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Images

Public Glance images in Cleura Cloud contain regularly updated minimal versions of server operating systems.

These images also contain the cloud-init package applicable to the operating system, to support the injection of SSH public keys and other user data.

Naming conventions

Image names

Image names in Cleura Cloud follow a convention, which can be summarized as ${NAME} ${VERSION_ID} ${CODENAME} ${ARCH}:

  • NAME: Operating system name, such as Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky, etc.
  • VERSION_ID: Operating system version, as in 22.04, 11, 9, etc.
  • CODENAME: Operating system codename, if present, like Jammy Jellyfish, Bullseye, etc.
  • ARCH: Platform architecture for which the operating system was built, for example: x86_64, aarch64, etc.

Tags and properties

Each public image is assigned a specific set of tags and properties. You can use these tags to filter and list images based on certain conditions. You may also use them to simply examine how an image is configured.

Tags

All public images available in Cleura Cloud support the following image tags:

  • os:${NAME}: a short identifier for the operating system, such as os:ubuntu, os:debian, os:rocky, etc.
  • os_version:${VERSION_ID}: the operating system version, such as os_version:22.04, os_version:11, os_version:9, etc.

Properties

All public images available in Cleura Cloud support the following image properties:

  • architecture=${ARCH}: Platform architecture, such as architecture=x86_64
  • os_distro=${NAME}: distribution name, such as os_distro=ubuntu
  • os_version=${VERSION_ID}: operating system version, such as os_version=22.04

Other properties may also be set on individual images. In particular, Cleura Cloud aims to set image properties according to the metadata standard defined by the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) initiative.

Community images

At Cleura Cloud, we regularly update and rotate our images to always provide secure public images.

During rotation, we change an image’s visibility from public to community, while keeping its image name. This enables tools like Heat or Terraform to pass validation checks without attempting to alter environments.

You can retrieve an image’s original build date (for images with both public and community visibility) by checking its build_date tag or image_build_date property.

Usage of community images is not recommended and is always upon full responsibility of the user.