Selects the kind of image to be used as the boot source for the instance.
OpenStack has multiple ways of storing the data necessary for booting up a new instances.
This plugin supports the following:
- Image (default)
-
A bootable filesystem stored on OpenStack's "image store" subsystem.
Images get copied to the "compute node" before being booted.
The instance is given a writable copy which is disposed of when the
instance itself is destroyed.
- Volume Snapshot
-
A bootable filesystem stored on OpenStack's "block storage" subsystem.
Booting from a Volume Snapshot requires OpenStack to create a new volume
for the instance to boot from, which will automatically be deleted when
the instance itself is disposed of.
OpenStack also supports booting from an
"Instance Snapshot"
or a
"Volume"
These methods are unsupported by this plugin but data can be converted,
e.g. by creating a Volume Snapshot from a Volume.