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Operating systems available for automatic installation on dedicated servers
Automatic installation
Servers.com offers a set of operating systems for automatic installation and re-installation on bare metal servers (you will find the list below). Automatic OS installation and re-installation can be ordered during the initial server configuration or later in the customer portal.
The following operating systems for the x64 architecture are available for automatic installation and re-installation on bare metal servers:
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CentOS 8-Stream, CentOS 9-Stream (64bit)
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AlmaLinux 8, 9 (64 bit)
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Rocky Linux 8, 9 (64 bit)
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Debian 10, 11, 12 (64 bit)
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Proxmox 7, 8 (64 bit)
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FreeBSD 13 (64 bit)
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Ubuntu server 20.04, 22.04 (64 bit)
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VMware ESXI 7, 8 (64 bit)
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Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 (Datacenter / Standard edition) (64 bit)
Installation from a custom image
You can boot a custom OS image and install an operating system of your choice using your Dell server's out-of-band management platform – iDRAC. Please refer to the "How to boot a dedicated server into a custom OS image using iDRAC" article for instructions.
