Boot disk images for Compute virtual machines

• Public images are provided and supported by the platform by default.
• Custom images are images that you create yourself with customized software and architecture.

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Compatibility types

• Recommended images ensure stable VM performance.
• Alternative images are compatible with the platform but do not guarantee stable performance.

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Image family

• Stable families, such as ubuntu24.04-cuda13.0, keep fixed versions of the GPU driver and CUDA Toolkit. Boot disks that you create from a stable family at different times get the same GPU driver and CUDA Toolkit versions. Use them for most workloads.
• Latest families, such as ubuntu24.04-cuda13-latest, are regularly updated to the newest GPU driver and CUDA versions. Each new image in the family is tested only when it’s released and boot disks you create at different times can get different GPU driver and CUDA Toolkit versions. Use them if you need the latest features, performance improvements or security patches from NVIDIA, for example, on new platforms.

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Prerequisites

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How to get a list of available public images

nebius compute image list-public --region <region>

images, err := sdk.Services().Compute().V1().
    Image().ListPublic(
        ctx,
        &compute.ListPublicRequest{
            Region: "<region>",
        },
    )
if err != nil {
    return err
}
fmt.Println(images)

image_service = ImageServiceClient(sdk)
images = await image_service.list_public(
    ListPublicRequest(
        region="<region>",
    ),
)
print(images)

const imageService = new ImageService(sdk);
const images = await imageService.listPublic(
  ListPublicRequest.create({
    region: "<region>",
  }),
);
console.log(images);

• recommended_platforms: Platforms for which the image is recommended.
• unsupported_platforms: Platforms for which the image is not supported (with reasons, if available).

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Images for GPU VMs

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for NVIDIA® GPUs (CUDA® 12), ubuntu24.04-cuda12
  The ubuntu22.04-cuda12 image family is deprecated. Existing disks created from images in this family remain available, but creating new disks from this image family isn’t supported. Migrate to newer images.
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for NVIDIA® GPUs (CUDA® 13), ubuntu24.04-cuda13.0
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for NVIDIA® GPUs (CUDA® 13, latest), ubuntu24.04-cuda13-latest

  If a VM doesn’t work as expected on an image from this family, create its boot disk from the stable ubuntu24.04-cuda13.0 family instead.

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GPU drivers and other components

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Images for non-GPU VMs

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Security updates