Public bug reported: When you download this image with curl, you get a qcow2 file, NOT a gz file. https://fedorapeople.org/groups/magnum/fedora-21-atomic-5.qcow2
When you use glance --os-image-api-version=1 image-create --copy-from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/magnum/fedora-21-atomic-5.qcow2 --container-format bare --disk-format qcow2 --property os_distro=fedora-atomic --property os_type=linux --min-disk 8 --min-ram 512 --name fedora-21-atomic-5 --is-public True It will be stored as gz compressed file, and when you or nova downloads it will be gzip compressed as well. glance image-download <id> --file test.qcow2.gz glance MUST not ask for gzip compression when it is unable to handle it. glance SHOULD be able handle compressed content. Note: I had rbd backend. I do not have this issue with the https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/23/Cloud/x86_64/Images /Fedora-Cloud-Base-23-20151030.x86_64.qcow2 url, because the server refuses to compress , regardless to what the client requests. ** Affects: glance Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to Glance. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1555019 Title: glance image download does not decompress the content as curl does Status in Glance: New Bug description: When you download this image with curl, you get a qcow2 file, NOT a gz file. https://fedorapeople.org/groups/magnum/fedora-21-atomic-5.qcow2 When you use glance --os-image-api-version=1 image-create --copy-from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/magnum/fedora-21-atomic-5.qcow2 --container-format bare --disk-format qcow2 --property os_distro=fedora-atomic --property os_type=linux --min-disk 8 --min-ram 512 --name fedora-21-atomic-5 --is-public True It will be stored as gz compressed file, and when you or nova downloads it will be gzip compressed as well. glance image-download <id> --file test.qcow2.gz glance MUST not ask for gzip compression when it is unable to handle it. glance SHOULD be able handle compressed content. Note: I had rbd backend. I do not have this issue with the https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/23/Cloud/x86_64/Images /Fedora-Cloud-Base-23-20151030.x86_64.qcow2 url, because the server refuses to compress , regardless to what the client requests. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1555019/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
