How to know the virtual disk size of Cloud image?

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Question

How to know the virtual disk size of Cloud image?

Answer

1. Connect to server via SSH
2. Download the image. For example:

   # wget https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2

3. Use the 'file' utility:

   # file CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2
   CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2: QEMU QCOW Image (v3), 8589934592 bytes