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Hello , i'm trying to setup a home lab server i witch i can deploy vps insances.
My problem is that i really like the linux templates used by linode or digitalocean.
Is there any way i could find the linux templates they use ?
Is there any fre vps manage software with web interface ?
Now i'm using proxmox .

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  • KousakaKousaka Member
    edited July 2021

    They create their own images.
    Since most “cloud” providers use cloud-init now, it should be possible to dump the whole image from linode or do. You’ll need to boot your vps into rescue mode, mount the disk and use tools like dd to dump the disk.

  • TejyTejy Member

    Simply use netboot.xyz.

  • jordynegen11jordynegen11 Member
    edited July 2021

    It's not an ISO they use. Most provider will make their own "template" by setup a server with for example a default windows installation, and just copy paste the virtual disk to their template download servers.

    You can do this too with proxmox.

  • @jordynegen11 said: It's not an ISO they use. Most provider will make their own "template" by setup a server with for example a default windows installation, and just copy paste the virtual disk to their template download servers.

    This is old and Windows only. Nowadays you use cloudconfig.

  • @William said:

    @jordynegen11 said: It's not an ISO they use. Most provider will make their own "template" by setup a server with for example a default windows installation, and just copy paste the virtual disk to their template download servers.

    This is old and Windows only. Nowadays you use cloudconfig.

    I see , so i make 1 vps, install of a debian netinstall and then create a template out of it .
    I thougt that samething existed allready with the vps manager and the template images ready to go . I remeber using openvz back in the days from low end vps providers , before kvm was a thing . Something like that would be perfect for me since i dont really care about the virtualization method, the only person using it is me . I just need to deploy some linux distros for a while , delete theme and create other ones .

  • Earlier I saw a repository from OnApp somewhere. Can't remember the link.

  • jordynegen11jordynegen11 Member
    edited July 2021

    @William said:

    @jordynegen11 said: It's not an ISO they use. Most provider will make their own "template" by setup a server with for example a default windows installation, and just copy paste the virtual disk to their template download servers.

    This is old and Windows only. Nowadays you use cloudconfig.

    Works fine for Linux VM's too but indeed I bed there are newer and better ways to do this.

    @bloodram I just remembered, virt-manager also includes a function to download ready-to-go linux templates

  • lanefulanefu Member

    turns out there's a standard! search for "cloud" images based on cloud init..

    https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com

    https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/daily/latest/

    https://cloud.centos.org/centos/

    and then do some RTFM here https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/nocloud.html?highlight=nocloud

    PS more VPS providers here should support these :)

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  • @lanefu said:
    turns out there's a standard! search for "cloud" images based on cloud init..

    https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com

    https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/daily/latest/

    https://cloud.centos.org/centos/

    and then do some RTFM here https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/nocloud.html?highlight=nocloud

    PS more VPS providers here should support these :)

    Supper , It really helped me , thank you

    Thanked by 1lanefu
  • ah, right, cloud-init, not cloudconfig. Yes, thats the way to go nowadays.

  • @Kousaka said:
    They create their own images.
    Since most “cloud” providers use cloud-init now, it should be possible to dump the whole image from linode or do. You’ll need to boot your vps into rescue mode, mount the disk and use tools like dd to dump the disk.

    The cloud-init config remains on disk, no? Just a matter of cat...

  • DataIdeas-JoshDataIdeas-Josh Member, Patron Provider

    @bloodram said:
    Hello , i'm trying to setup a home lab server i witch i can deploy vps insances.
    My problem is that i really like the linux templates used by linode or digitalocean.
    Is there any way i could find the linux templates they use ?
    Is there any fre vps manage software with web interface ?
    Now i'm using proxmox .

    proxmox has its own built in templates.

  • @DataIdeas-Josh said:

    @bloodram said:
    Hello , i'm trying to setup a home lab server i witch i can deploy vps insances.
    My problem is that i really like the linux templates used by linode or digitalocean.
    Is there any way i could find the linux templates they use ?
    Is there any fre vps manage software with web interface ?
    Now i'm using proxmox .

    proxmox has its own built in templates.

    Sure , it has template configured slightely diferent from linode or DO . I was trying to get templates from those 2 copanies since most of my clients have their deployment there and i make software on my lab , test it and then deploy on Linode or DO. I wonted something to be as close as the templates thei use . Even the sources list if that is possible

  • elixirelixir Member
    edited July 2021

    You could use something like this to see what packages they have installed and reinstall on your image.

    sudo apt list --installed

    Copying over their config isn't as easy but a tar of '/' (with some exclusions) on a new DO/Linode vps may do the job.

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