IMS APIs (recommended) and Native OpenStack APIs are provided.
A combination of the two types of APIs allows you to use all functions provided by IMS. For example, you can use either native OpenStack APIs or IMS APIs to create private images.
Type | Subtype | Description |
|---|---|---|
IMS APIs | Image | Create, query, and export images. |
Image sharing | Share private images with other tenants. | |
Image replication | Replicate an existing image as another one. When replicating an image, you can change the image attributes to meet the requirements of different scenarios. | |
Image quota | Query the number of private images in the current region. | |
Image jobs | Query the execution status of an asynchronous job. | |
Native OpenStack API | Image | Create, query, and export images. |
Image schema | An image schema is used to display details of an image or image entity, such as the entity's attributes and their data types. With an image schema, you can understand basic information about an image. | |
Image sharing | Share private images with other tenants. |