Sharing Specified Images

Scenarios

After obtaining the project ID from a tenant, you can share specified private images with the tenant. You can share a single image or multiple images as needed.

Prerequisites

• You have obtained the project ID from the target tenant.
• Before sharing an image, ensure that any sensitive data has been deleted from the image.

Procedure

• Share multiple images.
  1. Access the IMS console.
     1. Log in to the management console.
     2. Under Compute, click Image Management Service.

        The IMS console is displayed.

  2. Click the Private Images tab.
  3. Select the private images to share and click Share above the image list.
  4. In the Share Image dialog box, enter the project ID of the target tenant.

     To share images with more than one tenant, separate their project IDs with commas (,).

     

     You can enter a maximum of 100 project IDs at a time.

  5. Click OK.
• Share a single image.
  1. Access the IMS console.
     1. Log in to the management console.
     2. Under Compute, click Image Management Service.

        The IMS console is displayed.

  2. Click the Private Images tab.
  3. Locate the row that contains the private image you are to share, click More in the Operation column, and select Share from the drop-down list.
  4. In the Share Image dialog box, enter the project ID of the target tenant.

     To share an image with more than one tenant, separate their project IDs with commas (,).

     

     You can enter a maximum of 100 project IDs at a time.

  5. Click OK.

Related Operations

After you share images with a tenant, the tenant can accept the shared images on the Images Shared with Me page on the IMS console. For detailed operations, see Accepting or Rejecting Shared Images.