Create an image

Captures a private, gold-master image from a Linode disk.

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• When you capture an image, we store it using our Object Storage service. The region where the target image exists determines where the resulting image is stored.

• When you create a new image, we automatically encrypt it for its protection. Images remain encrypted at rest, in storage, in caching, and in transit. When you deploy an image, we automatically decrypt it. If you've enabled encryption for a Linode you want to create an image of, we also encrypt the image. When you deploy the image, the image is decrypted and the resulting disk will be automatically encrypted.

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linode-cli images create \
  --label this_is_a_label \
  --description "A longer description \
    of the image" \
  --disk_id 123

<https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli>

images:read_write
linodes:read_only

<https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth>