Images (Admin)

Administrators can manage shared images across tenants.

Sidebar (SNB)

The Compute group in the left sidebar of Compute Admin. It manages the resources of all tenants in one place, and clicking an item opens that resource screen.

No.	Feature	Item	Description
1-1	Compute	Instances	· Lists and operates the instances (VMs and bare metal) of all tenants in one place.
1-2	Compute	Instance Templates	· Manages instance creation templates across tenants.
1-3	Compute	Instance Snapshots	· Lists and manages instance snapshots (images).
1-4	Compute	Images	· Manages the OS images used to create instances.
1-5	Compute	Flavors	· Defines and manages the vCPU, memory, and disk specifications (flavors).
1-6	Compute	Server Groups	· Manages groups that apply an instance placement policy (affinity/anti-affinity).
1-7	Compute	Bare Metal nodes	· Manages the inventory and status of bare metal physical nodes.

Title header

The content header that shows the title of the current screen (Images).

Search · Toolbar

The area for searching the list, exporting to CSV, and running bulk actions on the selected items. An administrator works on the resources of all tenants without selecting a tenant.

No.	Feature	Item	Description
3-1	Search	Attribute search field	· Filters the list by attributes such as name, ID, tenant, and status.
3-2	Export	Download CSV	· Exports the current list as a CSV file.
3-3	Bulk action	Delete	· Deletes the selected items (a confirmation modal appears).

Create image

Opens the screen for creating and uploading a new image.

List

A table that shows the OS images of all tenants and the public OS images with their status, owning tenant, OS, format, and visibility.

No.	Feature	Item	Description
5-1	List columns	Status	The image status.
		Name	The image name and ID.
		Tenant	The owning tenant.
		OS	The operating system (for example, ubuntu 24.04).
		Size	The image size.
		Disk format	The disk format (RAW, QCOW2, ARI, AKI, and so on).
		Visibility	The visibility (public/private).
		Created at	The creation date and time.
		Description	The image description.
		Action	The row menu: Edit, Manage metadata, Manage access, Delete.
5-2	View settings	View preferences button	· Opens the View Preferences drawer, where you choose which columns to show.

Key features

• Cross-tenant view: View and manage images across all projects
• Search and filter: Find images by name, ID, or visibility
• Access control: Manage image sharing between projects
• Metadata: Configure image properties and metadata definitions

Available actions

Above the list are the Create image button and the bulk button Delete. Delete becomes active when you select rows. The actions below run from each row's Action menu.

Action	Description
Edit	Update image name and properties
Manage metadata	Configure metadata definitions
Manage access	Share image with specific projects
Delete	Permanently remove image

Protected images

Delete is disabled for protected images, so they cannot be deleted.