Glance Image Not Discovered in OpenStack

Problem

Image is copied under the Glance image library path but is not discovered in OpenStack.

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All Versions
• Glance

Cause

The image is in a format that is not recognized by  the qemu-img info command.

Resolution

1. Run qemu-img info command on the image

   # qemu-img info WinServer.2016.Gold.qcow2
   image: WinServer.2016.Gold.qcow2
   file format: raw
   virtual size: 10.0G (10685723648 bytes)
   disk size: 10.0G

2. Backup the original image (optional)
   

   # cp WinServer.2016.Gold.qcow2 WinServer.2016.Gold.qcow2.bak

3. Rename the image file to have one of the following extensions: .raw, .img, .dat, .bin
   

   # mv WinServer.2016.Gold.qcow2 WinServer.2016.Gold.img