# Importing Your Own Image

You can import an image from outside the Nipa Enterprise Public Cloud system by following these steps.

## Prerequisite

* The project's wallet balance must be greater than 0 ([see how to top up a project's wallet](../../nipa-cloud-space-overview/billing-and-wallet/topup-a-project-wallet)).

## Instructions

### 1. **Enter the project**

Select a project from the projects management page to enter its detail page.

![Project Detail](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/BbPRRvs3r1QzDSMkWF4r/project-detail.png)

### 2. **Navigate to the Images page**

In the left-hand menu, click **COMPUTE > Images**.

![Images List Page](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/sl75HYMjTgzu8INot2aL/images-list.png)

### 3. **Open the new image creation window**

Click the **"+Image"** button in the top-right corner of the page to open the "Create Image" window.

![Create Image Button](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/wphAIbO3FkKa2q3dykQA/to-create-image.png)

### 4. **Enter the details of the image to be imported**

Fill in the **Name** and the **URL** of the image you want to import. Also, specify the **Disk Format**, **Operating System Type**, and **Min Disk** (the minimum size required to create a volume from this image, which can be checked using the command qemu-img info \<image name>).\
Once complete, click the **'CREATE'** button.

![Create Image](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/3B0zgZdfQAjHC7I1BRzT/create-image.png)

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You can configure additional options by clicking **"Advance setting"**.\
![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/Ud0pkb1JXFTWnmt9VBFb/create-turn-advance.png)![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/4luvqeZlthaeQNDhQiyJ/create-image-advance.png)
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After clicking "create," the system will display a summary of the image to be created.

![Creating Process Has Started](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/2eGsTS4UsVpPF8GJbnOf/create-image-success.png)

### 5. **Wait until the image status becomes Active**

The imported image will initially have a status of "importing."

![Importing Image](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/CXw8Xbz2sKYO6ypTmLNJ/image-importing.png)

It can only be used to create a bootable volume or launch an instance once its status becomes **Active**.

![Image Active](https://content.gitbook.com/content/4csDFrNQz0Q4tDnx3xyT/blobs/T0iflWlAjDR0tpiDKS65/images-list-imported.png)

