Feature Overview 

Originally - BZ#1816766 [RFE] Support for uploading compressed images

Description of problem:

As a user I would like to upload compressed images to reduce the upload time and reduce the storage consumption on the source host. The process should be backend agnostic and support common compression format (zip, gzip).

It should also support both file and web image upload

Goals:

• Allow administrators to upload previous compressed images (gzip)
• Provide docs, CI regression testing and support enablement 

Requirements 

Done:

Use Cases:

Out of Scope:

Non gzip compression types

Documentation Considerations

Customer facing documentation will be needed, need to determine if there is upstream docs to leverage.

Questions to Answer 

1. Do we need to support anything besides gzip?
2. Does testing need to validate performance impact?

Customer Considerations 

As of 18-FR5, this is a nice to have - no current RHOSO customer requests

Prod/CI considerations:

Need to confirm no new packaging or CIFW changes needed