want to use to create an image, and then click Create image.
      The Create image dialog appears.
    3. In the Create image dialog, do the following:
      Specify the name of the blueprint In the Select a blueprint list box, confirm the correct blueprint name appears. If you need to change the blueprint name, click the down arrow and select the appropriate blueprint name.
      Specify the image output type In the Image output type list box, click the down arrow to select an output file type.

      Note:

      For more details about file type, see Image Output File Types

      Based on the output file type selected, set the following configuration properties that apply, and then click Next.

      • Upload to …

        Select the Upload checkbox to enable this option or clear the Upload checkbox to disable this option.

        For more details, click the ? icon to view a description about how to use the upload functionality.

      • Image size

        Click the Up and Down arrow to specify an image size.

        For details, click the ? icon to view a description about selecting an image size.

      The Review section appears.
    4. In the Review section, click Create to compose an image.
      A message appears indicating that creation of the user-defined image is added to the queue.

      Note:

      While the image is building, Image Builder automatically assigns an image ID and timestamp to the image.

      Note:

      Optionally, you can cancel the image creation process while the image is building by clicking Stop build.

      A Ready state appears in the Status column when the generated image is ready for use.

      When the Ready state appears, you can optionally perform any of the following: