doctl compute image create <image-name> [flags]
Creates an image in your DigitalOcean account. Specify a URL to download the image from and the region to store the image in. You can add additional metadata to the image using the optional flags.
The following example creates a custom image named Example Image from a URL and stores it in the nyc1 region:
doctl compute image create "Example Image" --image-url "https://example.com/image.iso" --region nyc1
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--help
, -h
|
Help for this command |
--image-description
|
An optional description of the image |
--image-distribution
|
A custom image distribution slug to apply to the image
Default: Unknown
|
--image-url
|
The URL to retrieve the image from (required) |
--region
|
The slug of the region you want to store the image in. For a list of region slugs, use the doctl compute region list command. (required)
|
--tag-names
|
A list of tag names to apply to the image |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| doctl compute image | Display commands to manage images |
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--access-token, -t
|
API V2 access token |
--api-url, -u
|
Override default API endpoint |
--config, -c
|
Specify a custom config file
Default:
|
--context
|
Specify a custom authentication context name |
--http-retry-max
|
Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5
|
--http-retry-wait-max
|
Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30
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--http-retry-wait-min
|
Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1
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--interactive
|
Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false
|
--output, -o
|
Desired output format [text|json]
Default: text
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--trace
|
Show a log of network activity while performing a command
Default: false
|
--verbose, -v
|
Enable verbose output
Default: false
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