This works if you omit the --progress option. I initially thought this was a duplicate of another --progress bug [0], but the underlying problem appears to be separate.
[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-glanceclient/+bug/1384664 ** Changed in: glance Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: glance Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Project changed: glance => python-glanceclient -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to Glance. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1402746 Title: glance image-create doesn't work with stdin Status in Python client library for Glance: Confirmed Bug description: trying to import an image from stind results in the following error: time glance image-create --progress --name="icmprec" --is-public=true --container-format=bare --disk-format=raw < <(zcat icmprec_backup-2014-12-12_snap.qcow2.gz) float() argument must be a string or a number zcat icmprec_backup-2014-12-12_snap.qcow2.gz | glance image-create --progress --name="icmprec" --is-public=true --container-format=bare --disk-format=raw float() argument must be a string or a number Version: icehouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-glanceclient/+bug/1402746/+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