Operating Systems
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A 1:1 RHEL 9-compatible Linux server, community-governed and free of licensing fees.
BASE
Hardened build
Minimal ports, security patches applied at build time.
ACCESS
Unique credentials
Generated on first boot, readable only by root.
VERIFIED
Boots working
Services pass a health gate before every release.
KVM/QEMU
Built for KVM
Every image targets the KVM/QEMU virtualisation standard.
Overview
AlmaLinux 9.x, a stable, production-grade RHEL-compatible distribution backed by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. A long-term, freely available enterprise base..
Why this image
Built hardened, patched at capture and boot-verified. SELinux enforcing, key-only SSH, unique host identity per instance.
Common uses
- RHEL-compatible enterprise servers
- Long-term stable application hosting
- Migrations from CentOS Linux
System requirements
Data Sole images are built and verified for the KVM/QEMU virtualisation standard. To import and boot an image, your host should meet the following:
- Hypervisor
- KVM/QEMU — the virtualisation standard behind Data Sole Cloud. Images drop straight in.
- CPU
- 64-bit (x86-64) host with hardware virtualisation (Intel VT-x / AMD-V) enabled in the BIOS/UEFI.
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM minimum per guest; 4 GB or more recommended for production workloads.
- Storage
- Free space for the QCOW2 image plus headroom to grow — 20 GB or more recommended.
- Access
- An SSH key pair — password authentication is disabled by default.
- Network
- Bridged or NAT networking so the guest can reach the internet on first boot.
Virtualisation & compatibility
This image is built and tested for KVM/QEMU — the virtualisation standard behind Data Sole Cloud, so it deploys straight onto our cloud. You may be able to convert and run it on other platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon (AWS), Microsoft Azure or VMware, but compatibility isn't guaranteed and isn't covered by toolkits support.
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