Martinx - ジェームズ
2016-Mar-22 01:06 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.raw very unusual format
On 21 March 2016 at 11:51, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:> On 21/03/16 14:34, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > > What is the point to pack single raw file into the tar.gz and to name it > raw ? > > Or it's just a mistake ? > > > > > > Johnny is looking at the cdn side of thigs, but effectively we will not > have a .raw - we will have a .raw.tar.gz file ( which will itself only > have a .raw file compressed inside it ) > > > -- > Karanbir Singh > +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh > GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc > >Why not a compressed qcow2? Like: CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2c This way, we can add it as-is to OpenStack Glance, that it will be downloaded by demand, when required and, OpenStack Nova will automatically uncompress the image for runtime. Cheers! Thiago
Karanbir Singh
2016-Mar-29 15:47 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.raw very unusual format
On 22/03/16 01:06, Martinx - ????? wrote:> On 21 March 2016 at 11:51, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > >> On 21/03/16 14:34, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: >>> What is the point to pack single raw file into the tar.gz and to name it >> raw ? >>> Or it's just a mistake ? >>> >>> >> >> Johnny is looking at the cdn side of thigs, but effectively we will not >> have a .raw - we will have a .raw.tar.gz file ( which will itself only >> have a .raw file compressed inside it ) >> >> >> -- >> Karanbir Singh >> +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh >> GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc >> >> > Why not a compressed qcow2? > > Like: CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2c > > This way, we can add it as-is to OpenStack Glance, that it will be > downloaded by demand, when required and, OpenStack Nova will automatically > uncompress the image for runtime.We do publish a qcow2c, the always updated version ( updated each month end ) is at : http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2c This is a symlink that points to the latest image. At the moment this is : http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-1602.qcow2c There will be a 1603 by the end of this week -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
Martinx - ジェームズ
2016-Mar-29 16:57 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.raw very unusual format
> > > Why not a compressed qcow2? > > > > Like: CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2c > > > > This way, we can add it as-is to OpenStack Glance, that it will be > > downloaded by demand, when required and, OpenStack Nova will > automatically > > uncompress the image for runtime. > > We do publish a qcow2c, the always updated version ( updated each month > end ) is at : > http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2c > > This is a symlink that points to the latest image. At the moment this is > : > > http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-1602.qcow2c > > There will be a 1603 by the end of this week > > > -- > Karanbir Singh > +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh > GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.ascSounds awesome! Thanks for sharing the symlink... I'll use it instead.. Cheers!
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