Find an image

Methods

Find an image by using the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) console

You can find the image that you want to manage on the Images page in the ECS console.

1. Log on to the ECS console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > Images.
3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
4. Select an image type.
5. Optional:Select an image family.
   Note You can select an image family only for custom images. By default, all images are displayed.
6. Select a filter condition from the drop-down list.
   Note

   • For custom images, public images, and shared images, you can select the image name, image ID, or snapshot ID as the search item.
   • For Alibaba Cloud Marketplace images, you can select the image ID, instance ID, or image product name as the search item.
   • For community images, you can select the image name, image ID, or owner ID as the search item.
7. Enter a value in the search box.
8. Click the icon to search for an image.

Example 1

Example 1: Find a Windows public image in the China (Beijing) region.

Perform the following operations on the Images page.

1. In the left part of the top navigation bar, select China (Beijing) from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Public Images tab.
3. Select Image Name from the drop-down list.
4. Enter win in the search box.
5. Click the icon to search for an image.

Example 2

Example 2: Find a shared image whose name contains mysql in the China (Hangzhou) region.

Perform the following operations on the Images page.

1. In the left part of the top navigation bar, select China (Hangzhou) from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Shared Images tab.
3. Select Image Name from the drop-down list.
4. Enter MySQL in the search box.
5. Click the icon to search for an image.

Example 3

Example 3: Find a custom image that corresponds to a snapshot ID of s-123**** in the China (Shenzhen) region.

Perform the following operations on the Images page.

1. In the left part of the top navigation bar, select China (Shenzhen) from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Custom Images tab.
3. Select Snapshot ID from the drop-down list.
4. Enter s-123**** in the search box.
5. Click the icon to search for an image.

Find an image by calling an API operation

You can also find an image by using OpenAPI Explorer or Alibaba Cloud CLI to call the DescribeImages operation. This section describes how to use OpenAPI Explorer to call the DescribeImages operation to find an image.

1. Go to the OpenAPI Explorer console.
2. Select a region from the RegionId drop-down list.
3. Optional:Configure parameters such as ImageName and ImageId.
   Note Image IDs comply with the following naming rules:

   • IDs of public images are named after the operating system version numbers, architectures, languages, and release dates of the images. For example, the ID of the Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit (English) public image is win2008r2_64_ent_sp1_en-us_40G_alibase_20190318.vhd.
   • IDs of custom images, community images, and Alibaba Cloud Marketplace images start with m.
   • IDs of shared images are the same as those of the custom images that were shared.
4. Click Submit Request.
5. Click the Debugging Result tab.

   If the image is found, its information such as the image ID, description, and operating system is displayed on the Debugging Result tab. For more information, see DescribeImages.