storage server is unique through out a deployment and also necessary for the
image to exist.
-The image location format::
+The image location format at user level::
- pithos://<user id>/<container>/<object path>
+ <container>:<object path>
e.g.:
- pithos://s0m3-u53r-1d/pithos/debian_base3.diskdump
+ pithos:debian_base3.diskdump
The crussial element in an image location is the container (e.g. `pithos`) and
the image object path (e.g. `debian_base3.diskdump`).
+
Register an image
-----------------
uploads it to the same location as the image. The meta file can be
downloaded and reused for more image registrations.
+Another way to perform the two operations above is to call **/image register**
+with the **\- -upload-image-file** argument. This single operation will upload
+the image file and then register it as an image, and is equivalent to manually
+calling **/file upload** and **/image register**.
+
+In other words, the example that follows is equivalent to calling the two
+operations above.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ [kamaki]: image register 'Debian Base Alpha'
+ pithos:debian_base3.diskdump
+ --upload-image-file='debian_base3.diskdump'
+ [kamaki]:
+
+
Read the metafile
.. code-block:: console