<p>This article describes how to share your custom images to other Ping An Cloud users.</p> <p><strong>Prerequisites</strong></p> <p>Please clean sensitive data and files of your custom image before sharing your image.</p> <p><strong>Usage Guidelines</strong></p> <p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One image can be shared to a maximum of 20 tenants.</p> <p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An account can only share images for 200 times in one day.</p> <p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A shared image does not occupy the image quota of the sharer, but occupies the quota of the person you share to.</p> <p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If the person uses your shared image to create ECS instances, not you but that person will be charged.</p> <p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You can only share your own custom images. The images shared to you cannot be shared again.</p> <p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cross-region image sharing is not supported. If you need to share an image to another region, please copy the image to the target region first.</p> <p><strong>Procedures</strong></p> <p>1．Log in to the <a href="#https://yun.pingan.com/console/ecs/overview" target="_blank">ECS Console</a>.</p> <p>2．In the left navigation pane, click <strong>Images and Snapshots </strong>&gt; <strong>Image</strong> to enter the <strong>Image</strong> page.</p> <p>3．Select the target region, click the<strong> Custom Images </strong>tab, and in the operation column of the custom image to be shared click <strong>Shared Images</strong>.</p> <p>4．Enter the <strong>Shared Images </strong>page, and carry out configuration as described in the following table.</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ededed; vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Configuration item</strong></p> </td> <td style="background-color:#ededed; vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Description</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Account type</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Master account by default.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Username</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Enter the master account username that you are going to share the image with. (How to acquire the master account username: in the upper-right corner, pointto the user picture on Ping An Cloud Console, in the menu that opens, click <strong>Account Info</strong>, and find the username in Basic Info.)</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Click <strong>Share Images</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Result</strong></p> <p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the shared images list, you can view the username of the person that you share the image to.</p> <p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The recipient of the shared images can view the shared images by in the ECS Console navigation pane clicking <strong>Images and Snapshots</strong> &gt; <strong>Images</strong> &gt; <strong>Shared Images</strong>. Likewise, the recipient can also choose to cancel shared images.</p>