Use Linux on VPS Cloud / VPS Lite

This guide lists the supported operating systems (Linux distributions) that can be installed when ordering a VPS Cloud / VPS Lite.

Concerning Windows, be aware of this other guide.

Prerequisites

Set a password for your user after connecting to the private key the first time, in particular to help troubleshoot your server by connecting via the VNC console in case of a problem.

Linux distributions supported natively

Debian

If you come from the Debian community, then a server of this type would be an excellent choice, an alternative to CentOS offered below. The Debian Editions are very stable especially since "Buster" or more recently "Bookworm" (Debian 12). Read more

Ubuntu

If you are familiar with Ubuntu as a desktop version, you may want to have it on your server. Read more

FreeBSD

FreeBSD's basic code has been continuously developed, improved and optimized for more than 30 years. It is developed and maintained by an important team of people. FreeBSD offers advanced network features, advanced security and high performance. Read more

openSUSE

This distribution is ideal for beginners, experienced users and ultra geeks, in short, it is suitable for everyone!Read more

CentOS

CentOS is the most popular distribution for a web server and therefore has great support, either on the community forum, or anywhere on the Web. CentOS editions are very stable, in the long term. Read more

Other Linux distributions

Infomaniak regularly adds new Linux distributions:

Fedora
Rancheros
ArchLinux
AlmaLinux
RockyLinux

Specific distribution / disc image

Only official images can be installed and Infomaniak does not install any operating system from an ISO disk image. If you want to install a specific distribution, you can do so by importing the image on Public Cloud.

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