Image Management

Create, build, snapshot and replicate images on Joyent Cloud.

Creating or cloning an image from a saved image is a very handy process to run if you have already saved an image of a server, with security set-up, applications and users installed. It can save you time by taking a snapshot of the existing server in order to create a replica.

On Joyent Cloud you can create and replicate your machine images in order to scale or expand your application environment. The process does require executing a few scripts, but they’re relatively simple to execute.

To help you create and manage system configurations, Joyent also provides a list of cookbooks that can be implemented with Chef (OpsCode).

Use Cases

• Scaling customer application environments
• Improving productivity by replicating builds or images of existing machines
• Part of disaster recovery process and strategy

Pricing

• No cost to replicate images – part of services offering on Joyent Cloud
• Chef script are free – large volume of scripts available
• Pay as you scale and replicate machines

Getting Started 

• Details on how to use Chef to manage image configurations
• Details on how to create and replicate custom images

Need help with image management?

• View the guide Creating an image on Joyent Cloud
• Contact support@joyent.com