Images Sync

This feature deploys OpenStack Images Sync, a tool for importing images from a SimpleStreams source to the OpenStack Glance image service.

[note type=“info”] Note: This feature is currently only supported in channel 2024.1/edge of the openstack snap. [/note]

Enable Images Sync

To enable Images Sync, run the following command:

sunbeam enable images-sync

Disable Images Sync

To disable Images Sync, run the following command:

sunbeam disable images-sync

[note type=“caution”] Caution: Disabling Images Sync will not remove images that have been previously imported from the Glance image service. [/note]

Usage

Users need the role reader to list images.

To list images added by the Images Sync feature, run the following command:

openstack image list | grep auto-sync/

Sample output:

| 200df230-0983-4cd8-9d14-97327664f77b | auto-sync/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240513-disk1.img   | active |
| 1935961b-e646-4f0d-a796-8c653308f790 | auto-sync/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240514-disk1.img   | active |
| 62be8807-f068-4317-9552-c1357fa8d962 | auto-sync/ubuntu-noble-24.04-amd64-server-20240523.1-disk1.img | active |

The feature downloads images for the three most recent LTS releases.