Image Upload
Operation Steps
- Upload the image to US3. As the image usually has a large capacity, you need to upload it using a client or SDK. View instructions
Note, please add the image to the public storage space.
2、Please select Control Panel -> [UHost] -> [Image Management], click on [Import Image]
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Enter the relevant image information. Select "Confirm" to start the import.
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The import progress can be queried in the image list. After the image status changes to "Available", you can create a host.
Note: Some regions do not currently support image uploads.
Operation Instructions
Linux Images
System: Images based on CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, SUSE distributions. Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Supported image formats: raw, vhd, qcow2, vmdk
File system type: ext3 or ext4 file systems using MBR partitioning (GPT partitioning is not supported)
System disk size: It is recommended not to exceed 50G
Driver: Must install the virtio driver of the KVM virtualization platform
Kernel restrictions: It is recommended to use the native kernel, modifications to the kernel may lead to import failure; if the image is Redhat, users need to purchase the license themselves.
Other restrictions: Only system disk images are supported, data disks are not supported.
Windows Images
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012; Supports 32-bit/64-bit systems, activation supported
Supported Image Formats: raw, vhd, qcow2, vmdk
File System Type: NTFS file system using MBR partition (GPT partition not supported)
System Disk Size: Recommended not to exceed 50G.
Driver: If the image comes with a virtio driver, it will start with virtio; if the image does not come with this driver, it will start with IDE.
Other Limitations: Only system disk images are supported, data disks are not supported.
Other Images
When your image is not within the range supported by SurferCloud, you can choose to upload it as an 'Other' type image.
Other images have the following restrictions:
- By default, they do not come with any initialization. Therefore, the initialization steps such as password setting, network setting, SSH installation, NTP configuration, Yum source configuration, etc. during the creation/reinstallation of the host will not take effect. Users need to configure it themselves through the console login function. Please refer to the 'Manual Initialization Steps'.
- The console password modification function cannot take effect.
Manual Initialization Steps:
- Before uploading, the DHCP must be enabled inside the image to automatically obtain the internal network IP.
- Upload the image through the console, and create a host through this image.
- Enter the virtual machine internally through the cloud host login function on the console.
- Set the password.
- Configure NTP, Yum source. (Optional)
- Install SSH. (Optional)
