Images & Snapshots

IONOS offers a wide range of readily available public images that you can use instantly. In addition, you can also use your private images by uploading them to the IONOS Cloud infrastructure through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Your IONOS account supports numerous Block Storage and ISO image types using an emulated CD-ROM drive, from which you can install an operating system or software directly.

Furthermore, you can create snapshots of provisioned block storage. Each snapshot is a separate instance, representing the state of the source block storage device while capturing the snapshot.

For Linux images, IONOS supports Cloud-Init to automate software package installations and instance configurations.

New data center location:

• Images and Snapshots are now available in IONOS Cloud's EN 50600-certified data center in Frankfurt, Germany, enhancing high availability, redundancy, and operational security. You can deploy images and snapshots in the new data center by selecting Germany / Frankfurt am Main (de/fra/2) from the drop-down list in the DCD, or by using the location code de/fra/2 when deploying through the API. For more information, see Release Notes.

• You can also upload your images to the new Frankfurt location using the ftps://ftp-fra-2.ionos.com endpoint.

• Only Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-compatible images are supported for image uploads to the new Frankfurt location.

Quick Links

Learn how to use images and snapshots features through the DCD.

IONOS Public Images

Learn how you can use operating system block storage images provided by IONOS.

Private Images

Learn how to upload, access, and manage private images through FTP.

Snapshots

Learn how to create and manage snapshots on any block storage.

Boot with Cloud-Init

Learn how to install software packages and apply configuration automatically.

Activate KMS Service for Windows Guests

Learn how to activate and manage Microsoft Windows OS using KMS.

Developer Tools

Images Cloud API

Access the Cloud API documentation for Images.

Snapshots Cloud API

Access the Cloud API documentation for Snapshots.

Images & Snapshots SDKs

Interact with the Images & Snapshots API using SDKs.

Config Management Tools

Explore configuration management tools compatible with Images & Snapshots.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

FAQ

Get answers to the most commonly encountered questions about Images & Snapshots.