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title: "General information about cloud server images"
sidebar_label: "Images"
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description: "Types of images: pre-built images for creating cloud servers and custom images"
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# General information about cloud server images

An image is an exact copy of a disk's file system and its contents. You can use images to [create cloud servers](/cloud-servers/create/create-server.mdx) or [create boot volumes](/cloud-servers/volumes/create-volume.mdx) for cloud servers.

You can use:

* [pre-built images](#default-images) — images with a pre-installed operating system prepared by Selectel specialists;
* [custom images](#own-images) — images that you can manually upload to the image storage.

You can work with images in the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/images/), using the [OpenStack CLI](/cloud-servers/tools/openstack-cli/) or [Terraform](/terraform/providers/).

You can also use [applications](/cloud-servers/applications/about-applications.mdx) to create servers.

Records of cloud server image operations are saved in [audit logs](/audit-logs/about-audit-logs.mdx).

## Pre-built images \{#default-images}

Pre-built images are prepared by Selectel specialists. For each pre-built image, the working environment is prepared, necessary parameters are configured, and the assembly is completed. The images are fully compatible with the cloud platform.

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        <th colspan="2" data-noborder>Minimum resource requirements</th>
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      <tr>
        <th>RAM</th><th>Volume</th>
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    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Ubuntu</td>
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      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 64-bit</th><td>1 GB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 580 Docker</th><td>2 GB</td><td>20 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 580</th><td>2 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 535 Docker</th><td>2 GB</td><td>20 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 535</th><td>2 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 580 Docker</th><td>2 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 580</th><td>2 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 535 Docker</th><td>2 GB</td><td>20 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit GPU Driver 535</th><td>2 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Intel VTune 64-bit</th><td>2 GB</td><td>25 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Ubuntu ML / Data Analytics</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Data Science VM (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit)</th><td>4 GB</td><td>40 GB</td>
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      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Debian</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Debian 13 (Trixie) 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Debian 12 (Bookworm) 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Windows</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Windows Server 2019 DataCenter GPU T4/A100/A2/A30</th><td>2 GB</td><td>32 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Windows Server 2019 Desktop Studio GPU GTX1080/RTX2080TI/4090</th><td>2 GB</td><td>32 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Windows Server 2019 Standard</th><td>1 GB</td><td>32 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Windows Server 2016 Standard</th><td>2 GB</td><td>32 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard</th><td>1 GB</td><td>32 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Fedora CoreOS</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Fedora CoreOS (Stable) 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">CentOS</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>CentOS 9 Stream 64-bit</th><td>2 GB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>CentOS 8 Stream 64-bit</th><td>2 GB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">SelectOS</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>SelectOS 2 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>SelectOS 1 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Astra Linux</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Astra Linux Orel 1.8</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Astra Linux Voronezh 1.8</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Astra Linux Orel 1.7</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Astra Linux Voronezh 1.7</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">RED OS</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>RED OS Standard 8</th><td>1 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>RED OS Standard 7.3</th><td>1 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>RED OS Certified 7.3</th><td>2 GB</td><td>10 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Alma Linux</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Alma Linux 9 64-bit</th><td>2 GB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Rocky Linux</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Rocky Linux 9 64-bit</th><td>2 GB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Fedora</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <th>Fedora 36 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td colspan="3">Oracle</td>
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      <tr>
        <th>Oracle Linux 8 64-bit</th><td>512 MB</td><td>5 GB</td>
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You can view the current list of available images in the [Control Panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/servers/): from the top menu, click **Products** → **Cloud Servers** → click **Create Server** → **Source** block → **OS**.

## Custom images \{#own-images}

If you need an image to create a cloud server that is not on the list of [available images](#default-images), you can [upload your own image](/cloud-servers/images/create-image.mdx) to the image storage.

You can use custom images to migrate servers from other cloud platforms or within the Selectel cloud platform, and use disk images to clone cloud servers.

Supported image formats are `.aki`, `.ami`, `.ari`, `.iso`, `.raw`, `.qcow2`, `.vdi`, `.vhd`, `.vhdx` and `.vmdk`. Some `.ami` format images (Amazon Machine Image to launch a server) require additional upload of `.aki` (Amazon kernel image) and `.ari` (Amazon RAM disk image).

Supported container formats are `.aki`, `.ami`, `.ari`, `.bare`, `.ova`, `.ovf`.

## Pricing \{#price}

Most available images are included in the cloud server price and are not charged separately. Astra Linux and RED OS images are charged separately, as these operating systems require a license. You can view the license cost for a specific OS version in the [Control Panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/servers/create) when [creating a server](/cloud-servers/create/create-server.mdx).

The cost of storing a custom image depends on its size and the [pool](/infrastructure/locations.mdx#pool) to which it is uploaded. Custom image storage is billed according to the [cloud platform payment model](/cloud-servers/about/payment.mdx#payment-model).

Image storage prices can be viewed at [selectel.ru](https://selectel.ru/prices/).

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