External File Formats
Image files in VMDK, VHD, QCOW2, RAW, VHDX, QED, VDI, QCOW, ISO, ZVHD2, or ZVHD format can be used to create private images. Select whichever format best meeting your requirements.
Supported OSs
When you upload an external image file to an OBS bucket on the management console, the OS contained in the image file will be checked. Table 1 lists the OSs supported by external image files.
If the OS cannot be identified or is not supported:
- For Windows, Other_Windows (64_bit) or Other_Windows (32_bit) will be selected during image registration.
- For Linux, Other_Linux (64_bit) or Other_Linux (32_bit) will be selected during image registration.
OS | Version |
|---|---|
Rocky Linux | 64-bit: Rocky Linux 9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: Rocky Linux 8.10/8.9/8.8/8.7/8.6/8.5/8.4/8.3 |
AlmaLinux | 64-bit: AlmaLinux 9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: AlmaLinux 8.9/8.8/8.7/8.6/8.5/8.4/8.3 |
Windows | 64-bit: Windows Server 2022 Standard/Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2019 Standard/Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2016 Standard/Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 Standard/Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2008 WEB R2 64-bit: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit: Windows 11 64-bit: Windows 10 |
SUSE | 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5/15 SP4/15 SP3/15 SP2/15 SP1/15 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5/12 SP4/12 SP3/12 SP2/12 SP1 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4/11 SP3/11 SP2 |
Oracle Linux | 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 9.4/9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 8.9/8.8/8.7/8.6/8.5/8.4/8.3/8.2/8.1/8.0 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 7.9/7.8/7.7/7.6/7.5/7.4/7.3/7.2/7.1/7.0 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 6.10/6.9/6.8/6.7/6.5 |
Red Hat | 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 9.4/9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 8.7/8.6/8.5/8.4/8.3/8.2/8.1/8.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.9/7.8/7.7/7.6/7.5/7.4/7.3/7.2/7.1/7.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.10/6.9/6.8/6.7/6.6/6.5/6.4 32-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.4 |
Ubuntu | 64-bit: Ubuntu 24.04/22.04/20.04/19.04/18.04.2/18.04.1/18.04/16.04.6/16.04.5/16.04.4/16.04.3/16.04.2/16.04/14.04.5/14.04.4/14.04.3/14.04.1/14.04 Server NOTE: Ubuntu 24.04 uses the AVX instruction set only in C7n, S7n, and M7n ECSs. 32-bit: Ubuntu 14.04/14.04.3/14.04.1 Server |
openSUSE | 64-bit: openSUSE 42.3/42.2/42.1 64-bit: openSUSE 15.5/15.4/15.3/15.2/15.0/13.2/11.3 |
CentOS | 64-bit: CentOS 8.3/8.2/8.1/8.0 64-bit: CentOS 7.9/7.8/7.7/7.6/7.5/7.4/7.3/7.2/7.1/7.0 64-bit: CentOS 6.10/6.9/6.8/6.7/6.6/6.5/6.4/6.3 32-bit: CentOS 7.0 32-bit: CentOS 6.10/6.7/6.6/6.5/6.4/6.3 |
Debian | 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 12.5.0/12.4.0/12.3.0/12.2.0/12.1.0/12.0.0 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 11.9.0/11.8.0/11.7.0/11.6.0/11.5.0/11.4.0/11.3.0/11.2.0/11.1.0/11.0.0 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 10.13.0/10.12.0/10.11.0/10.10.0/10.9.0/10.8.0/10.7.0/10.6.0/10.5.0/10.4.0/10.3.0/10.2.0/10.1.0/10.0.0 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 9.13.0/9.3.0/9.0.0 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 8.8.0/8.7.0/8.6.0/8.5.0/8.4.0/8.2.0/8.1.0 |
Fedora | 64-bit: Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 64-bit: Fedora 29/28/27/26/25/24/23/22 |
EulerOS | 64-bit: EulerOS 2.10/2.9/2.7/2.5/2.3/2.2/2.1 |
CoreOS | CoreOS 1800.1.0 CoreOS 1745.2.0 CoreOS 1632.0.0 CoreOS 1520.8.0 CoreOS 1465.8.0 CoreOS 1298.5.0 CoreOS 1122.3.0 CoreOS 1122.2.0 CoreOS 1185.5.0 CoreOS 1068.10.0 CoreOS 1010.5.0 CoreOS 1298.6.0 |
openEuler | 64-bit: openEuler 24.03/22.03 SP4/22.03 SP3/22.03 SP2/22.03 SP1/22.03/20.03 SP3/20.03 SP2/20.03 SP1/20.03 |
OS | Version |
|---|---|
AlmaLinux | 64-bit: AlmaLinux 8.4/8.3 |
CentOS | 64-bit: CentOS 8.0 64-bit: CentOS 7.9/7.8/7.7/7.6/7.5/7.4/7.3/7.2/7.1 |
Debian | 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 10.13.0/10.12.0/10.11.0/10.10.0/10.9.0/10.8.0/10.7.0/10.6.0/10.5.0/10.4.0/10.3.0/10.2.0/10.1.0/10.0.0 |
EulerOS | 64-bit: EulerOS 2.12/2.11/2.10/2.9/2.8/2.7 |
Fedora | 64-bit: Fedora 29/28/27 |
Ubuntu | 64-bit: Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/19.04/18.04/16.04/14.04 Server |
SUSE | 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
openEuler | 64-bit: openEuler 24.03/22.03 SP4/22.03 SP3/22.03 SP2/22.03 SP1/22.03/20.03 SP3/20.03 SP2/20.03 SP1/20.03 |
openSUSE | 64-bit: openSUSE 42.3/42.2/42.1 64-bit: openSUSE 15.5/15.4/15.3/15.2/15.1/15.0/13.2/11.3 |
Related Operations
For how to upload an external image file, see Uploading an Image File and Uploading an Image File.
After an external image file is successfully uploaded, you can register this image file as a private image on the cloud platform. For details, see Registering an Image File as a Private Image and Registering an Image File as a Private Image.