After you create a custom image of a cloud computer, you can share the image with an Alibaba Cloud account. The recipient Alibaba Cloud account can use the image to create cloud computers that have identical configurations as the cloud computer. If you no longer want to share the image with the recipient accounts, you can unshare the image. This topic describes how to share or unshare a custom image.
Prerequisites
Before you share a custom image, make sure that all sensitive data and files in the image are removed.
You must share an object with an Alibaba Cloud account.
To obtain the ID of an Alibaba Cloud account, move the pointer over the profile picture in the upper-right corner of the Alibaba Cloud Management Console. If the account is displayed as Main Account in the user information panel, the account ID that appears is the Alibaba Cloud account ID.
Usage notes
Before you share a custom image, take note of the following items:
WUYING Workspace does not guarantee the integrity and security of shared images. If you receive a shared image, make sure that the image comes from a trusted Alibaba Cloud account.
Alibaba Cloud accounts that share custom images
You cannot share a custom image that is encrypted.
You can share a custom image with only one Alibaba Cloud account at a time.
You can share custom images within your account for up to 50 times in total.
You cannot share a custom image with Resource Access Management (RAM) users.
You can share a custom image that is created only by your Alibaba Cloud account. If you receive a shared image, you cannot share it to another account.
You can share a custom image between accounts on the China site (aliyun.com) and the International site (alibabacloud.com).
Before you can delete a custom image that is shared with another Alibaba Cloud account, you must unshare the custom image. For more information, see Unshare a custom image or Delete images.
You can share images across accounts only within the same region. To share a custom image across regions, you must copy the image to the destination region. For more information, see Copy an image.
Alibaba Cloud accounts that receive shared images
Although you share an image with an Alibaba Cloud account, the recipient account can still share custom images with others for up to 50 times. Recipient accounts are not charged for using shared images. That is, the recipient accounts are not charged for using the shared images to create cloud computers.
Recipient accounts can only use shared images.
Share an image
This section describes how to share an image. To share an image, perform the following steps:
Log on to the WUYING Workspace (Pro Edition) console.
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Images page, click the Custom Image tab.
Find the custom image that you want to share and click View/Share Image in the Actions column.
In the View/Share Image dialog box, enter the ID of the account with which you want to share in the Account field and select the check box in the lower part of this field.
NoteYou can only share a custom image only with Alibaba Cloud accounts, instead of RAM users.
Click Confirm.
After the image is shared with the specified account, the recipient account can perform the following operations to view the image: Choose , click the Shared Image tab on the Images page, and then view the image on the tab.
The recipient account can use the image to perform the following operations:
Create a cloud computer template. For more information, see Create custom cloud computer templates.
Change the current image of a cloud computer. For more information, see Change the image of a cloud computer or cloud computer pool.
Unshare an image
If you want to unshare an image from a recipient account, you can stop sharing the image. After you unshare the image, take note of the following items:
The recipient account can no longer query the image by using the WUYING Workspace console or calling the WUYING Workspace API.
The recipient account can no longer create cloud computers by using the image.
The recipient account can no longer replace the existing image of a cloud computer with the image.
After you unshare the image, cloud computer templates that are created by the recipient account from the image become unavailable. The recipient must manually delete the templates.
Log on to the WUYING Workspace (Pro Edition) console.
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Images page, click the Custom Image tab.
Find the image that you want to unshare and click View/Share Image in the Actions column.
In the Share Image dialog box, click the Shared Account drop-down list.
In the Account ID column, find the ID of the Alibaba Cloud account from which you want to unshare the image.
Click Unshare in the Actions column.