2015
October
Standard

openstack: convert *.vmdk to qcow2 & create an image

controller node
upload image *image.vmdk /tmp/images

#source keystonerc_admin

start convert from *.vmdk to qcow2

#qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 centos7.vmdk centos7.qcow2

create image

#glance image-create --name=Centos-7-x86_64  --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --is-public=True < centos7.qcow2

Output:

+------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property         | Value                                |
+------------------+--------------------------------------+
| checksum         | d52a89842efcd3d92200a53f7d1bc500     |
| container_format | bare                                 |
| created_at       | 2015-10-23T22:18:08.000000           |
| deleted          | False                                |
| deleted_at       | None                                 |
| disk_format      | qcow2                                |
| id               | acf95971-fe84-4320-be51-b895e756eeb3 |
| is_public        | True                                 |
| min_disk         | 0                                    |
| min_ram          | 0                                    |
| name             | Centos-7-x86_64                      |
| owner            | 44354d05368d4137b832870fd9e920e9     |
| protected        | False                                |
| size             | 2805137408                           |
| status           | active                               |
| updated_at       | 2015-10-23T22:18:41.000000           |
| virtual_size     | None                                 |
+------------------+--------------------------------------+
The end