How do I install my own ISO?

You can install any operating system from your own ISO file. If you choose the Your own ISO box under Operating system only when you order, the server starts with an empty disk. You can do the same from the panel on an existing server.

Steps

1. Open your server in the panel and go to the ISO Images tool.
2. Under Your own ISO, paste the file's address, starting with https://, and press Download. In our test a 65 MB image took about 20 seconds.
3. When the download finishes, attach the image to your server from the list.
4. Open the console. The server starts from the ISO and you run the setup there.

Limits

• An ISO can be up to 12 GB. You keep one of your own ISOs at a time.
• An ISO that isn't mounted is deleted after 7 days.
• The ready-made list has images such as the VirtIO drivers and SystemRescue, so you don't need to download those.

Network settings

The server has no DHCP, so you enter the IP address by hand during setup. The IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS values are on the same screen under Your network details.

Keyboard

Installers start with a US keyboard. If i, a dot or a dash comes out differently, send the text with Send Text in the console.

Drivers for Windows

If the Windows setup can't see the disk, attach the VirtIO image too and load the driver from it. You can also use the ready-made Windows setup, which needs no drivers.