Images - Guides
Custom Images allow for rapid deployments of preconfigured disks to new or existing Linodes. They can be easily created by capturing a disk on an existing Linode or uploading an image file.
Building Blocks
Capture an Image: Create an Image from an existing Linode’s disk.
Upload an Image: Create an Image from an image file.
Deploy an Image to a New Linode: Create a new Linode using an Image.
Rebuild and Deploy an Image to an Existing Linode: Rebuild an existing Linode using an Image.
Related Guides
The following guides can assist with topics like deploying custom distributions, migrating to Linode, and using the Linode Packer Builder.
Images
Cloning and Disks
Custom Distributions
Migration
Packer
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