Creating an image from another custom image

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Updated at October 17, 2024

To create an image from another user image:

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder where you want to create the image.
Select Compute Cloud.
In the left-hand panel, select Images.
In the line with the appropriate snapshot, click and select Create image.
Enter the image name. The naming requirements are as follows:
- The name must be from 3 to 63 characters long.
- It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- The first character must be a letter and the last character cannot be a hyphen.
If required, provide a text description for the image.
To create an optimized image, enable Optimize for deployment.
Click Create.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

View a description of the CLI command to create an image:
```
yc compute image create --help
```

Get a list of images in the default folder:

yc compute image list

Result:

+----------------------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+
|          ID          |    NAME     | FAMILY | PRODUCT IDS | STATUS |
+----------------------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+
| fd8n3spmksqm******** | first-image |        |             | READY  |
+----------------------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+

Select the ID (ID) or the name (NAME) of the desired snapshot.

Create an image in the default folder:

yc compute image create \
  --name new-image \
  --source-image-name first-image \
  --description "new image via yc"

This command will create an image named new-image and the description new image via yc from the first-image image.

To create an optimized image, use the --pooled flag:

yc compute image create \
  --name new-image \
  --source-image-name first-image \
  --description "new image via yc" \
  --pooled

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

Describe the resource parameters in the yandex_compute_image configuration file.

Here is an example of the configuration file structure:
```
resource "yandex_compute_image" "image-1" {
  name         = "<image_name>"
  source_image = "<source_image_ID>"
}
```
For more information about the resources you can create with Terraform, see the provider documentation.
Make sure the configuration files are correct.
1. In the command line, go to the directory where you created the configuration file.
2. Run a check using this command:
```
terraform plan
```
If the configuration is described correctly, the terminal will display a list of created resources and their parameters. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will point them out.
Deploy cloud resources.
1. Run this command:
```
terraform apply
```
2. Confirm that you want to create the resources.
All the resources you need will then be created in the specified folder. You can check the new resources and their configuration using the management console.

Get the list of images using the list REST API method for the Image resource or the ImageService/List gRPC API call.
Create a new image using the create REST API method for the Image resource or the ImageService/Create gRPC API call. In your request, specify the source image ID.

Once created, the image will have the CREATING status. Wait until the image status changes to READY before using it.

Creating an image from another custom image

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