What operating systems does Metal support?

Equinix Metal supports a wide range of operating systems, including:

• AlmaLinux
• Alpine Linux
• CentOS
• Debian
• Flatcar Linux
• FreeBSD
• NixOS
• Nutanix
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Talos
• Ubuntu
• VMware ESXi
• VMware NSX
• Windows Server

Equinix Metal also supports custom operating systems, giving users the flexibility to deploy their own preferred OS images if they so choose.

In addition to these operating systems, Equinix Metal provides access to a variety of pre-built images that are optimized for different workloads, such as databases, web servers, and container runtimes. This makes it easy to deploy servers with pre-configured software and settings, reducing the time and effort required to get up and running.

More information can be found on our Supported Operating System Images docs page