Creating Custom Linux Instances from ISO

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Step 1:

  • Navigate to Compute > Instances and click the create button.



  • Name the instance.

  • From the radio buttons, select ‘Install from ISO’

  • From the “Installation ISO’ dropdown menu, select a Linux distribution. This tutorial selected centOS 7 minimal.

  • Select the Storage Pool, instance type and network for this instance and click next.



  • The defaults can work, but change the boot volume size to something reasonable.

  • Clicking finish will Spin up this instance.



  • Connect to the instance by clicking on the instance and then clicking the select button.

  • Walk through the installer normally. Enseva Cloud Services will handle DHCP for this instance.

  • Upon logging in for the first time:

    • Yum upgrade or,

    • Sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Last modified: Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 8:59 AM