The image that I'm using has a VHD disk format and the container has the OVF type. I also tried with a bare container :
$ glance image-list
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------+------------------+----------+--------+
| ID | Name | Disk Format | Container Format | Size | Status |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------+------------------+----------+--------+
| b7b4761a-2b82-4b75-ba42-927da0898c3d | cirros-0.3.0-x86_64-disk | vhd | ovf | 9220018 | active |
| 4e3462a1-72a4-4bad-a57b-8241c997a3da | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec | ami | ami | 25165824 | active |
| 44ff0a3d-1227-45a2-a53c-0239b0cb9274 | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec-kernel | aki | aki | 4955792 | active |
| 2f4bbc75-db94-48f8-8feb-a62adfa58d07 | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec-ramdisk | ari | ari | 3714968 | active |
| 9b13b4a5-c203-4abf-83e0-3de0ee3926a7 | xenimage | vhd | bare | 42025472 | active |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------+------------------+----------+--------+
The image that I'm using has a VHD disk format and the container has the OVF type. I also tried with a bare container :
$ glance image-list ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---+--- ------- ---+--- ------- ------- -+----- -----+- ------- + ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---+--- ------- ---+--- ------- ------- -+----- -----+- ------- + 2b82-4b75- ba42-927da0898c 3d | cirros- 0.3.0-x86_ 64-disk | vhd | ovf | 9220018 | active | 72a4-4bad- a57b-8241c997a3 da | cirros- 0.3.1-x86_ 64-uec | ami | ami | 25165824 | active | 1227-45a2- a53c-0239b0cb92 74 | cirros- 0.3.1-x86_ 64-uec- kernel | aki | aki | 4955792 | active | db94-48f8- 8feb-a62adfa58d 07 | cirros- 0.3.1-x86_ 64-uec- ramdisk | ari | ari | 3714968 | active | c203-4abf- 83e0-3de0ee3926 a7 | xenimage | vhd | bare | 42025472 | active | ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---+--- ------- ---+--- ------- ------- -+----- -----+- ------- +
+------
| ID | Name | Disk Format | Container Format | Size | Status |
+------
| b7b4761a-
| 4e3462a1-
| 44ff0a3d-
| 2f4bbc75-
| 9b13b4a5-
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