Images - Guides

Published June 2, 2020

Create preconfigured disk images that can be rapidly deployed to new or existing Compute Instances.

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Basics

Create an Image

Capture an Image: Create an Image from an existing Compute Instance.
Upload an Image: Create an Image from an image file.

Deploy an Image

Deploy an Image to a New Compute Instance: Create a new Compute Instance using an Image.
Deploy an Image to an Existing Compute Instance: Deploy an Image by either rebuilding an existing Compute Instance or adding a disk.

Going Further

Using the Linode Packer Builder to Create Custom Images

Cloning and Disks

Custom Distributions

Install a Custom Distribution on a Linode

Migration

Migrating a Google Cloud Platform VM Instance to Linode

This page was originally published on June 2, 2020.

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