Creating images from volumes – LS Cloud

To create multiple VMs with the same boot volume, you can create a template from an existing boot volume and deploy VMs from it.

Prerequisites

• Before creating an image, ensure that cloud-init is installed in a volume, as described in Preparing templates.

To create a template from a boot volume

1. Power off the VM that the original volume is attached to.
2. Switch to the Volumes screen, click volume’s ellipsis button and select Create image.
3. In the Create image window, enter an image name, and then click Create.

The new image will appear on the Images screen.

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