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# Importing your own image into Compute

You can import an image file into Nebius AI Cloud, and create boot disks and virtual machines (VMs) based on your custom image. To make an import, upload an image file to a bucket in Object Storage and create an image in Compute.

## Prerequisites

1. Make sure you are in a [group](/iam/authorization/groups/index) that has at least the `editor` role within your tenant; for example, the default `editors` group. You can check this in the [Administration → IAM](https://console.nebius.com/iam) section of the web console.
2. Prepare an image that meets the following requirements:

   * BIOS mode
   * AMD64 or ARM64 architecture
   * `.vmdk`, `.vhd`, `.raw` or `.qcow2` format for the image file

   Only these requirements are supported.

## How to import an image and create a boot disk and a VM

1. [Create an Object Storage bucket](/object-storage/buckets/manage#how-to-create-buckets).

   The bucket, image and VM should be in the same region.

2. [Upload](/object-storage/objects/upload-download#upload-a-single-file) your image file to this bucket.

3. Create an image based on the uploaded file:

   <Tabs group="interfaces">
     <Tab title="Web console">
       1. Copy the key of the file object:

          1. In the [web console](https://console.nebius.com), go to <Icon icon="https://mintcdn.com/nebius-ai-cloud/1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS/_assets/sidebar/storage.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS&q=85&s=0a2dad6b48aea10e85f6f3e2343aee26" width="16" height="16" data-path="_assets/sidebar/storage.svg" /> **Storage** → **Object Storage**.
          2. Open the bucket page.
          3. In the line of the uploaded object, click <Icon icon="https://mintcdn.com/nebius-ai-cloud/1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS/_assets/button-vellipsis.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS&q=85&s=e80b8e57c43bfd117679262e6a1334ad" width="12" height="24" data-path="_assets/button-vellipsis.svg" /> → **Copy key**.

       2. Create the image in Nebius AI Cloud:

          1. In the web console, go to <Icon icon="https://mintcdn.com/nebius-ai-cloud/1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS/_assets/sidebar/storage.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS&q=85&s=0a2dad6b48aea10e85f6f3e2343aee26" width="16" height="16" data-path="_assets/sidebar/storage.svg" /> **Storage** → **Disks**.

          2. Click **Create resource** → **Image**.

          3. In the window that opens, specify the name of your image.

          4. In the **Source** field, select **Object Storage file**.

          5. In the **Object Storage file** field, specify the copied object key.

             The value must meet the `s3://<bucket>/<object>` format. For example, `s3://nebius-bucket-test/my-image-file.qcow2`.

          6. Click **Create image**.

          The new image appears on the **Images** tab in <Icon icon="https://mintcdn.com/nebius-ai-cloud/1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS/_assets/sidebar/storage.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS&q=85&s=0a2dad6b48aea10e85f6f3e2343aee26" width="16" height="16" data-path="_assets/sidebar/storage.svg" /> **Storage** → **Disks**.
     </Tab>

     <Tab title="CLI">
       ```bash theme={null}
       nebius compute image create \
          --name <image_name> \
          --source-storage-bucket-name <bucket_name> \
          --source-storage-object-name <object_name>
       ```

       For example, if the object of the image file has the `s3://nebius-bucket-test/my-image-file.qcow2` key:

       * `--source-storage-bucket-name` should be `nebius-bucket-test`
       * `--source-storage-object-name` should be `my-image-file.qcow2`

       <Note>
         By default, the AMD64 architecture is used for the image. If you want to use ARM64, add the `--cpu-architecture arm64` parameter to the command above.
       </Note>
     </Tab>
   </Tabs>

4. When the image is ready, [create a boot disk](/compute/storage/manage#how-to-create-a-disk) with it.

5. [Create a VM](/compute/virtual-machines/manage#create-a-vm) with the new boot disk.

6. (Optional) If you don't need the image file in the bucket, delete it. The image in Compute won't use it anymore.