> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.glesys.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/kvm-virtual-machines/details/images.md).

# Images

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## Templates for KVM VMs

We provide a variety of Linux and Windows Server images for deploying virtual machines. You can choose these images from templates when creating a VM from the control panel or utilize the template IDs or slugs in API requests to create VMs.

### Linux images

| Linux distribution | Template ID                          | API/CLI slug | Version                   | Minimum disk size |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------- | ----------------- |
| AlmaLinux          | ac7c05f1-4cb6-4330-a0a2-d1f2e6244b21 | almalinux-8  | AlmaLinux 8               | 10 GiB            |
| AlmaLinux          | 2563b4d0-ea80-4aef-8f77-f9b9e479a008 | almalinux-9  | AlmaLinux 9               | 10 GiB            |
| Debian             | 7d807e6c-b3db-4b1a-9a9a-d54653883eb7 | debian-11    | 11 x64                    | 7 GiB             |
| Debian             | c3f9a794-5575-4dd7-a2c5-09cba8c20de9 | debian-12    | 12 x64                    | 7 GiB             |
| Talos Linux        | 1fe15650-d6ae-42e1-93b4-25e969cc644f | talos-1-8    | Talos 1.8                 | 10 GiB            |
| Ubuntu             | fc5d38f7-4c9d-4920-a3a0-3252f71fe2c5 | ubuntu-20-04 | <p>20.04<br>(LTS) x64</p> | 7 GiB             |
| Ubuntu             | f4521a83-e541-47b2-bc09-94161fe8b40d | ubuntu-22-04 | <p>22.04<br>(LTS) x64</p> | 7 GiB             |
| Ubuntu             | 363bc130-0236-11ef-aef1-bb4d8453d237 | ubuntu-24-04 | <p>24.04<br>(LTS) x64</p> | 7 GiB             |

### Windows images

| Windows distribution | Template ID                          | API/CLI slug                      | Version            | Minimum disk size |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------- |
| Windows Server       | ba291b88-f3a4-4394-8e80-140d8a74bd95 | windows-server-2022-standard      | 2022 Standard      | 32 GiB            |
| Windows Server       | db6cfd51-da2e-42fd-ba7d-af64e35ce3bc | windows-server-core-2022-standard | Core 2022 Standard | 32 GiB            |
| Windows Server       | bea7d920-d281-11ef-bea5-1f14f55df9b9 | windows-server-2025-standard      | 2025 Standard      | 32 GiB            |
| Windows Server       | e7f0b220-d281-11ef-a4a1-4762579b623f | windows-server-core-2025-standard | Core 2025 Standard | 32 GiB            |


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