What operating systems does Metal support?

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What operating systems does Equinix Metal support?

evielmetti · Accepted Answer

As of October 2024, Equinix Metal supports a&nbsp;range of operating systems , including:

AlmaLinux
Alpine Linux
Debian
Flatcar Linux
FreeBSD
Nutanix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocky Linux
Ubuntu
VMware Cloud Foundation
VyOS
Windows Server

If we do not offer an operating system or a version of an operating system that meets your use-case, you can bring your own OS images using&nbsp;Custom iPXE.
Licensed operating systems may require that you bring your own license, or are provided with an extra per-hour and sometimes also a per-core fee.
All of our operating system images go through a validation process in order to be provisionable on our server plans. Not all operating systems are available on every server.
Which operating systems are available on a specific server is listed on its product page and on the&nbsp;OS Compatibility page.